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Description Cheng Man Ching demonstrates his "simplified" Yang Style Tai Chi formtai, chi, Taiji, Qi, Zheng, Man, ManqingCheng Man Ching Tai Chi Formhttp://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/MY7XycYzBq82009-05-29T18:07:52.000Z2010-08-26T07:58:05.000ZEXERCISES FOR ALL SEASONS: CMC 37 Posture Tai Chi Form37 Posture Tai Chi Chuan Form, scarf blindfold, uneven terrain, bird's eye view, front - 04/30/09 (Spring) Bruce Kumar Frantzis, a highly accomplished internal martial arts teacher (Ba Gua, Tai Chi, Hsing-I), makes some very interesting observations about the importance of "dropping the mind into the feet" during Ba Gua practice in his video "Ba Gua as Meditation-Put Your Mind in Your Feet" www.youtube.com Something very similar happens when I practice Prof. Cheng Manching's 37 Posture Tai Chi Chuan Form youtube.com youtube.com youtube.com with eyes closed, or while wearing a blindfold throughout the form. Especially when I'm practicing outdoors, on uneven terrain, like in this video. When there are no visual cues available to my brain to help orient me in space, and help me figure out where to place my next step, I can't help but "DROP MY MIND INTO MY FEET." My feet become super-sensitized. Super-alert. They start to function like feelers, or super-sensitive antenna, sensing out every slight variation in terrain before I transfer body weight onto the sensing foot. When my eyes are closed, and I'm wearing a blindfold, I have to "feel my way in the dark" while taking every step throughout the form. My weightless foot has to tell me whether it's safe to transfer body weight onto the "empty" foot or not. Whether I should remain in the weighted foot, and seek out a more stable surface with my sensing / feeling / empty foot, before I decide to transfer weight onto that foot <b>...</b>ChiGuy396http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/I8tCuWb5fbgtJCnjjV45bASports37 Posture Tai Chi Chuan Form, scarf blindfold, uneven terrain, bird's eye view, front - 04/30/09 (Spring) Bruce Kumar Frantzis, a highly accomplished internal martial arts teacher (Ba Gua, Tai Chi, Hsing-I), makes some very interesting observations about the importance of "dropping the mind into the feet" during Ba Gua practice in his video "Ba Gua as Meditation-Put Your Mind in Your Feet" www.youtube.com Something very similar happens when I practice Prof. Cheng Manching's 37 Posture Tai Chi Chuan Form youtube.com youtube.com youtube.com with eyes closed, or while wearing a blindfold throughout the form. Especially when I'm practicing outdoors, on uneven terrain, like in this video. When there are no visual cues available to my brain to help orient me in space, and help me figure out where to place my next step, I can't help but "DROP MY MIND INTO MY FEET." My feet become super-sensitized. Super-alert. They start to function like feelers, or super-sensitive antenna, sensing out every slight variation in terrain before I transfer body weight onto the sensing foot. When my eyes are closed, and I'm wearing a blindfold, I have to "feel my way in the dark" while taking every step throughout the form. My weightless foot has to tell me whether it's safe to transfer body weight onto the "empty" foot or not. Whether I should remain in the weighted foot, and seek out a more stable surface with my sensing / feeling / empty foot, before I decide to transfer weight onto that foot <b>...</b>
