Yeung wrote:Kua 胯 is crotch and its meaning is clarified by the Chinese idiom: shamed under the crotch (kua xia zhi ru胯下之辱) from the story of Han Xin (230 BC–196 BC) who was force to crawl between someone`s legs as humiliation.
I hope this will clarify some of the misconceptions related to kua.
Yeung wrote:Kua 胯 is crotch and its meaning is clarified by the Chinese idiom: shamed under the crotch (kua xia zhi ru胯下之辱) from the story of Han Xin (230 BC–196 BC) who was force to crawl between someone`s legs as humiliation.
I hope this will clarify some of the misconceptions related to kua.
Taste of Death wrote:Yeung wrote:Kua 胯 is crotch and its meaning is clarified by the Chinese idiom: shamed under the crotch (kua xia zhi ru胯下之辱) from the story of Han Xin (230 BC–196 BC) who was force to crawl between someone`s legs as humiliation.
I hope this will clarify some of the misconceptions related to kua.
Do you have a video representation?
MaartenSFS wrote:胯 is the hips, the outside, 裆 is the crotch, or inside. I've also asked two Chinese to confirm this (Because I am a Laowai, after all ).
We can say this about a pair of trousers as well. 裤裆 = the trousers crotch.
Yeung wrote:MaartenSFS wrote:胯 is the hips, the outside, 裆 is the crotch, or inside. I've also asked two Chinese to confirm this (Because I am a Laowai, after all ).
We can say this about a pair of trousers as well. 裤裆 = the trousers crotch.
Dang is the front and rear intersections of a pair of trousers, some called them front rise and back rise and some called front rise as front crotch. Crotch is the inseam of the trousers from left to right.
A proper Teacher should in a position to show you the various movements of the crotch. Very often writers refer to as Yao Kua (waist and crotch). This can be misleading at time but can be demonstrated by showing. In the context of open and close, the crotch is easily understood while hip is not. The movement of the crotch generally refers to the pelvis and legs. May be we can got into more details when analyzing movements like open, close, rotation, turn, pull, push, lift, seat, etc.
Yeung wrote:Kua 胯 is crotch and its meaning is clarified by the Chinese idiom: shamed under the crotch (kua xia zhi ru胯下之辱) from the story of Han Xin (230 BC–196 BC) who was force to crawl between someone`s legs as humiliation.
I hope this will clarify some of the misconceptions related to kua.
Yuen-Ming wrote:Yeung wrote:Kua 胯 is crotch and its meaning is clarified by the Chinese idiom: shamed under the crotch (kua xia zhi ru胯下之辱) from the story of Han Xin (230 BC–196 BC) who was force to crawl between someone`s legs as humiliation.
I hope this will clarify some of the misconceptions related to kua.
Nope
"Kua" refers to the whole block formed by the attachement of the legs to the torso.
The "Shuowen" explains it well (胯) 股也。合兩股言曰胯。"Kua are the legs. The attachment of the two legs that is called Kua"
YM
amor wrote:I've also come across the hip as being called the kua and crotch as the inguinal crease however I don't think these facts mean much in isolation.
More interesting is what is actually happening at the kua or hip joint specifically during sinking and rising of the body and open/close. Perhaps during your training in zhang zhuang you have noticed these things. When one kua opens it usually indicates in my experience that the inguinal crease is closing and vice-versa.
And you can't get isolate what is happening at the shoulder level when one kua is closing/opening. Usually the shoulder is doing the opposite of what one kua below is doing.
I'm sure there are many yin/yang pairs we can get into as you mention above rotation, turn, pull, push, lift, seat etc. but it would get more complex and it already is just with the open/close concept.
marvin8 wrote:amor wrote:
The "inguinal crease" sounds like a practical definition. What are the benefits of opening and closing the kua in a martial context?
marvin8 wrote:What are the benefits of opening and closing the kua in a martial context?
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