thanks for the write up
, very condensed to the point.
., the students who already spent years of "eating bitter" and are now ready to understand the physics of their art in a more intellectual and philosophical manner.
had to smile at this, my own teacher is old school. His way is to practice something until one can do it, only then can they really say that they understand it.
my chinese is quite limited, instead of asking of being able to ask about things directly I had to practice them until I could do it,
and then figure out what it was that I was doing. I would ask the older students about my thoughts on things, like the idea of the triangle, they often would say " yes that's correct" and fill some details. Listening to them, in my my mind I would be thinking
"hello, would have been nice to know this a couple of yrs back
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Three point connection with an opponent is a natural triangle. A two, or even one point connection can become connected as a stable triangle, and used as such, through the alignment with the opponent.
we use one point connections, with the other point being created by the mind. In a sense the mind connection is the most important point. The idea of no Li, ( strength or tension at the contact point) allows the mind intent to be quite strong at the non physical contact point, the other 2 points being made up from the bodies or bodies / ground relationship. Not to easy to get, takes a lot of practice to make it a natural way of doing things.
From my own personal experience, the hardest part is really to keep the integrity of the triangular patterns as you move. This way of arrangement and it's structural integrity needs to be kept completely intact in movement. For some methods, there's a precision of movement of subtle movement and change that demands that the practitioner allready has a great foundation, a great balance and understanding of moving with structure. It looks very easy to do, but it's not.
yes not easy, takes a while to get it, even after being shown the how and why
This teacher was very kind in sharing his insights, power of the web