Gymnastics to Kung FuYang Chunting's Disciple Yan Yuechuan's Secret Transmission of the Second Principle of Taiji Body Use Method: Four Sections, Section 2

In the first part, we mainly learned about 'rolling error torment' – its practical application. Being able to effectively utilize this principle allows you to generally determine the opportune moment for taking over and identify key points of contact.

Taici Quan's meticulous exploration of points – starting from the point, finding the direction of counterattack. This is Taici Quan's 'way' – a point within a circle, a line connecting points within a circle, finding the best attack ray.

Yan Yuechuan and Wang Yongquan imparted the second principle:

Center and Gravity

We have previously interpreted Yang style Taici Quan's 'middle' in detail. This one is as a supplement.

'Middle' is an abbreviation of 'middle'.

The most important thing when practicing Taici Quan is to 'get the middle' –

Through countless efforts, to find and control the opponent's 'middle'; to maintain your own 'middle'. This is Wang Yongquan Master's famous assertion.

So, what exactly is 'middle'? 'Middle' is a person's heart,

'Middle' is a person's existence's foundation, a person's spirituality, a person's original self. The intangible and formless 'middle' is closely linked to the tangible and weighty body, influenced by thoughts to affect the opponent's 'middle' to achieve the purpose of controlling their center. This is a high level of martial art.

Therefore, 'intention without force'

is the first principle of Taici Quan.

Master Wang said: The point is the opponent's 'center'.

'Center' is on the side of 'gravity' 'center' has no force. He also said 'gravity' is down, 'center' is up, behind.

Undoubtedly, these words are correct. However, you should pay attention that these words are said under specific conditions. In actual combat, the relationship between 'center' and 'gravity'

is flexible and variable, and you must have a clear understanding of this yourself!