Knowledge : Body & Posture

This category contains posts regarding body part requirements, postures and single posture movements in the form.

Fetch Water in Toronto on Apr. 1, 2017 i

by Kelvin Ho on 2017/04/24

Buddha Warrior Attendant Pound Mortar First Turn i

by Kelvin Ho on 2017/04/23

Teaching Notes for Richmond Hill Class on Mar 4, 2017 i

by Kelvin Ho on 2017/03/04

We worked on a few different moves in the form today. The first 3 moves required standing on one leg.

White Ape Presents Fruit (Drilled 50 times on each side)
Kick with Right/Left Heel
Turning Flower out of the Bottom of the Sea
Punch to the Groin
Punch to the Ground
Turn Over Body and Double Kick

Turning Flower Out of the Bottom of the Sea i

by Kelvin Ho on 2017/02/25

1) Maintain a non-moving vertical rod from head to left heel throughout the action.
2) Hold the right forearm in front of the chest with a fist, while the left fist is on the side of the body.
3) Throw the right fist down to the right side as hard as possible with a raising right knee to create a scissoring effect, while throwing the left fist up to the left ear.
4) There should be no tossing or turning of the body, but there is a spiral stretch along the vertical rod.

Head and hand: 2 points in different dimensions 1

by John Upshaw on 2017/02/02

One of my corrections from Sifu during a private lesson in 2015 was on separation of hand from my head. For instance, when out with hand in Single Whip, as I placed emphasis on the stretches when my hand went out, my head would follow…this would occur at varying degrees, yet that isn’t relevant because any deviation of the head changes everything as I will get to soon.