Bao wrote:"How do you do it in your style?"
How I do something depends. However, I do not recognise "style" in Tai Chi, so what I do, or how I do it, does not depend on "style".
origami_itto wrote:I should have been more clear. I am more interested in the straight vs bent...
Bao wrote:If you don't sink there's no jin.
johnwang wrote:origami_itto wrote:I should have been more clear. I am more interested in the straight vs bent...
You may straight your back leg (release) for 1/10 second according for your application. You should keep it bend (compress) before and after your application.
When you train solo form, you should do it as:
bend (compress) -> straight (release) -> bend (compress) -> straight (release) -> ...Bao wrote:If you don't sink there's no jin.
Agree! If there is no compress, there is no release.
origami_itto wrote:I should have been more clear. I am more interested in the straight vs bent...
marvin8 wrote:Biomechanically, ... Also, there are advantages to bending the rear leg (e.g., rotation, head movement), while having the weight and head on the front foot.
marvin8 wrote:In the OP I believe Dong "releases" with a bent rear leg, without "straight (release)."
johnwang wrote:marvin8 wrote:In the OP I believe Dong "releases" with a bent rear leg, without "straight (release)."
It depends on your application. The bow-arrow stance can be the end of many different leg skills (such as "spring").
johnwang wrote:origami_itto wrote:I should have been more clear. I am more interested in the straight vs bent...
You may straight your back leg (release) for 1/10 second according for your application. You should keep it bend (compress) before and after your application.
When you train solo form, you should do it as:
bend (compress) -> straight (release) -> bend (compress) -> straight (release) -> ...Bao wrote:If you don't sink there's no jin.
Agree! If there is no compress, there is no release.
origami_itto wrote:johnwang wrote:marvin8 wrote:In the OP I believe Dong "releases" with a bent rear leg, without "straight (release)."
It depends on your application. The bow-arrow stance can be the end of many different leg skills (such as "spring").
... Although, maybe I'm not considering things like "turn and kick with heel" that some do starting with throwing the free leg back and then turning into it.
Still though, seems a little different. I think I'd see this sort of throw more as an expression of something like "needle at sea bottom", which still has a bent leg.
marvin8 wrote:I don't believe that throw requires 2 steps (1 stealing step) -> 2 leg springs (from bow & arrow) -> throw.
marvin8 wrote:So you're saying you disagree with Dong? He "should train straight (release)" and "there is no release" with a bent leg? Dong "releases" with a bent rear leg:
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