Starting from the back leg, rotating the waist, and completing at the hand

[Mark Blohm]

其根在腳，發於腿，主宰於腰，形於 指.
qí gēn zài jiǎo, fā yú tuǐ, zhǔzǎi yú yāo, xíng yú shǒu zhǐ.

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https://shaolin.org/chikung/grasp-sp...sparrow10.html

https://shaolin.org/video-clips-6/po...mechanics.html

Again past masters have made things much easier for us. They have given us three important principles for the mechanics. So, instead of trying to be smarter than generations of past masters and "re-invent the wheel", we just follow the masters' advice. The three important principles are as follows:

1. Start from the back leg
2. Rotate the waist
3. Complete at the hand

The principles are straight-forward. They are no tricks or play of words. But, of course, by merely reading the words the uninitiated would not know what the principles mean. Hopefully, the following three pictures may make things easier.

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[Charles David]

Thanks, Mark!

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Hello Mark!

Thank you, great video on the mechanics of Tai Chi Chuan! For Kung Fu, I always like to practise this sequence. It is easy to see it is equally important in traditional Shaolin Kung Fu.

Best wishes,

Roeland