We learned that when practicing Taiji, we need to differentiate the substantial and in-substantial (虚实分明). However, when we come to practice pushing hand, we always like to root out feet into the ground, giving us a sense of firmness.
Master Chow had explained to us during one of the session that rooting ourselves during pushing hand actually reduce our flexibility and restrict our reaction to opponent's force.
This require very quick changing of weight between the two legs, and at the same time, does not allow the chi to float up. (ie center of gravity remains low). All these can only be accomplished if you put in effort in the practicing the fundamentals.
Master Chow followup by demonstrating by moving a small step back or forward can bring absorb the opponent force or fa-jin. Timing is crucial, as a wrong timing means that you are giving the opponent the opening too.
A scrapbook to note down the points of my Taiji practice. The pointers below are what I understand at that point in time, and the understanding may changes over time. Please feel free to share you comments with me.
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