Appledog wrote:Once again though no one has answered your question. I am not sure why. I asked one gentleman why he didn't answer questions like this and he told me he enjoyed lording secrets over the general population (of neijia players). I suspect many people here really just can't answer, but want to help by pointing you in the right way.
Appledog wrote:
So what's wrong with the way you learned it? If you learned it why then do you still have a question?
I suspect many people here really just can't answer, but want to help by pointing you in the right way. Unfortunately this ends up mainly in the wrong direction. Your own answer is the most correct, beyond that, you should probably ask your teacher.
The answer is a little long and commands some foreknowledge so I would rather not type it all out here, but it is in fact a very interesting question you have here which you should continue to investigate.
Appledog wrote: I suspect many people here really just can't answer, but want to help by pointing you in the right way. Unfortunately this ends up mainly in the wrong direction. Your own answer is the most correct, beyond that, you should probably ask your teacher.
The answer is a little long and commands some foreknowledge so I would rather not type it all out here, but it is in fact a very interesting question you have here which you should continue to investigate.
BruceP wrote:Someone in our group actually asked that question once during form practice.
We all did a few push-ups using press from right and left with the supporting forearm directly beneath the clavicles, then the chest, then the throat. First off the floor and then off a wall, and then off each other. Crossed creases between each hand's thenar and hypothenar offered the best 'connection', but there were other preferred matches depending on the position.
Turned out that it can be used to stuff a clinch or create space while in clinch - among a host of other practical applications. So your fingers go where they need to.
It's different with form, though, because you're creating a binding and stretching interaction along different 'meridians' and everyone's internal structure (and meridian structure) is different. So again, your fingers go where they need to.
a method for helping people discover their personal "binding and stretching interactions"
Bhassler wrote:
Silliness aside, do you have a method for helping people discover their personal "binding and stretching interactions", or is it more of a felt sense based on their experience of the more concrete applications?
Steve Rowe wrote:Left palm 3 fingers away from right wrist pulse. The 'squeeze' action is rotating left wrist so the fingers point upwards and right hand thumb rolls outwards, pressing down the bodycore until the arches of the feet flatten to the floor creating the pulse and 'float' at the release.
amor wrote:Steve Rowe wrote:Left palm 3 fingers away from right wrist pulse. The 'squeeze' action is rotating left wrist so the fingers point upwards and right hand thumb rolls outwards, pressing down the bodycore until the arches of the feet flatten to the floor creating the pulse and 'float' at the release.
This is pretty much how it is for me too. What is that you say, Ni chan on the left hand and shun chan on the right hand?
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