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Home Articles Reviews Videos App Store Book Shop Forum Pushing Hands By Adam Sinicki Pushing hands is a practice used by many martial artists as a form of moving meditation and a form of combat. Legend has it that initially pushing hands was born when shaolin monks attempted to prove how efficient they were in meditating by allowing people to attempt to push them and distract them without them losing their calm. Of course this then developed into a martial art as it taught the ability for them to react to aggression in such a way that it passed through them harmlessly. Later it would be taught as a part of many martial arts such as tai chi and kung fu, and Bruce Lee was among its advocates. So what is pushing hands? What is Pushing Hands? Essentially pushing hands involves holding a stance that is very gentle and doesn't require you to tense your muscles in any way. From there you then must 'react' to any aggression by not fighting against it, but by rather moving with the flow of energy (this isn't some mystic energy by the way, just good old fashioned kinetic energy). When you do this you then allow someone who is trying to push you to simply pass through as though you were a ghost or as though you were steam. This then leaves them off balance and open to your counter attack or throw. There's a lesson in there somewhere, and it's a great physical demonstration of the philosophy that to survive a storm you need to be more like the willow tree and bend, and less like the rigid oak tree which will inevitably be floored. Willow trumps oak. You could also extend this philosophy to the entire of life and any concentration. If you like.... Practising Tai Chi Pushing Hands If you get really good and you practice pushing hands a lot, then what will happen is that you will develop a certain sensitivity to energy so that the minute you feel yourself being pushed you will give way in exactly the right movement. Nothing will be able to get you off balance and dammit nothing will be able to hit you. So how do you get started? To begin practising pushing hands, simply stand opposite a partner so that you have an arm held up in front of you (this is Tai Chi pushing hands). Be gentle in your stance and then let them gently push against your forearm. Now the correct response in Tai Chi pushing hands is to twist your hips slightly away and to move your arm in a circle to redirect their energy. They are your opponent in this game and so their mission is – simply through pushing – to then keep their balance and to redirect that energy again. The individual who eventually stumbles or finds their arms locked up is the loser (you can't move your legs). Practise this over and over and your ability to sidestep and redirect attacks will increases several fold. From Tai Chi pushing hands I have witnessed a guy able to hold a conversation looking the other way while staving off attacks from two people with one arm. No shitting you. And that has got to have some pretty awesome martial application.  Copyright 2012 The Biomatrix.Net

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