Tai Chi Long Form - Brush Knee, Step Up, Deflect, Parry, and Punch

  You will do one more Brush Knee on the right side. Keep your weight forward in a 60/40 stance over the left foot. Twist the left foot out (to the left) while simultaneously making a grabbing motion with your right hand. Your right arm moves to your left, turn your hips to the left. Bring both hands to your left side, approximately one fists distance from your left hip. Step forward with your right foot into a twist step, while simultaneously moving your right arm in a circle to execute a back fist to the front (9:00). Your right hand chambers at your right hip while your left hand moves slightly forward, palm facing to your right. Step forward with your left foot into a 60/40 stance while simultaneously striking forward with a right vertical fist. Your right arm is parallel to the ground. Your left hand is facing in, towards your right forearm.

From Boonchai

  “Your qi doesn’t go down. Your head has a rope pulling the top of your head to the sky. Tai Chi is always opposite; when your hands are down your qi is going up. Let your hands down, your qi goes up. Never lock the joints. When you do it at home it doesn’t matter if you do it right or not. Then when you come back, I will correct the mistake. Don’t be afraid if you do it right or not. In tai chi (we follow) nature. But we are out of nature. So we have no idea what nature is. Just like fruits - we can get tropical fruits in a cold area. This confuses the body.  Only eat from local in season. So people now have allergies; It’s because our bodies are confused. Tai chi is to bring us back to nature. Tai chi is to go back to the nature. We train our body to get used to nature. Once you come back here, I will correct your mistakes. Slowly you will be back to the nature more and more.”