by Bao on Sat Mar 07, 2020 3:49 pm
In Xingyi, shoulder - hip, elbow - knee, Fist - hand are coordinated together without any delay between them.
Personally, I’ve never liked the “whip” analogy. In my view, everything should be coordinated together in one movement: When striking for example, then the Dantian, foot, kua, spine, should all support the fist together in one single movement on impact, imo. But there are also methods where one part can drive the rest of the body which follows up on impact. The fist can also seemingly start to move by itself and the body place itself in a supportive posture and angle just upon impact. So there are different philosophies. Whatever you can make work for you is ok.
Thoughts on Tai Chi (My Tai Chi blog)
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