Tuesday

Inherent peng

Inherent peng is a passive connection underpinned by groundpath. It makes your body feel rubbery – kind of firm, yet springy too. It is an allowing, not a doing.

How do you test for inherent peng?

Gently push the limbs or body of a tai chi student. They should maintain the posture without locking the joints or fixing (tensing) the muscles. There will be give, but the overall sense will be of resilience.

If you push too hard, they will yield further and allow your push to move them. They should not crumple or resist.

Nearly every tai chi person you work with tenses-up when you touch them. The ones who don't tense-up, but softly allow you to move them are yielding, and understand.

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