四正推手法
[FOR A MORE DETAILED EXPLANATION, HERE IS THE] PUSHING HANDS METHOD FOR THE FOUR PRIMARY TECHNIQUES [text copied from Xu Yusheng’s 1921 Taiji manual]
四正推手者即两人推手時用捋擠按掤四法向四方周而復始作互相推手之運動也作此法時两人對立作雙搭手右式
Pushing hands with the four primary techniques is when two people are pushing hands using the four techniques of rollback, press, push, and ward-off, which are aligned with the four cardinal directions, repeating the cycle over and over again, back and forth between the two people. To begin, they stand opposite each other and cross their right hands.
甲屈膝後坐屈两臂肘尖下埀（作琵琶式）两手分攬乙之右臂腕肘處向懷內斜下方捋
[1] A bends his knees and sits back, bends his arms so his elbows hang down (making the “lute” posture), his hands grabbing B’s right arm at the elbow and wrist, and he rolls back inward and diagonally downward. [like photo 2, but with left and right reversed]
乙趁勢平屈右肱成九十度角形向甲胸前前擠接其雙腕並以左手移撫肱內以助其勢
[2] B takes advantage of the momentum and bends his right forearm across, making a ninety-degree angle, and presses forward toward A’s chest with his wrists connected, then shifts his left hand to touch the inside of his forearm and assist the power. [like photo 3, left and right reversed]
甲當乙擠肘時含胸腰微左轉雙手趁勢下按乙左膊
[3] Right when B presses with his elbow, A hollows his chest and turns his waist slightly to the left, both hands taking advantage of the momentum and pushing down on B’s left arm. [like photo 4, left and right reversed]
乙即以左臂擠推分作弧線向上運行掤化甲之按力同時右膊亦自下纏上甲之左肘以謝其勢
[4] B then uses his left arm to do a pressing push, bringing it away [from his right arm] in an upward arc to ward off and neutralize A’s pushing force. At the same time, his right arm also coils from below to prop up A’s left elbow and assist the neutralization. [like photo 1, but with roles reversed, left and right still reversed]
乙掤化甲之按力後即趁勢捋甲之左臂
[5] Once B wards off and neutralizes A’s pushing force, he then takes advantage of the momentum and rolls back A’s left arm. [like photo 2, roles reversed, left and right reversed]
甲隨乙之捋勁前擠
[6] A goes along with B’s rollback energy and presses forward. [like photo 3, roles reversed, left and right reversed]
乙隨甲之擠勁下按
[7] B goes along with A’s pressing energy and pushes down. [like photo 4, roles reversed, left and right reversed]
甲即掤化乙之按力後捋自此周而復始運轉不已是謂四正推手法
[8] A then wards off and neutralizes B’s pushing power [like photo 1, left and right reversed] and then rolls back [like photo 2, left and right reversed].
All of this goes round and round without end. This is called the pushing hands method for the four primary techniques.
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