cotton boxer wrote:thx. for posting this
i'll ask some questions . i have noticed that baji seems to be quite defined as to how they deliver power to the ground in there foot work. How does this play out in baji's use of fajin specifically as told to you by your sifu/master ?
i have paid attention to Tony Yangs site and some others in this regard , so i guess i'm trying to assemble various parts so as to come to a method that's common to all/most styles of baji concerning the Fajin methods !
thanks alot .
Many long time ba ji players in this forum, they are welcome to chime in anytime.
In theory, the power started from the waist or dan tian, and suddenly exploding outward toward 4 limbs. so when you see the power from the feet hitting/landing on the ground, there are also the same level of power expressing on the fist/palm/hand.
Along the same idea, the level of power on the knees would be the same on the elbows, the level of power on the hip would be the same with the shoulder etc.
This is happening toward the end of posture/move.
But in the beginning of a posture, we do start off from the feet, and use counter energy from the ground to start our move forward. So the power from the ground, via feet to lauch the forward thrusting power from the whole body moving forward. Most of the power/energy is from the ground.
I just briefly described the inital phase/starting and the final/ending phase.
There are also transitional phases. I guess it is dependent on what posture and function of a said posture.
there are 6 big way of opening the door or liu da kai.
they are also 6 types of power issuing or expressions.
1. Ding (pushing forward and upward)
2. Bao (enclose) 2 arms coming together.
3. Ti (rise) move up your feet, knee and fist
4. Dan or shan (single or fan)
5. Kua (hip)
6. Chan (entanglement) or silk reeling.
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