Sometimes, when you are doing single-hand pushing hands, do you inadvertently use the other hand as well? Ending in you using two hands against an opponent who is only using one hand?
Being a guy who likes to observe the rules, I would say that using two hands when doing single-hand pushing hand is against the rule and thus is a no-no. But at the same time, I don't think it is fair to say that we should totally avoid it. Because sometimes, we can't.
For example, sometimes your opponent is a bit rough and uses more dangerous moves, and the only way to counter him (and avoiding getting injured) is to use two hands. In such cases, I think we should. Pushing hands is after all a practice and it is not worth getting injured.
But if the reason for using two hands is because we cannot avoid being pushed by our opponent (who is using one hand), and we want to avoid being pushed (aka losing), then I feel that it is wrong to use two hands. After all, pushing hands is practice, we should not be afraid of losing. If our fear of losing (or our need to win) is so great, maybe we shouldn't be pushing hands.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
One (Hand) Versus Two (Hands)
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Hi, interested in meeting up for some push hands ? I used to train chen style, but now train I-liq chuan. i'm back in singapore till Aug for vacation. Contact me at limlipye at yahoo dot com.
I would agree that push hands have distinct and definitive rules, but to limit yourself to constraints prevents the opportunity of learning. What matters during your session is that you benefit from the experience.
Well, the rules of pushing hands is what makes it pushing hands... if we don't follow the rules of pushing hands, then it is no longer pushing hands. It becomes sparring. So it really depends on how and what we want to train. I believe that training needs to be all-rounded, pushing hands is but part of the training, but when we train pushing hands, we should stick to those rules. When we train sparring, we follow a different set of rules.
@Lip Yeow: Can't believe it, we missed each other. I was in Hawaii when you were in Singapore.
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