GrahamB wrote:If you can't see the vids then here are the pics:
nicklinjm wrote:@Trick, regarding the back hand pointing to the left in Santi - the way GrahamB does his is almost identical to how Wang Senlin in Shanghai (also from multiple Hebei lineages) does his Santi, so I'd say it's a known variation. My personal understanding is that Santi with fingers pointed left helps train left-right structural power (which should also be present in good Santi), but YMMV.
GrahamB wrote:No, I think it's the way it's meant to be done. If you watch the best ground guys, they move like a snake - I'm thinking of Demian Maia. Just watch his ground game vs Ben Askren (especially the ending) - it's like he becomes a snake :
GrahamB wrote:Not sure what you’re talking about.
Yin snake is pretty much grappling - it’s not complicated.
Trick wrote:I can’t see the YouTube videos, but I see the pic of the santishi posture where the back arm is turned such as the elbow point out to the right and fingers point towards left.
It seem not to go with the same intent as the forward arm/hand ?
In what linage is this Santishi ?
I not criticizing anything, just curious.
Overlord wrote:Trick wrote:I can’t see the YouTube videos, but I see the pic of the santishi posture where the back arm is turned such as the elbow point out to the right and fingers point towards left.
It seem not to go with the same intent as the forward arm/hand ?
In what linage is this Santishi ?
I not criticizing anything, just curious.
In Hong Yixiang Yizong Tangshou dao, it’s also taught this way where elbow is pointing laterally to prepare taking impact from lateral side. And back is round. AFAIK.
The two arms/hands, yes the whole body work in union in the ZZ . Let your “backhand” join in with the rest of the body.GrahamB wrote:Who would have thought the angle of a back hand was such a big deal?
Brinkman wrote:Hong Yixiang’s back hand position in Santishi Zhuang was definitely not at a right angle to the front hand. His method was to point the thumb toward the navel and forefinger toward the elbow of the forward arm. As such, it was meant to spread the Tiger’s mouth. (area between the thumb and forefinger) as well as to angle the thenar eminence downward.
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