I was just looking over a vid clip where an instructor was describing how to do a step in the forms. He had his poor student clearly confused and trying to absorb the movement; frankly, I couldn't follow the guy's instruction either. When Shifu teaches that step, he just shows us, and has us do it. If we don't do it well to his satisfaction, Shifu, will often have us repeat it, over and over again. We learn with the experience and we have the correct motion. Without rotating the dantian this way or that way, sometimes, if the instructor doesn't understand but is teaching, they try to explain the best way they know how. We cannot fault someone for not knowing something, but they had better know something is missing when they see a TRUE expert showing them the same motion. Keep the instructions as simple as possible, and let the student get reps in.
J
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