Have you wondered why “Pushing Hands” is often carried on in circles? Indeed some Taiji practitioners, ignorant of the underlying meaning, merely move their hands in circles while performing Pushing Hands. The reason is that the circle is an effective way to neutralize an opponent’s force as well as direction. When an opponent strikes you, instead of meeting his strike head-on, you yield or follow his strike a short distance, then using his momentum deflect it and turn it back to him. You opponent may do the same too, hence resulting in circular movements. This aspect of Pushing Hands, where one yields, deflect and counters in one smooth movement, known as “hua-jing” or neutralizing-force, is practiced here in stationary pose, without moving the body or the legs. This is neutralizing using “shou-fa”, or hand-technique.
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