Thursday, June 2, 2022

Intricate "Pull, pluck, yank, jerk, etc."

 Intricacies of "pull, pluck, yank, jerk, etc.





Remember on this what Master Hwa showed/spoke on using fajin from the core (internal strength) with no effect from reaction force. Then his arm (external strength)comes into play and there is a reaction force that pulls him forward. How you apply this application depends on your proficiency in movement using internal then external, external then internal when you do the Form and you don't have to apply. "Pull down," yank, pluck, pick, and jerk is 采 (cǎi) (tsigh). How you pronounce it is like this: "The student would "SIGH" when the teacher said, "...learn the correct way to do all Movements, not just 采 (cǎi) (tsigh)". I think most define Cai as jerking or a jerk like jerking a pear from a tree. But did you know that first angling the pear away from the branch facilitates the pluck or pick? Also, if all we do is a jerk or yank something with no finesse, why would cǎi be called a Fajin or even a Jin? Pears get lifted away from the branch, deflected away, and then picked. We are talking about the similarity between a deflection of an arm and a (cǎi). We don't have to want or need the opponent to feel the movement, but Sun Tzu would be pleased with a strategy to lead the arm away and then make opponents feel like they just dropped into an abyss.


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