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This class discussed about the separation of energy movement and physical movement. To understand the idea, we must lock the entire body so that there is no visual movement of our body. We used the wall pushing exercise to learn to connect the two ends (front hand and rear foot). Once we had found the connection by lowering the shoulder and compressing the dantian, we must maintain the pressure in the body and the integrity of the structure. We then added one more action using a body part that was not used to hold the current posture to push into the wall. This additional action was the "add one". Since the wall was solid, the force was bounced back to the body. We needed to add an aim towards our own dantian, which was the centre of the body. This allowed us to bounce ourselves off the wall. The key was to hold the structure throughout the entire process until the bounce was complete. If we let go prematurely, there would be no bounce. If we don't aim properly to the dantain, there would be no bounce. To bounce an opponent, the procedure would be the same. The person who would be able to hold his structure and position would act as the wall to bounce the other person. The locking of your own structure required a "bie". In order to bounce the opponent, a bie must also be created on the opponent as well as yourself. The wall pushing exercise was not about training to create a bie on the opponent, but rather training the locking of yourself and the aim on the issuing.





 

A classic Chinese martial arts principle states: “One inch longer, one inch stronger; one inch shorter, one inch more dangerous” (一寸长,一寸强;一寸短,一寸险; Yī cùn cháng, yī cùn qiáng; yī cùn duǎn, yī cùn xiǎn.). This emphasizes the importance of tool mastery, distance control, and the contextual nature of danger.

In the Practical Method system, this principle is manifested through Indirect Power. This involves using a “handle” or a “hook” to execute pushes and pulls, rather than relying on direct limb strength.

The strategy is rooted in distance control: Positive Indirect Power increases the distance between an anchor and its power source, while Negative Indirect Power decreases it.Both strategies maintain the serene quality of Taijiquan while producing drastic results. Negative Indirect Power, in particular, prioritizes structural alignment and spatial manipulation over local exertion. Unlike direct force, which relies on tension at the point of contact, it utilizes a two-stage process rooted in the principle of non-movement. By mastering this dual strategy, the Practical Method creates a system engineered to lure, enter, and control the opponent within that treacherous, intimate space—achieving decisive results through leverage rather than conflict.
(This is is an articles is based on the Theory and demonstration of “Indirect Power”
filmed in Ottawa, Canada Dec 3, 2014.
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Bie 20260607 i

by Kelvin Ho on 2026/06/08

On May 31, 2026 in my Toronto class, I taught to use bie to lock the opponent, and then issue with a different body part not involved in the lock. I recorded the following video at the end of the class:

I later had an interesting discussion with John Upshaw on this video, and it went as follows:

Kelvin: The isolated movement is how to send energy from my dantian to opponent’s dantian through my hand. It also requires me to make the opponent like a board in order to bounce him.

John: So they have to stiffen up before you exectue your move?

Kelvin: I had to make him that way. He was not threatened when I put my hand there, then something else had to hit him at the right place. It is like shooting something out from a gun as my body did not move forward.

John: The second move you had him stiffen up before executing your move.

Kelvin: It is basically the same thing on the reverse direction. For the 2nd one, I also showed a wrong way of doing it.

John: I assume you aim your datien at his when doing both moves? I’ve done the 1st one…it’s like having a stick between your dantians, and you push as if the stick is real…with dantian locked…

Kelvin: The aim is to his dantian so that it pulls the rest of his body backwards when hit. If he holds a stick vertically with two hands at the two ends of the stick, I have to hit the middle. That is the idea, but the difficulty is that I only have one hand on him.

John: Like a hammer? The dantien is the head of the hammer?

Kelvin: So I only make contact with the top end of the stick and yet it needs to be the same as hitting the middle without tilting the stick. I was imitating Shifu’s demostration in https://channels.weixin.qq.com/finder-preview/pages/sph?id=Apvo9ZLX0r.

John: You do a good job replicating both moves.

Kelvin: My students are recently saying that on the touch, they just freeze up, they don’t know why.
It is the Bie that I do, in combination with the wall behind me.

John: I am going to try that out!

Kelvin: When something starts to work, it really requires a number of different aspects.

John: So you do a bie, add the wall? The bie in any combination?

Kelvin: The most amazing part is being able to send the opponent both feet off the ground without a low to high motion. The Bie is to lock the opponent. The Bie is a concept or a type of action. The wall is me not moving. You can see that I did not move towards the opponent. There is nothing new itself. It is made of everything you have heard of before. The most important part is indeed about not moving. Long time ago, shifu told me at some point, we need to separate the physical action and the energy. That is also an expression of yin yang separation. It is like pulling the trigger on the gun. The bullet is separated from the gun. The gun powder energy is transferred to the bullet. The bouncing of opponent is like making the basketball bouncing up from the ground when it is just sitting on the ground. There is compression on the opponent.

John: Much like a trampoline? But tighter and less movement.

Kelvin: Not quite the same analogy as the ground is hard but the trampoline is not. If you put a basketball on the trampoline, and press on the basketball, it will jump because of the trampoline. I want to compress the basketball onto the ground to make it jump.

John: Gotcha.

Kelvin: So it is a bit different. I can just use a paddle to hit a pickleball off the ground. It is the same in this analogy.

John: The wall you produce is like the ground in your analogy.

Kelvin: Yes from the horizontal dimension to send the opponent backwards. To make him bounce off the ground, I press him against the ground. We need to produce more than one vector. These are things that shifu talks about, but I realize that it is very difficult to teach exactly how to do it.

John: So you pull them into the wall (the bie) to create the compression?

Kelvin: No, the Bie part is different. The Bie part is the general idea that he just feels stuck. I will give a counter example. Imagine that you are just pushing on his chest with a lot of force. His upper body may just tilt backwards and fall backwards. Normally, it would require bending your arm to issue. If he is agile and flexible, he may just bend backwards and not fall though. In this case, your force only affects his upper body, but his entire body is not locked. In our actions, we must first lock their body and then add one, right?

John: Yes.

Kelvin: The Bie is used to lock their body, and then you add one to hit the centre for example. This is what we learned. If the entire body is locked, he will fall backwards. To make him bounce upwards, you need to hit him evenly, without him able to really distinguish how you hit him.

John: That is very clear.

Kelvin: At all times, he is locked during the bounce.

John: So he is locked until the release?

Kelvin: If you can make him bounce, it means you can control how to hit him, and he won’t get hurt. For someone to bounce, his structure must remain in tack in the air. For 1st demo, his body structure did not change shape. For the 2nd one, the opponent looked very stiff, I pulled him in a way that kept his body structure. The pull was very sharp, and I had no extra motion in my body. Nothing deviates.

John: So by locking the opponent up, the compression is contained.

Kelvin: The locking (Bie) part is difficult. In our drills, we often ask the opponent to lock for us so we can do the drill.

John: Yes.

Kelvin: In my analogy, I need to create and keep the wall. My students when they do the drills by themselves, they don’t have the expected effect. They feel that something is off or not right, but they often can’t figure what the difference is by themselves.

John: I have difficulties with lose opponents…for that reason.

Kelvin: I talked about Bie again in the last class, I think that they are starting to get it. One student mentioned about remembering the lesson in this video that I did two years ago:

John: That is an excellent demonstration and explanation!


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In the intricate mechanics of Taiji, Indirect Power is not about conflict at the point of contact, but a chain of structural alignments that transforms the body into a high-leverage machine. By establishing a “Handle” on an opponent—a fixed point of contact that remains unchanged—the practitioner shifts the source of movement away from the limbs and into the kua, waist, and heels. This method relies on the “Analogy of the Train,” where each additional joint engaged adds a new carriage of force to the engine, resulting in a cumulative pressure that overwhelms linear resistance without a corresponding increase in effort.
Central to this mastery is the distinction between Positive and Negative strategies, governed by the geometry of contact. Through Positive Indirect Power, the practitioner maintains a steady point of contact while expanding the internal distance from their anchor to create a mechanical advantage. This expansion effectively increases the “lever arm” of the body, applying the physics of torque to multiply “four ounces into a thousand pounds of force“. By ensuring that power is added sequentially and locked into a single unit, the Taiji practitioner moves from the struggle of “one-on-one” direct power into a sophisticated system of indirect transmission where structure trumps raw power.
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In this class, we discussed that every action must be a stretch. By definition, a stretch requires at least one non-moving dot, and one moving dot. Without a non-moving dot, it is just a toss. As an example, in the first right turn in the first move of yilu. It requires a non-moving vertical rod, and when we turn to the right, it is a stretch around the vertical rod. At the same time, the tip of the left hand middle finger and the middle of the chest form a horizontal rod, as we turn to the right, the left elbow stretches around this horizontal rod, and this also drives the left hand along the horizontal rod outwards.

Simon asked: "How to train to make myself stronger?".
Kelvin answered: "That's not the right question to ask. We don't make ourselves stronger, but what we train to do may make the opponent feel that way. We train to match the opponent in terms of angle, speed, and power. Assuming that we are not leaning against a wall, the only solid and non-moving place is the ground. We match the opponent by redirecting his/her incoming force to the ground, this requires us to adjust/rotate our joints, and keep ourselves not moving."

We train the redirection of incoming power through the wall-pushing exercise. We learn to align our body as we use the hands to push against the wall. The push on the wall must be matched by the foot pushing the ground.





 


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There is a long-standing wisdom that “To give a man a fish is not as good as teaching a man to fish” (授人以魚,不如授人以漁; Shòu rén yǐ yú, bùrú shòu rén yǐ yú). In the internal martial arts, we follow this same logic: “To teach a man to punch is not as good as teaching a man the Principles” (授人以拳,不如授人以理。; Shòu rén yǐ quán, bùrú shòu rén yǐ lǐ). This dual focus on theory and application reveals that Master Chen Zhonghua’s theory of Indirect Power is not merely a collection of techniques, but a sophisticated mechanical system of action transmitted through a specialized structure. At the heart of this principle is the Anchor—a stable, consistent point of contact that functions as either a handle for pushing or a hook for pulling.
Unlike instinctive direct power, which reacts to an opponent’s force by tensing at the point of contact, Indirect Power requires the practitioner to keep the contact point stationary and “tight,” similar to a secure screw in a well-engineered machine.

By maintaining this structural integrity, the practitioner can bypass resistance and generate power from distant sources creating an Indirect Energy Path that processes external force through the body as a singular, integrated unit. The depth of a practitioner’s skill is measured by their ability to coordinate the body’s nine major levels, where the first level is the direct contact point and the remaining eight represent escalating classes of indirect power. This hierarchy allows for the sequential neutralization of force; if an opponent pulls, the practitioner does not resist at the hand but instead moves the waist or elbow to follow and redirect that energy. Master Chen emphasizes that this discipline requires overcoming biological programming to move past direct conflict. Ultimately, by utilizing the body’s internal geometry and maintaining a secure frame, the Taiji practitioner ensures that every contact point becomes a pivot for control, effectively dampening shocks and redirecting momentum without relying on brute strength.

(This is is an articles is based on the Theory and demonstration of “Indirect Power”
filmed in Ottawa, Canada Dec 3, 2014.
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