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Well, let me preface everything I am about to say with "this is just my personal opinion" - I have only been practicing taijiquan for past 10 years and although this is enough to give me some insight to the art, it is certainly not enough to have any claim of accuracy on the more general history that has brought us where we are now.
First of all, let me ...
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Needle at Sea Bottom is a fave for fixed feet push hands. Personally, I dont like the move but have been on the receiving end enough to know its effective in competition.
You can see it in this video at about 33 seconds in. The initial body and hand positioning is reasonably close to tournament and you can see the hip turn whilst sliding the weight ...
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From a translation of Li Yaxuan's 35 points of Push Hands:
The real Taijiquan skill is invisible. The application of Taijiquan is to be found in
understanding of insubstantiality, formlessness, and mind alone. The taste and feel of real
Taijiquan cannot be had from any application of visible technique or obvious force. That just
drifts you farther ...
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