Power Hour 7

Notes

Use the Kua to Find the Solid exercises.

Mistakes I’m making

  • Intent on the hand: the hand is anticipating the movement and moving on its own.
    • It has to be dead but solid not loose.
    • Especially when doing it with speed, the hand’s gear must be locked into the kua and not pop off on its own.
  • Shoulder tensing / locking, preventing the arm from staying on the line.
    • Makes the hand follow the kua.
    • Shoulder needs to match / adjust to kua to make the upper arc.
    • Ratio needs to favor the bottom arc.
  • Kua starts out with not enough room / too open already.
    • Sit back and give the kua space to open, otherwise the movement will be too small - everything else has to be relative to that movement.

Kua drills:

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