Tui Shou – Pushing Hands

Tui Shou Pushing Hands – 推手

Pushing Hands is a section of the Tai Chi Chuan syllabus. Pushing hands always involved two persons and are either predefined drills or a freestyle practice of technique. Training in understanding jin (勁) – force. This includes 13 tactics (十三勢) which comprises the 8 forces (八勁) and 5 steps (五步), ting jin (聽勁) – listening for jin, hua jin (化勁) – using jin to redirect the opponents jin and fa jin (發勁) – discharging jin.

Push Hands – Fixed Step – 定步

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  4 Directions (四正推手) – Peng, Lu, Ji, An (掤,(手履),擠,按)
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  Zhou Lu (肘履推手)
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  Fu Yang (俯仰推手) – bow down, look up
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  Reeling Silk (纏絲推手)

Push Hands – Moving Step – 活步

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  Da Lu (大履步) – big diversion – Cai, Lie, Zhou, Kao (採,(手列),肘,靠)
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  9 Palace Step (九宮步推手)
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  7 Stars Step (七星步推手)
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  9 Palace Step (九宮步推手)

Push Hands – Training/Auxilary Exercises

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  single hand pushing hands (單推手)
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  push absorbtion training
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  fixed step pushing hands (自由定步推手)
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  restricted step pushing hands (自由限步推手)
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  moving step pushing hands (自由活步推手)