In Vancouver June 2014 workshop, Master Chen explained a common error when students doing circle. During elbow in the elbow, shoulder, front kua have to come close together. During hand out hand and rear kua have to move apart.
The torso/leg has to facilitate a lever during a circle, it doesn’t reverse in the middle of the move. Common error is for the kuas to reverse then this is doing a circle only on the same side of the body.
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“Don’t reverse in the middle of the move. Common error is for the kuas to reverse.”
This should be related to the idea of the airport luggage claim conveyor belt. When the first part is done opening, fix it, and open a different part to continue the action. This can continue as many times as needed. After the first part is done opening, we often use this same part to do a different action, this means that we give up what we have gained by the initial opening.