C.J.W. wrote:Not Xingyi spear, but this is sort of body mechanics I was referring too.
Properly excuted spear work should also have good structure and be able to overcome resistance -- just like in emptyhand movements.
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Yes, she is very good. But not only body mechanics are better, she has a better understanding of the weapon as well. You can see that her hand in front is almost always still, it moves very little, it's the rear hand does most of the work. When you use the spear, it's always the rear hand that does the work. But as a spear has a sharp point, so compared with a staff, the body doesn't need to do as much work.So her body work is more for the staff than for the spear. The guy in the OP vid has not practiced this kind of basic spear drills. You need to know the basic drills and understand basic spear play first. Then you can better understand how the XY fists were derived from real spear play.