Notes for Toronto Workshop Sep 2025

Nothing in between two dots. Don't be distracted by the opponent. Keep going straight. One turns into two. One is gone. Exercise: Elbow up, split into hand and shoulder Back on a roller wall, and not push against the wall. Yin yang reversal. Opponent pushes me to the left, I move to the right instead. We are always pushing, we should be pulling. Don't change the system. Real intent is no intent. Every push must be turned into a pull. When you feel power, there is no power. When things don't change shape, it is a rotation. Lock the frame, contraction will create ab expansion. Push the kua over the other side of the opponent's waist. Not moving the contact point is the key to not fight. Find a way to destroy the opponent's system. Elbow goes to the hand through the forearm. (Through fist) Focus on finding and using the line. Not how it is for a particular example. First turn in Pound Mortar: Wait for the opponent to push onto me, cave in and stretch to the foot. Turn the elbow without pushing forward. Longer is stronger. Be longer. Hug the opponent and hold the top structure, dont open the elbows, the armpits. Drop the tailbone.