D_Glenn wrote:So for the sake of conversation, could people maybe start using these distinctions?
I only use it in reference to how it was spoken to me and make no claim to knowing it's correctness in language or even if it has multiple variations to it.
I simply understand it to be to issue power and can be applied to any striking move. But it needs to be developed.
It's practise is after the basic movement is understood then power needs to be developed through repetition:
Cut upwards - fajin
Hit a bag - fajin
Punch with wood (xy) - fajin
Kick a wall or tree - fajin
Repulse the monkey - fajin
The commonality was - to issue power. In practice - moving slowly to get coordination is not fajin. Doing it fast is.
Learning to do it with the whole body from 0 to intense and back again while issuing power into the opponent is the objective. Much like anything in life it is specific training that is developed by practising it over and over.
I am yet to see anyone train in fajin by only doing push hands or a slow form. It's like saying that by slow walking enough will eventually make a person a great sprinter.
Also I don't see it used in context of where it is targeted. It's not about uprooting, leverage or spinal alignment.
Just "with power".
But then again I'm not a linguist.