Bao wrote:Ah Louis, why do you believe that the concept means bad posture?
charles wrote:Many who interpret this statement seem to believe the chest and back are held in a single static state or posture. Instead, the chest and back continuously alternate between opening and closing and the length of the spine bowing and un-bowing.
Ah Louis wrote:Yang Cheng-fu (1883 - 1936) famously said, "Sink the chest and pluck up the back. The chest is depressed naturally inward so that the ch'i can sink to the tan-t'ien [field of elixir]. Don't expand the chest: the ch'i gets stuck there and the body becomes top-heavy. The heel will be too light and can be uprooted. Pluck up the back and the ch'i sticks to the back; depress the chest and you can pluck up the back. Then you can discharge force through the spine. You will be a peerless boxer."
If you are a die hard Yang style practitioner it is an absolute to "pluck up the back." Yet, I have see enough Chinese Yang style students and masters develop chronic kyphosis as a result of following Yang's dictum.
What is the forum's thoughts. To what degree should the plucking up the back should be, slight, moderator, or to the degree of kyphosis? I will refrain at this point from giving my opinion, so to read responses and experiences from others.
charles wrote:Many who interpret this statement seem to believe the chest and back are held in a single static state or posture. Instead, the chest and back continuously alternate between opening and closing and the length of the spine bowing and un-bowing.
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