Notes
Use the Kua to Find the Solid exercises.
Mistakes I’m making
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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.
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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.
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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:
- Twisting Towel
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金刚捣碓 Jīn Gāng Dǎo Duì
- When powering up, I tense up my upper arm and move my hand. All the movement has to be on the kua.
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单鞭 Dān Biān
- In the second move, I didn’t have the connection to my elbow. I had to bring the elbow back to the position in Twisting Towel and give more room to my kua.