From Neutralization to Zero Gravity (化於零點)

Achieving the Zero Point (Líng Diǎn 零点) at the moment of contact transforms internal equilibrium into an observable physical phenomenon:
the instantaneous collapse and structural dissociation of the opponent, rendering them momentarily weightless and unable to transmit force.
This is the culmination of Huà Jìn (化劲) — Transforming Energy — where all opposing vectors dissolve into neutrality.

The Collapse of the Opponent’s Structure (形解之理)

When Líng Diǎn is perfectly established, the practitioner’s structure becomes an absolute neutral field.
This neutrality prevents the opponent’s energy from transmitting through the body; instead, it loops back internally, collapsing into its source.
The defender does not break the opponent’s connection to the ground — that connection simply becomes irrelevant, as the practitioner offers no fixed point for the opponent’s power to engage.

• Structural Discontinuity

The opponent’s internal geometry collapses inward because the force they generated finds no opposing anchor.
Their intended line of power meets emptiness — a living void that accepts force without reaction.
In this condition, effort becomes self-defeating: the more they push, the faster they fall into imbalance.

• Zero Gravity Phenomenon

The opponent becomes momentarily weightless (失重 Shī Zhòng) — not by illusion, but by the mechanical collapse of their internal alignment.
Their center of gravity, once stabilized by structure, is displaced into muscular tension, which cannot act instantaneously.
In the timeless interval of Líng Diǎn, their strength becomes inertia; their intention becomes imbalance.

The opponent’s structure dissolves not by your action,
but by their inability to act within perfect stillness.

Manifestations of Structural Dissociation (形散之象)

When the Zero Point is attained, the opponent’s system of axes and vectors disintegrates simultaneously.
Their capacity to root, issue, and recover disappears in the same instant.
This creates the unmistakable impression of “zero gravity” — the state where mass remains but orientation is lost.

This is the mechanical signature of Aiki realized through the dynamic harmony of Taiji.
External conflict dissolves not through counter-force, but through absolute internal balance.
In this equilibrium, the defender remains still, yet the opponent is moved;
the defender exerts nothing, yet all force returns to its origin.

The Principle of Zero Gravity (失重之理)

“Zero gravity” in Taiji is the functional loss of grounding—the erasure of any stable vector through which force may be expressed.
When Yin and Yang are equalized to perfect neutrality, polarity ceases; motion has no direction; effort has no object.

This is not escape but resolution—the transformation of conflict into stillness.
The opponent’s Yang (active pressure) and Yin (receptive yielding) blend into undifferentiated harmony.
Force cannot manifest because its source and destination have merged.

When Yin and Yang are indistinguishable,
force cannot exist.
When force disappears, harmony is restored.

At this level, Taiji and Aiki become one in function: both embody the return to the state of undivided unity where movement arises from stillness and returns to stillness again.

The Spiral Release (缠丝发劲 Chán Sī Fā Jìn)

Once the opponent’s structure has entered zero gravity, release (Fā 发) arises spontaneously.
Power spirals upward from the ground, guided through the Kuà (胯) — the pivotal gateway of transmission — and issues through the point of contact.
The release is not imposed but allowed; it is the completion of the opponent’s own imbalance.

Your structure remains in neutrality, yet their imbalance expresses as motion.
The expansion of Péng transforms potential into kinetic; the opponent’s axis disintegrates; they are expelled not by impact but by restoration of universal balance.

True Fā Jìn is not an act of striking;
it is the moment when the universe rights itself through you.

This is the martial manifestation of Aiki: the perfect intersection of stillness and responsiveness, of neutrality and transformation.
At this instant, the circle of polarity closes—
Taiji returns to Wuji,
and the cycle of harmony renews itself.