Steve James wrote:Well, that particular hand arrangement is the same as Play Guitar. So, if that (or an arm drag) is the intention of the movement, then it is what it is.
Steve James wrote:Lu doesn't come before Single Whip, An (both palms down) does. There's no rule that the left turn in SW has to be a pull; it doesn't have to grasp the opponent's arm at all. If grasping was the intention, then obviously both palms down isn't ideal. The form will follow the intended function.
Peng (ward off). Lu (pull back), Ji (press forward), An (push), Shung Lu (double pulling), single whip, ...
Do some Yang Taiji forms just skip "Shung Lu (double pulling)"?
Steve James wrote:Peng (ward off). Lu (pull back), Ji (press forward), An (push), Shung Lu (double pulling), single whip, ...
Do some Yang Taiji forms just skip "Shung Lu (double pulling)"?
Imo, they aren't skipping anything. The double pulling is something that your branch does. The name, shung lu, doesn't come up in most texts, ime.
The name two fishes in the eight triagrams comes from one source only Tseng Ju Pai and he substitutes pictures of his student for those of Yang because he doesn't have photos of yang doing that posture
CMC has the double pull but it is not applied as a pull but as a double ward off
wayne hansen wrote:It’s not so much how you go into SW it’s how you come out of it
I could show u dozens of applications for SW but it’s not important what u do but how u do it
wayne hansen wrote:Not quite sure about language changing
I do know a lot of people are all over the place changing from one view to the dead opposite
wayne hansen wrote:My tai chi changes daily
Best to understand the thing before you modify it
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