the-empty-leg-the-full-leg-puzzle from Zenmindsword

I refer to the full leg and empty leg puzzle on ritualcat/zenmindsword's blog: http://ritualcat.wordpress.com/2006/06/06/emans-the-empty-leg-the-full-leg-puzzle

I had to post my comments here because somehow I have to 'log in' before I can post any comments.

I can't really see the pics clearly, when i click to save them they are always too small for me to figure out anything.

But the empty leg part, I take it that the guy is tripping the back leg(weighted leg)? Well, I think as a taiji player, we have trained to and should know the opponent's movements quite well and should not let him have a chance to do so. The weighted, unweighted leg technique is used to increase our mobility so the transition time should be short. However, in the case he does so and the other leg is still not down, jump?

The full leg part. In taiji, my teacher always tells us to attack till 70%, and save 30% for yourself. And when retreating, do the opposite, do not sit back all the way, so the thing is to neutralise before you reach the 100% mark. But in the case if we do reach, then it is good luck man!

And thanks for the kind compliments form zenmindsword. But from the short meeting I had with him, I realised that my depth of technique and skill are still very far from his. Especially when he was demonstrating his techniques, his eyes looked very different from that of normal players. You can really see the concentration from the eyes, sort of reminded me of the descriptions of the eyes of Yang Cheng Fu and Wu Jian Quan when they did their forms or pushed hands.