Chapter Two: Punching & Kicking:
SPARRING
Your arms must be totally relaxed, using only the right amount of
muscle to hold them up there. If you are attacked you must immediately
change to yin, i.e.; you relax your attacking portion and
re-attack using the folding principle. I will cover this very important
T’ai chi aspect later. I was invited to attend a workshop given by
Dan Inosanto so that I was able to write an article for the Magazine,
“Australasian Fighting Arts” for which I have my own column, and I
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found that Dan was using more T’ai chi principles in his training
than many T’ai chi practitioners, in particular the folding principle.
If you ever have the chance to study with Dan Inosanto take it as I regard
him as one of the foremost martial artists of our time.