With systematic training you can move very fast using correct Taijiquan footword

If we follow Taijiquan footwork principles like moving from the back leg and rotating the waist, will we be slow in combat? Yes, if we remain at the beginners? stage. In fact, at the beginning we purposely move slowly so that we can perform the necessary steps correctly.

But once we are fluent with the steps, we can move very fast. We can be very fast not just by increasing our speed, which will come about naturally as we become familiar with the movements, but also by reducing the size of our movements and the number of steps.

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Fast Movement	Class Practice	Fast Movement

Waist to Knee Movement	Fast Movement	Gliding Forward

Class Practice	Reducing Steps	Rotation of Waist

Gliding Back	Half Steps