Cotton Boxer Wow, you look just like.......

...just like a rebellious boxer

Dear tough critic, What is shown in this video has nothing to do with Tui Shou (push hands). If you are calling it “push hands” but not doing Wardoff, Rollback, Press, and Push, then it is not Taiji. The great Taiji master Chen Man-ching wrote that, “The fundamental movements of Push Hands are contained in Grasp the Sparrow’s Tail.”

+sitobikhan I hate exiting negativity. Really grinds my gears.

in London, UK.

Nils Klug That was amazing, Where in London are you based?

James Saunders it is not me! It is Barry's school: taichilife.com/ Barry and Emma will teach at the upcoming push hands meeting again: en.push-hands.de/

Because i was always told that raising the toes intention wise breaks the root if toes are lifting mind is lifting and you are rising even sitting here i lifted my toes and felt the rising in my mind and if my mind is rising my whole body is

+Kristian Hansen Generally, lifting your toes helps novices to understand the meaning of empty and full. There's nothing wrong with placing the front heel down first and gradually dropping the toes as you push and sink into the foot as you 'ward-off', but lifting the front toes as you sit back / "roll back" becomes unnecessary; although I've seen some schools, usually Yang style, always lifting the toe; mostly, it isn't done because it takes extra time to drop the toe when turning circles or sparring, giving your opponent more time to find your weakness. But I have seen masters lift their toes, so there must be some value in doing so.

+Kristian Hansen Toes should stay on the ground to provide maximum surface area and grip or root depending on how you look at things. A lot of Yang Style practitioners are taught this habit for health reasons and to learn about weight transfer. It's not really correct practice from a martial perspective. Better Yang Style schools don't teach students to do this.

+john py yung Don't be THAT guy John.

Jonathan Seale Martial Arts and Music are linked together in their execution of practice. It's another form of self-expression :)

it just seems hokey. I've never practiced push-hands while another person played guitar for us. Just seems over the top. Push hands is about understanding one's core and the core of opponents. I thnk music is fine for the forms, but push hands focus should be on the body.

+Jonathan Seale I think the guitar is for the audience. If were pushing, I wouldn't be listening to the music in the same time.

happylobsterpatatas Agreed. It's all a big show. That bothers me because I feel Tai Chi is an inner thing. It's purposefully not "showy".

I agree it's totally hokey. At the same time, tai chi in the park is either accompanied by some form of Chinese music that sounds like a cat being Rolf'd, or by such music with a description of the movements in every useful Mandarin.