Early in Master Hwa's training, he learned the "no" rules, or one might say the no, no, no's. They involve not projecting knees, arms, and hands in isolated movement beyond the body's periphery. Consider this illustration. Hold one end of a long belt in one hand. Imagine that end to be the center of a circle. Your imaginary circle has a radius equal to the length of the belt. If you try to trace the circle's periphery by using your other hand to move the free end of the belt, your efforts will be slow and awkward. For instance, projecting the elbow behind the back to do a punch is a no, no, no. "Projecting elbow" is an example of "tracing" with an extremity we just mentioned. However, if you leave one end to swing free and merely flip the wrist of the hand holding the "center" end, the belt will turn around and around smoothly and with great speed. As his videos have shown, this is well-known and practiced in Tennis, Baseball, Boxing, etc. One stabilizes the hips and turns at the waist. How could it be otherwise?
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