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Master Hwa: You know, sometimes, as I recently wrote in the book about discoveries I am still discovering things. For example, we talk about rotating this arm; and your arm is up a little bit? Before I kind of said, now, because you rotate up, the elbow is down. So now you can go down like this. But really, that rotation HAS LOTS MORE MEANING TO IT. So you understand because you are nodding your head, right? You know, you try with one hand, you can see. So, with one hand, you rotate, OK, you rotate, then you start moving again. You see this move, starting with this rotation. This is a very powerful move. Right? We are starting with this rotation. Once you start to move the arm, and so again, I just, just admire this. Ohhh, these old masters, they really think about everything. This is a very powerful move for blocking, and later on, you can feel the power. Right? Very good, right, exactly. Right and also later on, when we talk about push hands, there are other uses for this move too. You know, so early on, I just followed my teacher, turning, but now I really understand why. I understand why it is so important. Two hands are actually more difficult, so both hands come down. You know most of the otherTai Chi forms when they do this, they pull the arms back like this. It is not what we do, and we really do THIS. It is more difficult than one hand to do both sides actually. Student: "At that point, it is a feeling in the back?" Master Hwa: "Yeah, the back, my back goes down. That's how the back goes down. It's easy to illustrate it using one hand, but two hands is a more difficult situation. Yes, the SHOULDER SINKS. Now, two hands can also be used for blocking, Or, when someone comes underneath you, you strike him on the back with the elbows. The shoulder goes down."
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