Learning is following someone's instructions even if you don't want to.
Learning is allowing changes to be made.
Learning is trying to do something that you couldn't do today.
Learning is going from not knowing to knowing.
Learning is repeating the exact same thing over and over again, and making it better.
Learning is not doing something only in a way you want to.
Two power training exercises on BWAPM
Separation of yin and yang is to split into 2. However, we are one person, we can't become two independent persons as we want. We must go through a specific set of training (PM) to split into two.
Bones are responsible for hard, and tendons are responsible for soft.
Master Chen Zhonghua talked about the fire schedule (火候). We have to be ready to receive the information at the right time. If we miss the opportunity, we will never get it.
Against the bigger/stronger opponent, we must hold our ground, and look for the dot in the opponent. If that dot is moved, they will have no power anymore.
Against the smaller/weaker opponent, we will not fear, and we must obtain absolute dominance. Basically, on the touch, the opponent already knows that they have lost.
Peng is the energy that you are strong enough to withstand the opponent's power, and hold your ground.
The eight technique only exists from the start point of having the peng energy.
Peng is also the technique that push forwards and hold the opponent in front.
Lu is the technique that pulls the opponent backward.
Ji is the technique that pulls yourself forward toward the opponent to take up any space created.
Peng and Ji one after another create the worm action.
An is the technique that separates the opponent from you, and it can go up, down or forward.
Cai is the technique that plucks something off the opponent without allowing the opponent to move.
Lie is the technique to split.
Zhou is not the elbow, it is a technique to create a warp.
Kao is the technique that slams a body part into the opponent.
Yilu Correction:
"Only segmented moves are smooth, smooth moves are not smooth."
https://www.zhenbudong.cn/archives/89584
Notes:
我们如有机会感受陈老师身上的动作，我们要用一个包围的方法。如一只手放在部位的上面，另外一只手就要放在下面。一个外侧，另外一个就内侧。总之，就是相对。用力的话， 就两边都要用对等的力。如果部位像一根棍，就把两只手放在棍的两侧，但手也可以同时放在棍的两端。这种试验不是要对抗，是想得到最真实的感受。下一次有机会试的话，要积极争取用这个方法试一试。
Master Chen Zhonghua only teaches a reference implementation, which represents an example of how the principle is applied. There are many parts that need to be examined, explored and learned. We must focus our effort on learning all the parts of the reference implementation, how they form part of a system, how each part functions, and the role each part plays, what the effect when all the parts work together, etc. We have to go over this reference implementation over and over again, because there is always something we miss previously.
The common mistake is that we ask questions that are not related to the reference implementation, e.g. we ask about "what if", "what about". When we have heard about the reference implementation, naturally, we believe that we immediately know about it, and are made aware of it. Most of the time after a while, we barely remember that we have heard it. Until we have spent the effort in copying it, trying to re-create it ourselves, we will never master even this reference implementation, needless to say any other implementation that we need to create given other conditions and variables. During the process of replicating the reference implementation, we learn the detailed requirements and our own short-comings. We work on overcoming such short-comings, and we learn many things that are not necessarily told to us directly, but we learn it regardless through this method. Transmission has taken place in this manner.
The reference implementation can also be called the model answer. It is not the only correct anfoswer. Any answer that complies with the same principle is a correct answer. When we master the reference implementation, we have learned all the required building blocks, and we can then take these building blocks, and re-combine them in a way that may look different from the reference implementation, yet the requirements that are embedded in the reference implementation still exist in the re-combined product.
As an exmaple, Master Chen teaches that we must make our arm dead, e.g. its structure does not change at all regardless what we do next. He may show us to rotate the waist backward to drive the arm forward. We must replicate this ourselves through repeated training. Later, we may discover that there are other ways to drive the arm, such as opening the armpit. However, in my experience, there is no need to ask about the armpit during the particular teaching moment, we should simply focus on replicating what is shown at the time. Example questions could be:
Master Chen Zhonghua talked about Practical Method's internal power coming from the ability to have a lever in any action. There are certain actions that are relatively easy to recognize the formation of a lever. For others, such as a punch, they are not so easily conceivable. However, we must retentlessly look for a resolution.
Master Chen demonstrated Lu, Cai, and Lie with in-with-elbow in “Shake the Pole”. These three belong to the same group.
https://www.shiyongquanfa.cn/archives/91980
Notes:
实用拳法中主要的马步是半马步。在两脚之间有一条参照线。这个视频师父清楚示范后脚应放的位置，后脚内侧跟参照线是90度的。这个规矩很重要。看似容易不过，往往被同学忽略。因为我们要开胯，后膝盖要往上往后，我们的后脚就没有扣住。做了这个，其他部位才可以调教，因为脚是在地上，地不是身体的一部份，是个真正不动的地方。
Half Horse Stance is the main stance in Practical Method. There is a reference line between the two feet. In this Chinese video, Master Chen Zhonghua demonstrated that the rear foot should be placed perpendicular to the reference line. This rule is very crucial in training the lower half of the body. It looks easy, but many students would relax this rule unconsciously when they focus on opening of the kua, and the direction of the knee. In fact, only if you uphold this rule, we can start adjusting the other body parts because foot is rested on the ground, which is not part of our body, and is the only real non-moving part.https://www.shiyongquanfa.cn/archives/20301
Notes:
间接力是实用拳法的主概念。手跟脚成一条线。如要手往外走，我们不能直接动手，只能做别的动作驱动手。手脚中间有肩胯。我们先开前肩，把手躯前一点，然后开后跨，又再把手躯前多一点。手跟脚两点在这里没动过。脚不动容易，因为在地上。手不动很难，因为在空中。手跟脚硬硬的撑着，才能挂上档。这样，肩开胯开才能间接地躯动手。
我们要往前走，其实不能直接往前走，要以撞墙反弹方式间接地向前走。实际做的时候，动的是自己，墙的也是自己。把自己变成两个，分出阴阳来，间接力才能在自己身体中体现。
2020 was a very different year. The world suffered from covid-19, everyone had to experience a lot of changes. Master Chen Zhonghua used to hold workshops all over the world non-stop throughout the year, which was inevitably halted, but Practical Method seeked to adapt and developed an online teaching platform with the latest technology. From a set of random classes to regularly scheduled classes by the beginning of 2021, the participating students made rapid progress and benefited a lot from them. This was largely due to being able to have more timely access to Master Chen Zhonghua and his instructors for guidance. The pandemic created an opportunity to allow Practical Method to soar to a higher level in the new year.
2021 Plan
https://www.shiyongquanfa.cn/archives/118071
2021年1月9日星期六上午8:00 (中国时间），何家伟教练带领我们来学习这个《两手关系20200825》视频。
Notes:
两只手要保持在一条线上。但你可能会问任何两点都可以成一线，那么这条线实际在那里呢？动作开始前两手成就的那条线才算数。有了这条线，跟着的所有动作就不能破坏这条线。这线就是路轨，两手只能在路轨上来回。我们常说手不能动，这就是说只能用其他部位驱动两只手。只能拉或推木头车一样。手是木头车，自己不能动。有了这条线就像有了一根横着放的棍一样。身体转的时候，这根棍要保持着，才能用来的人。陈老师在视频里示范了在拧毛巾、提水和六封四闭怎样伸缩这根棍。这根棍是两手的关系，要实实在在地存在的。
https://www.shiyongquanfa.cn/archives/20165
2021年1月8日星期五上午8:00 (中国时间），何家伟教练带领我们来学习这个《双正圈：2015带格子系列》视频。
Notes:
双正圈是左右两个正圈。做这个动作的时候，要保持百会到会阴的竖轴。转的是多个关节。定住眼睛望着前方，躯干不能左右摇摆。在一路里面叫云手，在炮捶里面叫大红拳、小红拳。活步做的时候，上身动作跟下身的动作要分开。相关的看一看《上步》的视频。
https://www.shiyongquanfa.cn/archives/7110
To create a stick, we, we need to stretch.
To rotate, we also need to stretch.
