In with elbow – through the tube by bouncing off the tube wall
Don’t change his words
Single handed push hands exercise:
When the opponent pushes, do in with elbow with the elbow tip going up as much as possible. The chest does not move. Then use the waist to turn from left to right. Push the opponent’s hand to the far right outside of the opponent.
Exercise:
When the opponent pushes to my left side, open the dang, open the shoulder, so that my hand can be on the other side of the contact point.
When teaching, you are allowed to exaggerate, but not change it.
小擒打
Use left foot, connect the left kua with left elbow, the turn the waist back to the left and extend the left arm.
Upper body does not move. The power only goes across the floor horizontally.
Go down by myself, not along with the opponent.
Two hands aim towards the centre point on the opponent’s body, the kua aims towards the same dot, three points converge to that same one at the same time.
The jumping exercise: Jump forward with the kua, and not up. The upper body is a block that is not pushed up.
Find the 90 degrees to the opponent which is on the 180-degree line, like the T. When it is done right, the opponent is bounced back.
Shifu also did a demo on my elbow. I placed my hand on the opponent’s chest. He lined up my elbow with the middle of my palm, he pushed my elbow into that spot, the opponent bounced away. I felt nothing on my arm, it was very weird. I felt no hit on the opponent.
Exercise:
Engage with the opponent in a frontal confrontation way. I need to lower myself without bringing the opponent to me (The way I do is to actually pull my back to the rear foot). Shovel out without affecting my rear side. Pull my body forward without pushing from the top at all. It does not feel good at all. The opponent should feel pressured and be bounced.
