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  Saturday, August 02, 2003


 

Head's Up!

Lift the head.  Push the top of your head upward (ding jin). 

Tuck your chin in and slightly downward.

Relax the neck.  

Hold your head as if it were suspended by a string from above.  

Slightly part your lips and softly smile.  

Keep your eyes open, and hold a wide angle and soft focus. 
Professor Cheng taught that in Push Hands one should not look into the 
opponent's eyes (Lowenthal, 1994, p.5).

Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth.

You head should be aligned along an axis through your center and down to your feet.
The head should not extend beyond the feet. 
The head, torso and waist should move as one piece.  

Your tongue should rest gently on the roof of your mouth behind your teeth.
Swallow all clear, thin and watery saliva.  

"The upright direction has always been the most s alient, constant, and unique direction in our world."
-   Roger Shepard and Shelley Hurwitz

 

"Professor Cheng often talked about the position of the head, "as if pressing up against heaven," "as if being suspended by the pigtail: worn by Chinese during the Manchu dynasty.  He said that, while there are a number of good images for the head position, he especially recommended the idea of "hanging" because it counteracted the tendency to hold the head stiffly in place."
-  Wolfe Lowenthal, Gateway to the Miraculous, 1994, p. 5.  

 


 


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