Wednesday, February 24, 2016

68

68 
 
A GOOD soldier is never aggressive;
A good fighter is never angry.
The best way of conquering an enemy
Is to win him over by not antagonizing him.
The best way of employing a man
Is to serve under him.
This is called the virtue of non-striving!
This is called using the abilities of men!
This is called being wedded to Heaven as of old!
Translated by John C. H. Wu
Interpretation by Bill Bernsen

REFLEXIVE

Stop 
Antagonizing 
People
It shows intent
Support 
My statements
By sinking down
Going under opponent
Can be done
Without words
Just think 
Kow tow
Do push hands 
With above feeling
Remove 
Hatred 
Emotion 
Foremost 
Gain
Their spirit
Before teaching
Hollow gestures 
Thru Slow Set 
Opponent can’t battle 
Against unknown
Kow tow 
To others 
Use their intended
Force as my own
Deep bonds 
With gravity
Bright bonds 
With spirit
Master’s spirit 
Is above 
Heart is below 
Merging 
With student/opponent
Spirit’s job 
Is to descend 
Into the body 
Body’s job is 
To be open 
And strong enough
To receive spirit
Thru Tai Chi Chuan 
The body 
Is opened 
Strengthen to the
Spirit of the past Masters
Who can now practice 
The art again thru 
The current 
Master/students
Teacher 
Is never 
Antagonistic/irate
During push hands 
Paramount 
Way of winning 
Is thru virtue 
Not violence
Having no intent
Of being first
Means 
Listening
How do I 
Handle others
Merge with
 Past Masters 
Their spirits 
Are watching 
Can tell me 
What to do
Must be strong/rooted 
To handle orders 

Follow, follow, follow
Always follow
Follow lineage
Always in the lead
Then I will always 
Be second 
After lineage
Ahead of those who 
Do not follow
Masters closely 
Follow 
My heart
It is connected
To the Masters
There are levels 
Of the connection
Teacher
Sifu
Master
Masters (lineage)
Tao
Antagonizing 
An opponent 
Is interfering 
With Masters plans
Keep #68 in mind
When choosing students
Less intent 
More gravity 
Until spirit rules
This poem 
Is what I am using 
Against my adversaries 
This poem applies
To my experience
With other teacher
Center of gravity
Under opponent 
For support
If they feel it 
They become 
My student 
No intent 
Not angry 
Is a warrior
Focus 
On apprehension
Because intent 
Is always there
Intent to live
That is
Be apprehensive 
About dying
Follow the way
Of the lineage
Have no intent
Show no apprehension
Be a fulcrum
Have no intent
Show no apprehension
Be like a bellows
Slow set leads 
To peace
Of mind/body
Intent last
Apprehension first
Never intent
Always hidden
Apprehension
Place center 
Under student/opponent
Get the opponent 
To be my student 
Teach him 
He will learn 
Not to harm
Do not show intent
Hide apprehension
 Be Humble 
Kow Tow
To all
Support them
By being under
Their center of gravity
Listen/follow
Follow/listen
Listen to the past (lineage)
Follow the future (students)
Listen to the present (self)
Follow to the past
Listen to the future
With love
Songs put me
In the mood
To create
If one dislikes
The teacher (part)
One dislikes
The lineage (whole)
Listen 
Conscious movement
Follow 
Measure 
Concentrate 
On the upper end 
Of the bow 
Apprehension pulling back
The bottom of the bow had 
Intent to root more
A great warrior
Need not shoot
His arrow
But always
Has a strung bow!
Negate intent
Be a fulcrum
Touch 
The future 
And stretch 
Back into earth 
A good fighter
Does not use his ego
But rather leads
With his heart
Listen and follow 
Ahead
Physically and mentally
Apprehension
Jesus statement
Turn the other cheek
Is Tai Chi Chuan
Yield!
Kow towing
Control center
Control intent
No intent 
Follow 
Masters assist

Let opponent
Save face
Kow Tow
Is placing 
My center of gravity
Support 
Under student/opponent
Without intent
Secret circle
Sending support 
To Masters 
By thinking chi down 
To legs 
Then into earth/ China
Then up into Masters
Drum effect
Ascends chi 
To my gestures 
Becoming one
With Masters/students/opponents
I know what there are
About to do
Because I am at one
With them
And the art
Secret circle
Becoming one with
Point of focus
Tai Chi gesture
Kow Tow! 
To all in nature 
Kow Tow
While
Non-striving
Don’t use intent
Rather 
Use mercy/support
Tai Chi Chuan 
Is passive/reflexive
Heal not harm
Never intent
Always support 
Or ward-off
Apprehension 
Avoid conflict 
Always 
Quick contact
Passive listening
He feels support
Support heaven/Masters
Earth support
Tao supports all
The best 
User of men
Is a student 
Of his students 
Practicing
Tai Chi Chuan
Without
Struggling or crying
Be like the ancients
In the present
For the future
The student can 
Also be like
An opponent 
To emulate
Nature
Just listen
Become opponent’s 
Foundation
Something to lean on
This reveals intent
Whatever 
Master teaches  
Add it to 
The previous lesson
Application
Work on slow set
Moves
That led up to it
Don’t search 
For his center
This is intent
Just follow/listen
Eventually
Opponent will reveal it
Be apprehensive
About revealing 
My center
I am the present 
Conduit between
Past and future
A shrewd student
Never incites
Anyone
Student 
Should never 
Antagonizes 
His nemesis 
Avoid conflict
Handle humbly
Push hands
Not striving
Just follow
Connecting 
With opponent’s Jing/chi 
Listen and adhere
Past Masters 
Pressing on 
My back
The future pressing 
On front
Present must inflate
To understand
Forget
Future pressure
I will fall
On my face
Because the pressure
Of the future
Is what keeps
Me plumb
Forget the past
Holding up at the back
And fall on ones ass
Rage shuts down 
All the senses 
Including the 6th sense
No one
Including the Masters 
Can get thru 
To me 
In a state 
Of rage
Being humble
In common
With the Masters
Do not rush
Ahead
When teaching
Be one 
With the Master
Humble 
It matters not 
What others 
Think or do
Humble 
Lower 
Center of gravity
Harmonize = humble
Now that I can get 
A new feeling 
Each day 
Express it 
To the students 
I must take into account 
Each student 
As an individual 
Listen 
To their needs 
Sometimes students 
Will look upon
The teacher 
As the antagonist
Because I am exposing 
Their problems
This is guiding 
Them to who 
They really are
The reason people
Show off
Get angry/attack
Is that they feel
As if they are less
Than the other person
And may get hurt
The problem is that
They are just thinking
Of themselves
Follow the art 
As they did 
In the past
Lose ego 
Avoid conflict
When angry
It affects everything
Around me
Disconnecting
From the important things
Focus
On a specific
And I shut off
My environment
Student, family
Friend, other Masters etc.
Just listen to nature
Perhaps the reason
For aggressiveness anger
And antagonizing
Is I am try
To win over
With intent
This is easy to read
If I just listen
Get down lower 
So low that 
I become gravity 
Master follows those 
Who have been there
Connect to the old
For it is the foundation of
The new
Listen/follow
Follow/listen
Listen
To past (lineage)
Follow
Future (students)
Listen
To present (self)
Follow to the past
Listen to the future
Listen and follow
My heart
The meek shall 
Inherit the earth
Rooted humble gestures 
Find the center of gravity
Mine and opponent
Show apprehension
Opponent will reveal 
Intent
Kow tow 
To his intent  
Using his force
 To root
Deeper
Then drum effect 
Takes place
Use heartfelt
Gestures
During push hands
Kow Tow 
To opponent
Avoid force vs. force
Add apprehension
The secret to Tiger’s 
Ready to pounce
Subserviently
Receive/ respond
With virtue
Not violence
Tai Chi is passive
Alert/stop/listen/control
Support imponderables
Kow tow
To Masters’
Knowledge
Yield/yin
To lineage
Merge
With lineage
For direction
Fulcrum
Of peaceful
Waist/wrist
Be a fulcrum
To all
Master supports me
I support students
All three support the art
Passively
Support my own
Center of gravity
With my spirit
Then others
Reason 
Tai Chi Chuan
Is passive 
Is that 
I receive/gather/listen
First
Then respond
Compassion
Compacted
Compromise
First know self
Then others
I am the other
To the Masters
Passive
Peaceful
Physics
The best
Self-defense
Is silence
Tai Chi Chuan
Is reflexive
Do not cock
Your own bow
Use others chi
To react 
Tai Chi Chuan
Partner practice
With the lineage
Negate intent
Use apprehension
To listen
Surmount
Opponent’s spirit
Not their gravity
Apprehension
Over aggression
Virtue
Over violence
Be a fulcrum
In a fight
The virtuous
Answer to
Poor/wrong
It’s different
Support opponents
Center of gravity
To receive
Their intent
Tai Chi Chuan
Partner practice
Rules
Kow Tow
To the next 
Gesture/application
Let the lineage
Align the linkage
Kow Tow
To support/listen
Then ward-off
Rollback/press
Or push
Prostration
With apprehension
Conquerors
Intent
Ill intent
Leads to injury
Physical/spiritual
A sturdy fulcrum
Has a wide
Support base
A warrior’s
Wisdom
Kowtow

To avoid
Losing face
Ducking
The insult 
Warriors
Without
Wounds
Vortex
Intent back 
To apprehension

Tai Chi Chuan

Practicing

Pacifist

Telekinesis

Is a virtue

Passive

Practice

Prevails

Tai Chi fulcrum

Is virtue

With a inverted

V ^irtue

Stay

Aligned

With lineage

Use a demo

To evade

Conflict

Or entice

Students 

Ward-off

Aggression

Rollback

Anger 

Press

Virtue

Push

Passion 

Passive

Perceptions

Pursues

Peaceful

Presence

Passively

Emulate

Opponent’s

Intent 

To conquer

Using vanquish 

Virtue

Warrior

Doesn’t dwell

On past

Or future

Only present 

Which is a

Tai Chi fulcrum

Passive

Push hands

Perfects

Postures

Performance

Tai Chi Chuan

Application

Is perceptive

Using virtue

Not malevolence

Tai Chi Chuan

Is passive

Neutralize

All attacks

Whether

Spiritual/physical

With ward off

Rollback/press

Rarely push

Slow set

Unpretentiously

Return to

Youth

Via

Passive

Daily practice

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