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  • 13 LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT

    Does anyone know of the concept of "13 Levels Of Achievement"
    concerning Kung Fu ? If so, could you point me in the right direction
    to find out more about them.

    matuke

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    13 Levels

    Matuke,

    I think you are refering to Tai Chi. If I am wrong, I am sorry.


    Below you will find a brief summary:

    LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT
    Several steps can be enumerated. Not all the levels below are distinct stages, some overlap and are interrelated.

    The final goal can be pithily proclaimed as:

    1. Four ounces beating a thousand pounds.
    - This simply means small beating big, not a literal 'weighed in the scale' statement. If you are using a 100 pounds to beat 200, you are already in the right mode of practice, further effort will improve your skill.
    To be able to do this, one must necessarily

    2. Borrow the force of the opponent.
    This requires the skill of being able to

    3. Seduce the opponent into emptiness.
    A necessary prerequisite for this is
    (These three skills are related. Once one is practising correctly, they all improve).

    4. Good Timing and Direction.
    To achieve this, one needs to understand

    5. where is Yin, Yang, and the Jin.
    Such an understanding requires the ability to

    6. Yield and follow,
    which is possible only if one is able to

    7. Know oneself and the opponent
    This requires

    8. Sharpened sensitivity.

    1-8 are abilities that can be got only from push hands practice. Forms alone cannot give you these results.

    To get such sensitivity one needs to (again, each requiring or interrelated to the succeeding point)

    9. Relax the body, concentrate the mind, collect the qi, focus the shen.

    10. The body should be stable, the step nimble and the force powerful.

    11. The six 'coordinations' ('harmonies') must be present.

    12. The eight methods of application of the force must be understood.

    13. Movements must be relaxed, slow, smooth and even, and 'alive'.

    14. The movements must be correct.

    9-14 are abilities that are developed by practising forms, and improved by push hands practice.


    Uwe

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    • #3
      Thanks Uwe, that's a great post.
      practice wu de

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      • #4
        13 LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT

        Uwe, thanks so much for the information. Do you know where I can find the full
        details of the information you posted??

        Thanks Again,

        Matuke

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