Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Tricks To Be Aware Of In Push Hands Challenges An article by Dr. Stephen YanFrom my numerous experiences in Push Hands Challenges, I have distilled the following tricks to be aware of;
1) “saying use little force by mouth, but use big force by hands”,
2) “let opponent stand by wall with leg very close to a couch, or a bed, or a chair etc, so the opponent worry about his back and can’t concentrate his front.
3) Rugby tackle charge to object behind (often used in conjunction with number 2)
The following article is the first part describing my experiences with PH and these particular tricks.
As a means of my background, ever since Grand Master Ma Yue Ling and his wife Wu Ying Hua left NZ (after staying with me and my now ex-wife Shi Mei Lin for over 6 months in 1990), I have met different people from different Tai Chi styles and other martial arts like Akido, Judo, Chinese ShuaJiao (wrestling), Wing Chun, Da Chen Quan etc, for push-hands challenges.
Additional Pictures from Tricks Here is the begining, where Master Yek tried the sudden use of hard force and was bounced back by Dr Yan

The following are some more photo's of the specific trick using the low couch behind.

Master Yek driving Dr Yan hard into the couch behind


In the photo above, after managing to neutralise most of the attack, Master Yek is losing balance forward while driving Dr Yan onto the couch behind

The above photo shows Master Yek bouncing away while trying to push Dr Yan back on the couch as he was trying to stand up.
The following photo's are in the middle of the open area, once Dr Yan moved away from the couch.




These last two photos show Dr Yan turning the low couch tactic against Master Yek
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