TaoJoannes wrote:Softer, more relaxed, from day one, should be the goal.
Walk the Torque wrote:Well this is the thing; soft and relaxed is all very well, but I feel there must be some hardness within the softness, otherwise its duckweedarama! Besides, you can still wedge in and remain soft, or expand the arm frame to bridge, and remain soft. I think the whole "not allowing a surface to land on" gig can be interpreted as rotating instead of just withdrawing. What say you lot?
mixjourneyman wrote:In Chinese martial arts, the word relax simply means to be ready.
QFTI think you had better interpret yielding as rotating, not just as withdrawing, or you will often find yourself out of distance to counter attack.
TaoJoannes wrote:To paraphrase someone I speak of too often, a small divergence at the beginning equals a large difference in the final result.
Softer, more relaxed, from day one, should be the goal.
problem comes when softness is stressed before structure... it is not about softness per se it is about using minimal force to hold a structure and using that structure to protect yourself... softness with out structure is not softness... it is cooked spaghetti.I agree here as well. If you don't stress the softness you'll have a hard time learning it IMO.
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