Partner exercises

There are six types of Tui Shou in the Original Yang Style curriculum. These are essential in getting a deep and dynamic understanding of the underlying principles and form applications. When you practice the form, you are free and unhindered, when practicing with a partner, you have to learn to adjust your movements without losing the principles already acquired.

The partner exercises, while not a sort of fighting or competition in themselves, are also a preparation for Tai Chi Chuan as self-defense.

These forms of pushing hands in fact have nothing to do with "pushing" away. It's  about sensing and answering by following.

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The various partner exercises of the the Original Yang Style:

    •    Single Push hands

    •    Double Push hands

    •    Flat Circle Push hands

    •    Ta Lu Pushing Hands

    •    Ta Lu Form

    •    Free Push hands where all the movements of the solo-form and the weapon-forms can be used.