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Pushing Hands 

All pushing hands workshops are currently postponed until further notice

"You can find out more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation" - Plato
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Pushing Hands is a term given to describe a whole range of partner exercises, both choreographed and freestyle and based on the martial art that is Tai Chi Chuan. These exercises, based on principles of softening, yielding, listening and following encourage you to respond to situations creatively and along the way find out a bit more about yourself.
​Read more about pushing hands below ....

Fred Hao in UK ??
Fred Hao - we will see what is possible ....
In the uncertainty of the time, it's not possible to give dates for his next visit
More details about Fred here
and ​if you'd like to see some stuff .... here's Fred .... and here ... and here



All pushing hands workshops are currently postponed until further notice

DEVON


LONDON
This little film is from Fred's summary at the end of the 2019 workshops in Devon

PUSHING HANDS
Plato sums it up pretty well there, dont you think? Bearing in mind, of course, that the person you're finding out about is yourself as much as 'the other'. For me, this pretty much describes the pushing hands journey of enquiry.


If you think about how much of your life is in relationship - conversations, emails, texts, phone calls, as well as more intimate relationships, then you realise that a lot of your life-time is about relating. Pushing Hands gives us one way of exploring all of this. 
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In Pushing Hands you start by simply listening to the contact with another person and to the information that the contact gives you.
You develop your sensitivity and ability to respond as well as your sense of grounding and resilience. 
Based on the idea of 'yielding' like a reed in the wind, in pushing hands you learn to listen, to follow what is happening and create out of that. You dont respond to what you think might happen or what you want to happen; just simply what is.
It's nice and profound.


Newcomers and more experienced players are all welcome to come to the classes and workshops.
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    • Pushing Hands >
      • Fred Hao 2020
    • Qigong: White Crane
    • San Shou
    • Short Form
    • Sword Form
    • Tai Chi Essence
    • Training
  • events
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