GrahamB wrote:I (try to) do Single Whip like this:
johnwang wrote:When people do it with both palms face down, or with both palms face out, I just don't understand how he can pull his opponent's arm.
In CMA, those non-functional move is called "死手 (Si Shou) - meaningless move". IMO, to see if one's training is "deep" or not, you just pay attention on whether he does any meaningless move or not.
Trip wrote:Just because you don't understand
how to use this Yang Style Transition Movement
with "with both palms face out'
Does not make it a "meaningless move".
johnwang wrote:Could you give 1 application that your both palms face down, or both palms face out? A video will even be better. In your application, do you open your tiger mouth of your both hands?
johnwang wrote:In your application, do you open your tiger mouth of your both hands?
GrahamB wrote:That's a lot of talk instead of just coming up with an answer to John's simple question...
When in reality, they have no idea what Ki is, but they've given 40 years to this thing and their not going to admit they don't know anything at this stage.
GrahamB wrote:That's a lot of talk instead of just coming up with an answer to John's simple question.
This is the same as when you ask Aikido people what they mean by "ki"
"Well, if you have to ask! It means you don't know! How could you not know something so basic! bla bla"
When in reality, they have no idea what Ki is, but they've given 40 years to this thing and their not going to admit they don't know anything at this stage.
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