rojcewiczj wrote: My body only moves strait and rotates.
My arms only move strait and rotate.
rojcewiczj wrote:My point is not that the upper body has no movement, but that the shoulders move in one energy with the body and that the arms move with their own energy which coordinates with the body. The shoulders should not move as of part of the arm.
rojcewiczj wrote:I have a body and arms, I have no shoulders.
rojcewiczj wrote:I mean that the arm moves by the shoulder joint in seperation from the shoulder. The shoulder should move by the movement of the body.
it is impossible to move the arm without moving the shoulder, and attempting to do so is a good way to hurt yourself. And what do you mean by "move"? Do you mean literally any movement at all,
windwalker wrote:a large part of IMA training is learning how to move with out engaging the shoulder
Yes some might say he is moving his shoulders in the clip...the basic idea is that he is allowing
movement to travel through them to his finger tips.
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