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Those magnificent men on the flying trapeze
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We have all seen the classic Tai Chi student go flying through the air, but how can one achieve this. The first one is to use your own students who believe the sun shines out your arse and will accommodate you in any way. Second pick the stiffest person you can find or one you can intimate and give suggestions to that you are going to deck them so they tense up. Thirdly give them a blood hard shove when they least expect it.
The main problem I find with flying stunts is that it’s almost the same as pulling a punch. Do you really just want to push your opponent away, just so they can come charging back at you? Well I don’t, if I get in to that position I want to sort them ASAP. When you hit or push you should look at directing your force back into the floor from where it came from full circle. Example if I get a sledge hammer and hit a sheet on a clothes lines what damage will I do? Yep zero. If I lay the sheet on solid ground and hit it its going to cause damage the sheet has no where to run and obviously the sheet is your opponent, just incase you was wondering what the hell I was going on about. 
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