Martin wrote:Chris,
Just FYI, they do have what they call 'square form' in Shanghai, but only from the Wu Gongyi line.
cdobe wrote:qiphlow wrote:very smooth and controlled. why the lean in wu style? i've always wondered about that.
You can try it out on your furniture or your car. How would you push it? I feel that it is more "natural" to exert forward force in this inclined position. Another name for this is the "ox plow stance" and if you look at how people used to plow their fields in the old days with an ox or horse, you see that they were in the same body position. So it seems to be a very functional and economic way to exert force forward (and downward btw).
In Yang style there are also some people like Dong Yingjie and Yang Shou-Chung who used an inclined body posture. So they didn't think it was a violation of Taiji principles either
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