description Tai Chi Push Hands Overview
Tai Chi Push Hands, or tuishou, is a partnered training method within taijiquan in which two people maintain contact while practicing sensitivity, balance, timing, positioning, and the redirection of force. It is not a single fixed contest format: schools and competitions use different drills, footwork rules, and degrees of movement, and many versions prohibit striking. Chen-style traditions credit Chen Wangting with developing the exercise, while contemporary practitioners use it to connect solo form training with controlled partner work. It is for tai chi students, martial-arts practitioners, and competitors.
help Tai Chi Push Hands FAQ
What is Tai Chi Push Hands?
Tai Chi Push Hands, or tuishou, is a partnered training method within taijiquan. Two people maintain contact while practicing sensitivity, balance, timing, positioning, and redirection of force.
Is Push Hands a single fixed competition format?
No. Schools and competitions use different rules, including variations in allowed steps, hand contact, scoring, and whether throws or takedowns are permitted.
What skill does Push Hands train most directly?
The exercise trains sensitivity to a partner’s pressure and movement. Practitioners learn to keep balance, find better position, and redirect force instead of meeting it with rigid strength.
How is Push Hands different from sparring?
Push Hands usually begins with an agreed contact exercise and specific restrictions on movement or attacks. Depending on the school, it may be cooperative training or a competitive format, but it is not automatically unrestricted fighting.
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