Bending Your Knees in Tai Chi & Qigong

Rather than simply pushing your knees forwards with almost no involvement from any other part of the body, this short video explains how the control of your centre should cause the knees to bend.
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James Drewe teaches Tai Chi and Qigong in both London and in Kent and online, and there are a number of free videos available as well as 'subscription classes'.
Details of weekly classes both live and online can be found on the website, and there are classes for 2-person Tai Chi on one Saturday a month.
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[@rmaa8110]

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[@simbalion100]

Thanks you explained well

[@taichiqong]

Thank you.

[@RobertAgarHutton]

Nice explanation - Thank you.
I've STOPPED saying 'Bend your knees' (well to be accurate, I'm still in the process of stopping saying that - too many years of saying it without thinking) ... Bending the knees should not be a thing that you do, it should be a by-product of other things - So I say something like, "Relax the legs and allow the knees to bend" - I feel (and I may be wrong) that the instruction 'Bend your knees' causes the student to tense up the knees and often try to bend them too much.

[@taichiqong]

Yes, couldn't agree more, and like you, I am resisting the temptation to use that instruction.
I sometimes go for 'allow the knees to bend' but that is pretty much the same... By the time that you've said, 'Allow the pelvis to gently rotate, by releasing the lower back, thereby causing the knees ultimately to bend', you've almost lost the will to live, and have definitely forgotten what you were going to say in the first place!

[@jessicasteenbergen6554]

I don't know you, but Oscar looks slightly familiar lol. Great info, thanks. I subbed and am looking forward to watching your video's. It's all good and well following the exercises, but if you don't know the techniques it makes it harder to practice it

[@taichiqong]

Thanks Jessica! Oscar has serious spinal issues… James.

[@RobertAgarHutton]

@@taichiqong and he has lost a bit too much weight :) :) :)

[@taichiqong]

@@RobertAgarHutton So true!