Michael Tang veröffentlichte am Montag, den 10.04.2017 04:12
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16. 地水火風 Earth, Water, Fire and Wind
The basic element of all the teachings from Tang Yik started with the 永春拳 form (people later called that 十一手 - Eleven Hands, first I heard from Hoffmann; possibly German wishes could not understand why a form and a style could share the same name!! [ maybe Bavarian ] The 永春拳 form defines all the basic concepts of hand, bridge, body and stance (Ma). The part that is lacking is footwork.
Tang Yik told us that the Form should be practiced in three different forms and mind set (身法 心法 [ body method and mind method ]).
The Earth 地 - As a start, the form should be practiced in a squarish manner, with body straight and "rectilinear" triangles. This is important to get position and movement correct, knowing where and how every movement start and stop - to get to a good 形 [ shape ]. Also gradually adding "force" into the Kiu (bridge). One should not jump over this stage as it is the foundation, and nothing could be built for lasting without a good foundation - 萬丈高樓從地起 [ ten thousand high buildings rise from the ground ] . Keep Axis straight, central and vertical.
It is good to have strong arms and rigid Kiu. However, too much strength and force would limit and slow down movement, made one failed to react and most importantly eliminated possibly of 發勁 - Fa Jin [ development of energy ]. With Weng Chun which is a close distance self defence fighting technique for a smaller or weaker individual of defend, avoid attack and counter attack, having a strong punch is not useful at all, particularly a short distances. Tang Yik stressed a lot on a holistic spiralling movement and always refer to a "wet towel" theory. He referred to a bullet, which, guided by the raffle lines and spinning motion, will move faster with less resistance (my take as an engineer!!) and less defection resulting in higher accuracy. Also, a spinning bullet will have better penetrating ability.
To achieve this, one should let the body and muscle relax and let mind rest, allowing the entire body to act as a whole. One should allow the body to flow, like water 水 over the earth 地. This is an important step to transform from 形 [ shape ] to 意 [ intention ]. The target of this is to enable the internal body power to be turned into external power in an explosive manner 爆炸力, the kind of 火 [ fire ].
When I was in Bamberg, for those who were there and still remember (I doubt Hoffmann nor Maria would!!), I have suggested them to perform the form every time with slow and rigid force first to develop 橋力 [ Kiu Lik, force of the bridge ]. Then they should train with explosive power (of course speed) and then turn back to soft and relax and silky manner to cool the body down and let muscle soften down. I did not believe it was that easy for young man to understand "why I have to give up force"!!!
Incidentally, earth, water, fire and wind were the basic elements that Greek believed to make up everything we saw, felt and touched!!
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