Fetch water with the rubber cord
- Step on one end of the cord to lock it on the ground, pull it with the rear hand.
- Train opening of the front kua.
- Find the appropriate strength in the rubber cord to be strong enough that we cannot use the hands/arms to stretch it, but weak enough that we can use the kua to stretch it.
One knee up, one knee down with rubber cord
- Hold the cord with two hands, stretch it to form a straight line
- Find the appropriate strength in the rubber cord to be strong enough that we cannot use the hands/arms to stretch it, but weak enough that we can use the kua to stretch it.
- As we do the knee action, the torso drops straight down causing the shoulder and elbow to go into the line of between the two hands to stretch the cord.
- There is no power at the hands or arms other than holding the rubber cord securely.
- The chest stretches backwards against the outward hand.
- The torso is one big gear that is connected to the arm at the shoulder. The arm gear and the torso are connected at a 45 degree angle. Rotating the torso causes the arm to drill outwards.
Torso goes down only
- Sit on a chair
- Put the front forearm on something, such as the back of another chair.
- Torso going down will not drag the front arm downwards. It must cause the front arm to go outwards.
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Rubber cord exercises
Fetch water with cord under front foot
– Stretch should come from front kua.
– Keep the elbows tied to the dantian and the rear shoulder down. Don’t move the upper body, just make it tight.
– Keep the vertical alignment of the spine, don’t bend over.
~Twist towel-ish with cord between hands
– Keep hands in line.
– Rear knee down, torso falls into hole.
– Don’t fold front kua.
– Like Buddha’s warrior pounds mortar before coming forward.
– Ends in a position where you can stand up on front leg, so the front kua must be full.
Chair drill ~6 sealing 4 closing-ish
– Back locks against chair back.
– Chest sink raises up through the back of the neck to the top of the head. Enforce the vertical rod.
– Front kua and front shoulder squeeze vertically toward each other to rotate the rod.
– Pull elbow in to attach to the rotation.
– Keep the hand and the knee on the 45 line.
– Produces an outward stretch on the hand.