In class yesterday, Shifu was demonstrating to me, how we can uselessly use strength and flail wildly to try and escape, or how we can merely learn to relax and then just seek the one angle of escape where with a minimum of effort we can escape and counter. Shifu demonstrated that from a variety of grabs and holds along different areas.
Shifu then demonstrated how important the use of spiral action is, by merely moving the opposite hand (if not grabbed or held) in assisting escapes and releases.
There are such fine subtleties that are to be learned. Shifu continues to emphasize that as we learn the correct detail of EVERY move in the form, and then we learn how to apply those movements, that there are certain things to always consider in the doing. Using external force and strong muscular contraction isn't one of those things.
Sounds confusing, I know. I hate not being able to be more exact in my descriptions, but somethings really just need to be seen and felt.
J
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