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Old 04-08-2012, 09:16 PM   #6
Eric in Denver
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Re: Internal power in tai chi chuan

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Toby Kasavan wrote: View Post

his tai chi form is VERY soft, but in his training you separate the ribcage from the abdomen to generate power(in the context of the movement) and each tai chi move has 1--3X of moving, collapsing and raising and twisting the ribcage independently (no bending-without it effecting the rest of your posture, very subtle, you can hardly see it when he's doing the form, but he let me feel his ribs and it was amazing how much movement there was)
Is there a youtube clip that demonstrates separating the ribcage from the abdomen? I haven't come across this before.
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