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Connect internal early in square form

A Youtube video:  Early work for Square Form  (connect internal early in square form)

Master Stephen Hwa makes the case that learning to connect the arm to the core should be done immediately upon the beginning study of the Square Form. Usually one learns Square Form, Round Form and when one is good in the Round Form they start to connect. He adds, however, that in doing it this way one's Square Form will be different. Without knowing this then one has a difficult time knowing where to place hands and arms in relation to the body.If one says "you have to connect" however, then you will know where the arms and hands should be. You will not make incorrect or indecisive movements of the arms because you will lose the "connection". At 3:00 one sees the students attempting to connect arm and leg to explicit movement of the back. The emphasis is on how the lower back should feel in spite of the difficulty.