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 an 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)

Always focus on finding and using the line, and not fixate on 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.

Exercise: Hug the opponent and hold the top structure, don't open the elbows, the armpits. Drop the tailbone. 

Exercise: Hold the opponent with push and pull on the arms, lock the top. Baihui to huiyin line to the floor, rotate on that axis. Only try to rotate by a little bit, there is a lot of pressure on the legs. The opponent and myself must be one.