Bao wrote:Not everyone understands how to incorporate (Quoting Doc -ad) "Unbroken Circularity in the transitional movements between named and numbered postures in the form set sequence." But of course, this is the ideal. But then again, the form and frame must allow it.
(from https://rumsoakedfist.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=30234&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&sid=bd3dd7ef7504cdc24a0516fb3e41ef88#p519583)
All human beings are alive, therefore all human beings have qi, therefore any movement a human being makes can be harmonized with unbroken circular qi; any physical ('external') movement can be done in a manner which represents unbroken circularity. You cannot see this harmonization, which is the difficulty in copying your teacher's form. So, you have to start with a form which externally attempts to show unbroken circularity. And then, you will realize, that your physical body is not conforming to the unbroken circularity of your mind. Then you will suddenly realize your internals are not harmonized; you will become aware of them in the places they differ (this is the principle of differentiation which I will explain later). This is the start of internal development. If you just use a form which has broken and non-circular movements, you can not even pass the first stage.
This is to say, not all forms of internal development are the same. There is internal development, and there is internal development which is unbroken and circular.
Now, Bruce Lee said that the shortest line between points is a straight line -- not a circle. So perhaps we have been doing it wrong all this time. Thoughts?