When the chest is hollow (back is round with separated shoulders) and the dan tien is full...points to more internal style
* A good example of this is when doing internal triangle footwork: "Yee Gee Kim Yeung Ma" (bad spelling sorry) but basically "Two Character abduct (lift, capture) the sheep horse Stance" That's a mouth full..I know.
However when the chest is full (puffed up)...the dan tien is usually relaxed or cannot also be full at the same time...points to more external style
I've said allot of what he's saying on this forum b4. Hollow the chest and round the back to make it a bow...and the dan tien is full.
... Hallmarks I think of other styles of CMA.
“Q – You just now referred to shoulders. Could you explain how to effectively use your shoulders?
A – Most people think that the arms start from the shoulders. In fact the shoulders have two locations. Close up to the neck there is the area which takes the load when we are carrying something heavy – or stretch to take out our wallet. However the arm in fact starts at the shoulder blade in the back; this enables the arm to stretch across the body. So if we want to use the arm effectively we must first effectively use the shoulder blade. But this part of the body has for a long time been overlooked by most people.
Q – So the arm can be thought of as similar to a chicken’s wing.
A – This is a very good analogy. The root of a chicken’s wing is like a human shoulder blade. When a chicken flaps its wings it uses this part.
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... Joints enable us to move easily. However, they can degenerate if they are immobilized for a long time or if their turning range is restricted.
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Bao on Fri Mar 13, 2020 4:38 am
@Subitai, 99,99999% of the time, “Hollow the chest and round the back to make it a bow” = ba bei han Xiong = is understood as a stationary posture, there is nothing in your post that suggests otherwise.
aamc wrote:With my very ignorant understanding of body mechanics, when people say you curve the back aren't you really relaxing the back and engaging the muscles across your chest and groin? Wouldn't it make more sense to say that, rather than other way round.By way of example, a bicep curl tells you exactly what to do. You don't say curve the back of the arm?
aamc wrote:Okay, I think before I can go any further, I think some nomenclature that we need to clarify around curving the back, as it curves in two directions and going from your description I actually think we might mean different things. So when curving the back I mean spinal flexion, from your description I'm guessing your describing spinal extension.
aamc wrote:With my very ignorant understanding of body mechanics, when people say you curve the back aren't you really relaxing the back and engaging the muscles across your chest and groin? Wouldn't it make more sense to say that, rather than other way round.By way of example, a bicep curl tells you exactly what to do. You don't say curve the back of the arm?
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