Time vs Timing

[Anonymous]

I just wanted to remember this before I forget it.

I was watching a youtube video of a Tai Chi teacher that I think is going to have a big impact on the arts. I think he is really good, but I hate the way he explains what he is doing. Anyway, he was talking about time and presence like it was some mystical thing-of-a-bob. What I really think he was using was timing and even more simply CSF. He basically has chi dzuo chu. From my perspective he simply doesn’t have to think. He is sensing and doing without a synaptic gap. All of his students were thinking. That takes time. And more importantly if you are firing your nervous system in a less efficient manner, you have to fire, reset, fire. The CSF doesn’t have to do this. Bruce has talked about this start-stop sequence many, many times.

As I watched this video and this teacher teach, I realized this is a big competitive advantage. It is only a fraction of a second but it is all that he needs. He is right there in the moment, but the student who is processing through thinking is in the past. He is processing something that already happened based on outdated intel or worse imagining into a future that may not manifest. Chi dzuo chu allows you to flow moment to moment without gaps. It isn’t about time as much as it is about timing. Chi dzuo chu makes it possible to have impeccable timing and to be present.

[Anonymous]

Hi James,

What is this teacher’s name?

I’d like to watch him.

Bon

[Anonymous]

I emailed it to you.

[Author]

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