oragami_itto wrote:2. This particular sweep is better expressed in golden rooster and brush knee than in repulse monkey
They are if you compare BKTS with Repulse Monkey TS. He does CPL like me, so I know his form has Both.
You do Yang that typically does not contain RM TS. .
The point is correct where these two are concerned. The finishing posture is identical.
1) Brush Knee and Twist Step is, quite plainly, a Twist Step posture the lead hand and leg are opposite sides. Like a cross punch.
Repulse Monkey is a Forward Step posture, the lead hand and leg are on the same side. Like a jab.
In YANG STYLE there is only one kind of RM, this is not true for a few other styles.
At a gross, external, but fundamental level, they are fundamentally different, before you even start considering the details of the upper body co-ordinations.
I know this is what you see, but there is more to it.
Likewise with golden rooster, the transition from one to the other contains a retreating leg with a forward/downward pressing hand, the fundamental mechanic of this takedown.
Yes perhaps there is step back in transition or one can be there.. however I don't think you can really derive this takedown in a better way than Repulse Monkey. The arm is not pushing or striking forward in the way desired, it's moving down and you are going to strike again: rooster.. It's application is different. In my experience the change of leg in rooster for the other side is more 'on the spot' than stepping back. At least that's how I tend to do it now. Maybe you're thinking of the transition to RM, but I will need to review some purer Yang styles as it's been a little while..