johnwang wrote:Trick wrote:Did you use feet-ground connection when you planted your fist in the opponents face, or was it done with an isolated arm movement?
After you have borrowed the counter force from the ground, your Qi (energy) is floating from your leg, throw your back, through your arm, and reach to your hand. Your Qi is no longer sinking at that moment.
johnwang wrote:Trick wrote:How to not theorize on a internet ‘discussion’ forum,
Besides theory, there are how to
- enter,
- finish,
- counter,
- counter a counter,
- use one move to set up next move,
- borrow the resistance force,
- borrow the yielding force,
- use straight line to interrupt a circle,
- change a straight line move into a circular move,
- change a circular move into a straight line move,
- attack one direction then attack the opposite direction,
- use footwork,
- ...
We can always learn something from each other through concrete discussion (such as how to move in your back leg). How can we learn anything through "theory" discussion (such as sink the Qi)?
Trick wrote:Well I put forward my interpretation of “sink the Qi” = Relax. No Qi/nervous system electricity/Energy is actually sunken, it moves more smoothly all over because the relaxed state of mind and body. All around/all over, from top to toe alertness....
GrahamB wrote:If sinking the qi was just relaxing... why would there be separate instructions to relax (fang song) and sink the qi?
GrahamB wrote:I notice nobody is up to the yoga guy question.
GrahamB wrote:Trick... I'm saying that just saying it means "relax" is not helpful, or accurate. Sure you need to relax, but that's just a superficial understanding of what 'sink the qi' means.
Is the yoga guy sinking his qi or not?
Bao wrote:Trick wrote:Well I put forward my interpretation of “sink the Qi” = Relax. No Qi/nervous system electricity/Energy is actually sunken, it moves more smoothly all over because the relaxed state of mind and body. All around/all over, from top to toe alertness....
This is correct. Actually, according to the original “qi theory”, you don’t sink the qi. You sink the heart flame below the water and then there is steam. Qi raises and circulate, but it doesn’t sink.
GrahamB wrote:I notice nobody is up to the yoga guy question....
If you really understand something, you can explain it to your grandma.
GrahamB wrote:Put the heart flame below the water? Don't sink the qi, circulate it instead?
No wonder Granny has given up and does Aqua Aerobics instead!
GrahamB wrote:Put the heart flame below the water? Don't sink the qi, circulate it instead?
No wonder Granny has given up and does Aqua Aerobics instead!
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