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Nine Section Whip Pt 13

Today we continued the 9 section whip. GM Tse started by giving a seminar on the Yin and Yang aspects of training. Taiji splits into Yin and Yang. The Yin aspect is meditation and the Yang aspect is movement:
 
Yin (Meditation)
1. Posture
2. Relaxation 
3. Stillness 
4. Breathing 
5. Emptiness 
 
Yang (Movement)
1. Joints
2. Bones, Muscles, Tendons 
3. Qi and Blood
4. Sweat
5. Jing, Spirit
 
In Chinese medicine issues are due to blockages both physical and mental and we need to clear these to create flow. So we need both the Yin and the Yang aspects in our training. Chun Yuen Quan does not traditionally contain meditation but we can incorporate this from the other skills in the Centre. If you only train Chun Yuen Quan it is good to add meditation to it in the form of horse stance.
 
In the second section of the seminar, GM Tse continued to teach the form, first going over the previous parts, clarifying and answering questions. This was good as it had been 2 months since the last seminar. For the new part at the end we had to wrap the whip around the neck twice and then unwind it again – a movement that will personally require a lot more practice! Looking forward to next time. Thank you so much for sharing the knowledge and the skill, Sigong.
by Tom Hogg

Student Comments

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Thank you Sigong, 9 section whip seminar was very good. It trains us in a unique way and is so challenging to control the whip in certain moves! I also liked your description of the training progress of the movement in and in meditation. Michalis A.

Very intereting lecture on movement and meditation but from a more martial arts perspective than the usual qigong version – similar but different!
Great to get some more clarity on the last part of the form. Tricky with the neck swinging the whip.
Thank you, Sigong.
Paul H

Thank you Sifu for a great lecture on the Yin and Yang of our practice and what needs to be focused on. The tricky bit of the form is a fun challenge and I look forward to the next section. Andrew O.

The journey to learn the Nine Section Whip seems to have as many ups and downs as the form itself. There’s definitely a warm up period required to find a rhythm, but it’s still quite easy to “miss a beat” and get all tangled up; luckily not too much of a problem when using a ball and rope. The next part though, literally requires sticking your neck out, but it’s such a fun and challenging form to learn. Thank you Sigong. Sam P

Sifu, once again – a great seminar. This one is really challenging!!! Lot’s of practice needed. Thanks again. Looking forward to the next one. Peter W

The 9 section whip is a challenging form, especially when it’s metal,,, not quite so much room for error! Chun Yuen Quan is challenging but a lot of fun. The lecture was very interesting too. Sifu explained the Yin and yang principles of the skill very clearly. A great seminar, thank you Sifu.
Peter A