This work, from Ju Ming’s celebrated Tai Chi Series, distills into camphor wood the fleeting moment of contact within the Tai Chi pushing-hands form. The axe marks are bold yet disciplined, transforming gestures of advance and retreat, attack and defense, into silent sculptural presence. Within the grain of the wood, the interplay of yin and yang, solidity and emptiness, unfolds in quiet resonance.

Ju Ming’s carving follows not the literal appearance of movement, but its inner rhythm and intention. Through vigorous cuts and simplified form, he captures the flowing cadence between gestures, merging the restrained spirit of Tai Chi with the visual language of Western modern abstraction. Between motion and stillness, opposition and harmony, the work achieves a subtle equilibrium between mind and form.