I have a very bad habit in class of moving too quickly through the different movements of the form. Moving quickly isn't a good thing for several reasons when one is a beginner; first off, there is so much detail in every aspect of every motion, chances are good, that if you are moving too quickly, you may be sloppy or not paying attention to finer points. The other thing is, the lao jia yi lu form has 74 movements, chances are very good that you'll be very tired or exhausted completing the form.
Sometimes, when we are moving quickly, we are not completing body turns, or we are using mostly arm/hand motion which brings the chi upwards. With the chi shifting upwards we become easily off balanced, and we are not using the appropriate body mechanics.
Many of the movements need quite a bit of body turn to support the motion of the arms and as we turn and sink down, we then learn how to use appropriate body mechanics for things like throws and take downs.
J
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