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Push Hands 推手

Partner sensitivity exercise in Tai Chi.

Also known as: tui shou, 推手

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Tai Chi's 8 Secret Energies

Tai Chi's 8 Secret Energies
Chen Xiaowang Explains the Five Core Tai Chi Push Hands Methods

Chen Xiaowang Explains the Five Core Tai Chi Push Hands Methods

Glossary

Push Hands（推手）
Push Hands is a partner training method in Tai Chi Chuan that develops sensitivity, balance, and the ability to sense and redirect force through listening energy and internal structure.

Knowledge Connections

Eight Gates (Ba Fa) (八法)
Combat
Applies In
Balance & Fall Prevention
Health
Evidence For

Learn more about Push Hands in the Tai Chi glossary.

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