front wrote:Check this link for some interesting thoughts (sorry if it was shared here already): https://wulinmingshi.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/wang-jiwu-on-hidden-power/
At the same time, the lead arm must go forward as if pulled by a string, while the lagging arm is visualised as being pulled backwards. It should be as if there is a tug-of-war between the two hands: but this kind of visualisation shouldn’t be too forced, it should mainly remain at the level of ‘intent’. This is why xingyi is easy to practice but hard to master: at this stage, we work on the mental aspect, not power. Apart from training hard, you have to analyse and examine your art. When I reached this stage I went back to the 5 fists and 12 animals to re-evalutate them, to discover the ‘internal side’ to the forms.
Ed Ladnar wrote:I think hard training is an appropriate term considering the difficulty of the exercise. I am skeptical that this kind of training should cause no discomfort or soreness. In my case I think I had some kind of hitch or scar tissue in my neck that didn't become apparent until I started training seriously. It's gotten better over the course of about two or three years. Still a bit sore though. I wondered whether anyone else had had a similar experience. It was clearly associated with training, but didn't happen during training, but rather at random times when moving my head. Initially it was so bad it could be triggered when I swallowed. As I said, now it's quite a bit better.
I've heard several times that you should feel no discomfort, and I wonder - the great masters were horribly abused by modern standards, and put their bodies through the wringer to gain their skills. I'm not willing to do that, but "changing the body" sure doesn't sound like a process devoid of pain.
Ed Ladnar wrote:"Done correctly you should not feel soreness, nor pain, nor discomfort. If you feel any of these that means you are doing it wrong and you should stop."
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