Tai Chi Level 2: Beating Common Push Hands Tricks
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Anyone following us closely knows that we prefer to play Clear's Internal Push Hands for a bunch of very good reasons. This game has grown in popularity, especially among our students, but the "tournament style" push hands games are still the most common varieties seen in the broader Tai Chi world. These games have some drawbacks for building real internal skill because the major players have developed ways to use external movement to cheat the system. Still, if you know what the problems are it is quite easy to overcome them.
Tonight Sigung Richard Clear walked us through the most common trick that people use in tournament style push hands. More importantly, he taught us how to overcome it.
The most common problem is a simple matter of distance. Players take long stances and start the game far enough away from each other to make it almost impossible to push them. People who play this way are counting on you to do two things: play along with them, and get frus...