When your opponent grabs you his force, is a vector, it has direction and magnitude and you can feel it. That is why ting jin is improved with Tuishou or push hands, as you are directly feeling the movements of your training partner.
The letting go of tension or the feeling of tension is also ting jin, some people are not aware that they are holding on to tension. Exercises like Zhang Zhuang reveal that.
So that is your why ting jin can be referred to as “listening energy” because your body can listen to the forces inside of you and the incoming force of the opponents. Or feel it and understand it. And therefore, redirect it.
As you sink and build a peng structure, you also build up on your bodies ability to listen.
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