3 star

[windwalker099]

"sweeping close"

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Interesting in that the teacher uses what some might call either 3-Star: "三星撞 (sān xīng zhuàng)" or 5-Star: "五星撞 (wǔ xīng zhuàng)" Body hardening drills done in most CMA styles, thought to condition the muscle and bone for impact.

The drill movements use a movement he calls "reap" very similar to a movement called
"Parting the Wild Horse's Mane" "野马分鬃" (yě mǎ fēn zōng) in Taiji, done in a different way..

The teacher talks about expanding the chest "out" to aid in striking, which is the opposite of what is called
含胸拔背 (hán xiōng bá bèi), expanding the back and sinking the chest used in Taiji.

The method shown the opposite of internal principles 内家拳 (nèi jiā quán),
is based on external principles 外家拳 (wài jiā quán).

thoughts ?

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

"sweeping close"

video title...

Interesting in that the teacher uses what some might call either 3-Star: "三星撞 (sān xīng zhuàng)" or 5-Star: "五星撞 (wǔ xīng zhuàng)" Body hardening drills done in most CMA styles, thought to condition the muscle and bone for impact.

The drill movements use a movement he calls "reap" very similar to a movement called
"Parting the Wild Horse's Mane" "野马分鬃" (yě mǎ fēn zōng) in Taiji, done in a different way..

The teacher talks about expanding the chest "out" to aid in striking, which is the opposite of what is called
含胸拔背 (hán xiōng bá bèi), expanding the back and sinking the chest used in Taiji.

The method shown the opposite of internal principles 内家拳 (nèi jiā quán),
is based on external principles 外家拳 (wài jiā quán).

thoughts ?

We train 3 star or 6 star. My teachers told us never inflate the chest. Also, they said “sink the chest” round the back should not be visible, it’s internal, it’s a “feeling” not an exaggerated posture. Also, the prime movers for the punch are the triceps, the pectoralis major, and teres minor and major. Pulling with the foot, Turning the waist, connecting arm to the back, and maintaining correct posture while moving and striking cannot be accomplished in an efficient manner if the chest is expanded to the front. I would have to disagree with this teacher’s methodology.

 

[windwalker099]

they said “sink the chest” round the back should not be visible, it’s internal, it’s a “feeling” not an exaggerated posture.

This teacher demo's 含胸拔背 (hán xiōng bá bèi), expanding the back sinking the chest **, among other requirement's used in Taiji to create 掤劲 (pēng jìn) "expanding force"

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"contain the chest, raise the back"

Verbiage used in the video