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October: Push Hands In the Park

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It’s on again. Come along to this free Push Hands session.

Details

  • Sunday October 7
  • 10.00am-12 noon
  • Fawkner Park – South Yarra (Armadale Road entrance), Melbourne, Australia
  • Friendly, non-competitive push hands (tui shou) practice and play for anyone – old, young, beginners, masters
  • Team up with someone and discuss what you’d like to do – and what you’d not like to do!
  • Ten minute exchanges timed by a bell – but you can rest as well!
  •  Learn, share and enjoy

I always enjoy the Push Hands meet ups. It gives me a chance to practice and test whatever skills I have, and it’s fun too.

Push Hands Training

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Coming up this Sunday is the third free Push Hands session organised by Phil, from Changeskill Tai Chi. I missed last month’s session but hope to be there this Sunday.

Details

  •     Sunday July 29
  •     10.00 am-12 noon
  •     Fawkner Park – South Yarra (Armadale Road entrance)
  •     Friendly, non-competitive push hands (tui shou) practice and play for anyone – old, young, beginners, masters.
  •     Team up with someone and discuss what you’d like to do – and what you’d not like to do!
  •     Ten minute exchanges timed by a bell – but you can rest as well!
  •     Learn, share and enjoy

It should be fun and I hope to see you there.

 

Push Hands Get Together

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I had a very enjoyable time at last Sunday’s Push Hands session held at Fawkner Park, South Yarra.

I managed to drag myself out of bed and do 30 minutes of Chi Kung to loosen up before driving to town which took about an hour. Memo to self – don’t drive down Toorak Road -too busy!

Well, I survived the ‘ordeals’ – finding a parking spot and training.  We had nine turn up, four Tai Chi practitioners and five Wing Chun practitioners.  Training ranged from gentle to vigorous (without the killer moves :). Interesting to experience Chi Sao vs Push Hands.

We trained for two hours with a ten minute break in between. Ten minute rotations between participants.
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Push Hands & Sparring Tips Pt 1 – Guo Shifu

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Here’s a very good explanation and demonstration of Push Hands and sparring by Guo Shufu.

I’ve watched this clip several times. The first few times I concentrated on reading the subtitles and then focused on the actual demonstrations.

It’s certainly a great resource if you want to learn the finer points of Push Hands and tips on sparring.

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