Positive Circle Lesson

Controlled release

  • Hold rear shoulder on the way out.

Outside / inside

  • 5 points fighting outward, everything else fights inward

Cave chest

  • Lock shoulders, head, only cave in the chest to drive hand out.
  • To train the right intent, put left hand on chest and slide it down as right hand goes out.

Clear

  • Locked part must be locked, moving part must be moving.

Kua up

  • Front kua needs to rotate in turn with waist. It looks like it comes up towards the shoulder.
  • Raise of kua up when coming in, chest pushes down when coming out.

Rear shoulder don’t move

  • Rear shoulder must not move when turning waist. Front kua and shoulder has a large move.
  • Rotate your spine not your head. Don’t move your eyes. Only a rotation, no movement.

Hand

  • Don’t move hand backwards / towards yourself.

Homework exercise

  • 6 sealing 4 closing, face on to mirror, don’t let rear shoulder move, but it rotates. Do it 1000x.

倒手 Dǎo Shǒu#

  • To change the orientation of the hand. Coming in, it’s pulling from elbow. Going out, the hand pulls the arm.

Differentiate the role

  • Every body part has a role, but which ones are primary and which ones are secondary (only getting out of the way).

Knees

  • Knee up / knee down. The body needs to be a physically solid structure, like a bike and the pedals are the knees. Feels like you make a foot and a half movement, but it looks like no move.

六封四闭 Liù Fēng Sì Bì#

  • First one is 70 rear, 30 front. Front becomes long back becomes short. Second one switches the pivot to the rear side of body (rear shoulder/kua axis).
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