Dao Shou

Began with practicing moving step Positive Circle#. All of us missing the key concept of doing 倒手 Dǎo Shǒu#.

Examples

• Hold a jar and only turn the jar lid. The hand is only capable of making a fraction of a turn. Instead of turning the lid back and forth, we lock the position with the other hand and reset the turning hand position. One hand doesn’t move.

Switching and locking

• Need to be able to switch.
• After elbow in, turn the waist. Lock elbow. Hand rotates and leads out.
• Switch side: the elbow can belong to the waist (interacting with the waist) or the front kua (interacting with the hand).
• Swinging back and forth is not doing anything - not advancing.

More examples

• Like a boat falling over waves. The wave pushes the boat up, then the boat switches to the other side of the wave and goes over the wave.
• Hand comes in and locks - advanced the kua.
• Causes your opponent to move in space, while you only rotate.
• Chest moves backward (down) as hand goes out.

Sequencing

• Being able to switch is to have a sequence. 1 2 3. Another sequence is 3 2 1.
• Walking is a sequence. Your crotch is the middle, your two feet will switch back and forth. Bite is your foot locking on the ground. Can use walking as a reference to understand other moves.