Zhan Zhuang is Not for Beginners

[-ꦥꦏ꧀ ꦱꦠꦿꦶꦪꦺꦴ-]

First, you must define Zhan Zhuang.

 

If you are 3 different people, you will get 3 different answers, and each of them are convinced that their version is the proper one.

 

Some Zhan Zhuang will be appropriate for beginners, some won’t be. All depends on the exact practice and how it fits into the lineage.

[Antares]

10 minutes ago, -ꦥꦏ꧀ ꦱꦠꦿꦶꦪꦺꦴ- said:

First, you must define Zhan Zhuang.

This thread began from this one

 

[forestofclarity]

 

6 hours ago, Antares said:

Bruce K.Frantzis sequence of the static postures

 

This may be how it is online, but not how he taught in person. 

 

2 hours ago, ChiDragon said:

Wuji is nothing but standing still like a normal human being does. 

 

I have learned Wuji from at least a half a dozen or so lineage matters, some of them famous, some not. None of them would agree with your statement. Proper Wuji introduces alignment, relaxation, posture, and a palpable sense of qi. Also none of them taught standing post to mean standing on a plank as you've claimed. 

 

2 hours ago, -ꦥꦏ꧀ ꦱꦠꦿꦶꦪꦺꦴ- said:

First, you must define Zhan Zhuang.

According to Damo, he is referring to static postures involving lifting the arms. 

[ChiDragon]

29 minutes ago, forestofclarity said:

I have learned Wuji from at least a half a dozen or so lineage matters, some of them famous, some not. None of them would agree with your statement. Proper Wuji introduces alignment, relaxation, posture, and a palpable sense of qi. Also none of them taught standing post to mean standing on a plank as you've claimed.

Here it is Wuji
https://wujiquest.substack.com/p/wuji-the-posture-basics