Connect arm movements with Torso movements

 Connect arm to core

The key to learning this is to learn from the outside of the body to get to the inside. Master Hwa uses the expression "Outside/In." So, how do you learn to connect your arm movement to your core? My experience with "outside/in" involved going back over the internal discipline I knew 20 years ago so that I could teach it. Master Hwa's workshops at BSU were enlightening because they gave me a better handle on "outside/in."

Don't think you can narrow it down by doing/picturing an anatomical textbook or anatomical terms of the core in your mind. I frequently teach senior citizens; many need help moving from the core. They do not feel much sensation there.

Please don't try to force anything in your core; you will only use your arm. Let one arm hang down and notice the feeling of stretch in your shoulder. Keep feeling that stretch in the shoulder and extend your arm forward, as Master Hwa does in this video. Now notice the effect this has on your core and keep repeating, repeating. You won't get this from trying to move from the core.

Think "outside/in" and look for those sensations in the core, doing this any chance. Look to do it walking, sitting, even when you lie down. Establish "outside/in" feelings; once you have that, you can begin feeling in touch with the core. Only then do you start trying to move the arm from the core. For instance, you feel the sensation in the shoulder, perhaps the back and abdomen as the arm stretches out, so try to pull the arm back using only those muscles.