push hands?

[Tashi James]

Am curious as to why some schools name tuishou as "rou shou" {kneading.} does anyone know if there is differentiation or is it just differing translation?

[Alberto]

well, it is another term to avoid any martial meaning in taijiquan. the term is recently introduced mainly by practicioners of so called taiji tuishou in mainland china. this is sport. the roushou literally means 'warming up hands'



sincere practicioner of taijiquan should remember that tuishou is recently modern thing too. in older times the practice of sparring in taijiquan was known as dashou - literally 'striking hands'

[KidPeng]

baguazhang practitioners also have what they call roushou, meaning "soft hands." it seems basically like a slightly more san-shou like tuishou, a kind of middle ground between pushing and all-out striking. i've heard taiji people refer to roushou as well. but it seems basically like tuishou, in that if you were used to tuishou and went to practice roushou with someone, you wouldn't have to learn any wildy different rules or anything.