https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afM2DkO8sZo&fbclid=IwAR2LwjMNItHd_bDkaDiUaCj1yHZH8cxnf_r5G-21wfvJfZjpWvs0svz077o&app=desktop
This guy talked in Chinese about how people wanted to mix stuff together. Back in Ming Dynasty, there was the general named Qi Jigwang. He believed Chen Taiji came from that originally. The same spirit or idea of taking the best of things was in Jing Wu Hui (Ging Mo Club), then later there was Bruce Lee. He then said something from Qi's book about Gang (Hardness) is in front of/before the opponent's power, Rou (Softness) is behind/after the opponent's power (剛在他力前，柔在他力后). He mentioned rhythm as well. This statement made a lot of sense to me from Practical Method's point of view. The guy shared his interpretation on that statement. He said when the opponent's power has not come out yet, he would hit the opponent hard; when the opponent's power has already come out, he couldn't go hard on hard, and needed to go soft to resolve it. I had a different thought on that statement. The statement is related to the way Shifu talked about rhythm. The opponent will feel you strong if you do something before his power is fully expressed (meet before the expected contact timing), and the opponent will feel you soft if you do something just after his power is over (meet after the expected contact timing). Shifu has confirmed my thought.
