Streaming with Wave

Hello Coach, and thank you for today's lecture! The beginning and ending of the lecture in a clear and respectful way (saying 上课 and 下课） is quite interesting to me. It is, I believe, very typically Chinese, and something I can miss in the Swedish learning context that I am more familiar with.

Today we talked about a few things that I would like to point out. The first one is the eight directions, where, at least as a beginner (or perhaps always), you start by facing south.  We started south,and, within the sequence that we did, we faced south, east, and northeast in that order. It will be interesting to see how the sequence continues.

The second one  is that you have to know the names of the individual movements to understand how they are supposed to be performed. So by knowing their names, you will know more about what is going on in that specific movement. It was very visible in the ’ two palms pressed vertically against the screen window’ where my palms were not pressed against the screen window at all. I hope by knowing this, my posture and movements will improve. And by learning the other names, I hope I can become a better student. One which I see as very clear and helpful is the ‘streaming with the wave’ which really emphasizes the fluidness, and ‘buoyancy’ of the movement.

Theones you talked about, and I received are these:

天人合一（tian ren he yi）: Oneness of Heaven(nature)and Man

教学相长（jiao xue xiang zhang）: Teaching and learningpromote each other

混沌开基（hun dun kai ji）: the first separated from Chaos

停车问路（ting che wen lu）: parking and asking for directions

帖纱垂帘（tie sha chui lian）: two palms pressed vertically against the screen window

随波逐流（sui bo zhu liu）: streaming with the wave(like a boat)

I included them here for my own sake, just to have them on hand together with my ‘today’s notes’.


You also talked about the way that you in your ‘school’ or within this ‘form’, teach your students. You do the sequence (or part of the sequence) three times together with your students. Then the student, in this case I, should try to practice on (his/her) my own. I think this is a very good practice. Following is “easy”, but remembering (with body and mind) requires a lot of practicing on your own. I believe this way of following-doing-asking-doing-following (or how ever it plays out) is a great tool for teaching and learning. This is a very professional way, and including the videos, photos and notes gives amazing prerequisites for learning. I hope I can be a good enough student, and I will do my best with the time I have on my hands.

Again,I much enjoy the water quan. It is a beautiful art indeed. I think learning it is an amazing opportunity. Who knew I would meet you on just a regular Sunday.Such a lucky coincidence. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to learn the water quan and also to build my foundational martial-arts knowledge. I hope this will also help me improve my taiji significantly. 

Thanks again.

Veronica

05/30/2025

［此帖子已被 Veronica 在 2025/5/30 20:38:40 编辑过］

（附：Veronica的学拳小记翻译）

教练您好，感谢您今天的课程！课程开始和结束时用清晰且礼貌的方式说“上课”和“下课”，这让我觉得很有趣。我认为这是非常典型的中国特色，也是我在更熟悉的瑞典学习环境中可能缺失的部分。

今天我们聊到了几个我想提的点。第一个是八个方向，至少作为初学者（或许一直如此），需要先面向南方。我们从南方开始，在练习的顺序中，依次面向南、东、东北方向。很期待看到后续的顺序如何展开。

第二个是，必须知道每个动作的名称才能理解其执行方式。通过记住动作名称，能更清楚每个具体动作的要领。比如在“帖纱垂帘（两掌垂直按在纱窗上）”这个动作中，我的手掌完全没有做出“按在纱窗上”的感觉。希望知道动作含义后，我的姿势和动作能有所改善。通过学习其他动作名称，我也希望能成为更优秀的学生。其中“随波逐流（像小船一样随波流动）”这个名称就让我觉得非常直观且有帮助，它很好地强调了动作的流畅性和“浮力”。

您提到并教给我的概念如下：

天人合一（tiān rén hé yī）：人与自然的合一

教学相长（jiào xué xiāng zhǎng）：教与学相互促进

混沌开基（hùn dùn kāi jī）：从混沌中开辟根基

停车问路（tíng chē wèn lù）：停车问路

帖纱垂帘（tiě shā chuí lián）：两掌垂直按在纱窗上

随波逐流（suí bō zhú liú）：像小船一样随波流动

我把这些列在这里，方便自己整理到今天的笔记中。

您还提到在您的“学派”或这套“功法”中，会带学生完整练习（或部分）三遍动作序列，然后学生（比如我）需要自行练习。我认为这是非常好的方法。跟随练习“容易”，但（身心合一地）记忆动作需要大量自主练习。我相信这种“跟随—实践—提问—实践—再跟随”的模式（无论具体如何展开）是极佳的教学工具。这种专业的教学方式，再结合视频、照片和笔记，为学习提供了绝佳的条件。希望我能成为足够好的学生，也会在现有时间里尽最大努力。

再次感谢，我非常享受水拳的练习。这确实是一门美丽的艺术。能有机会学习它，我感到十分幸运。谁能想到在一个普通的周日会遇到您呢？这真是奇妙的巧合。感谢您给予我学习水拳的机会，也让我得以构建武术基础知识。希望这也能帮助我大幅提升太极拳水平。

再次致谢。

Veronica