Turn at the hips v. turn at waist

Video yin/yang junction ends up at knees 

"...Power is drained off, power is drained off, power is drained offfffff....." Turning from the hips where the yin/yang junction is at the knees is much like someone having to draw their fist back to punch again after they punch and it repeats. It's like having to cock back the hammer on a pistol after you fire it. In large circle large frame Tai Chi it is true the hips can be rotated forcefully once the legs push the body and they reach the apex of a weight shift. As we have stated previously, however it is also true that power is drained off once the rotation is completed It is drained off because the hip has to turn back in order to turn forward again, the power has been drained off...analogy of the pistol. The small circle compact frame uses energy internal to the body core and does this by pulling not pushing from the leg and turning the hips. In contrast to pushing, pulling moves are internal and boy do they stay energized. Energy is not lost but constantly recirculated because it is not dependent on using the legs for power. I have heard students refer to the hips as "fulcrums" but for the students who do this, it is of prime importance as to how one locates or places a working fulcrum. As Master Hwa demonstrated in the video the turning of hips lowers the yin/yang junction (fulcrum) to the area of the knees. One can readily see several practitioners of Tai Chi at any time, any place in the world, any time on Youtube, turning their bodies at the hips, lowering the junction to the area of the knees in the mistaken impression that "generating movement by the hips first and not the waist" can be used to "turn the body".