http://practicalmethod.com/2015/01/joints-as-anchor-points-online-video-trailer/
In this video, Master Chen showed us the concept of stretching through the joints, what it took to stretch from end to end in the body, what the impact was by adding a point in space. He introduced the concept of double helix, and what it could do to the opponent. He integrated all of these into our form practice.
See you at 10 am ET on Saturday, April 25, 2020 at Joints as anchor points.
Notes:
Welcome everyone to this video! I have provided the following guided reference. Please feel free to ask any questions related to the video.
0:18 Master Chen showed using the shoulder as one of the anchor points to create a stretch. The other anchor point was at the left side back. As he did an elbow-in, the elbow was stretched against the shoulder, which in turn was stretched against the left side back.
1:03 A rubber band could have a stretch when one end was anchored off something that was not moving. The other end just needed to be pulled away from the anchor point. However, our bodies are not like that. There are joints in between end points. We must anchor the joints in order to create a stretch as Master Chen demonstrated with the rubber band stretched around corners.
2:16 Each section between two joints is stretched, so overall, from end-to-end, it is also stretched.
3:33 Master Chen's right elbow and right knee formed the first stretch. His right hand and right elbow formed the 2nd stretch. This formed the first line.
He described a 2nd line which was invisible, and the two lines formed a double helix. Note that the two lines must cross each other to produce the effect.
3:54 Master Chen added a third one. You can see in this case that the outcome has more power. You can have at most 9 of such lines. The opponent will be tangled among them.
4:49 Master Chen's right hand and right elbow are two dots, and there was one more in the space that he pointed at. The relationshiop among the three dots did not change as he rotated.
5:13 The student's right wrist, right shoulder, left kua, and another point between his feet.
5:30 We have to train our eyes first [to see what was going on], and eventually our bodies will follow.
I can say that this statement is so true. This video gives us very good practice. If you cannot yet see them, I encourage you to watch again and again until you see those points Master Chen mentioned. It will be like you don't know what is going on, you can't match the description with the action. One day, all of a sudden, you see that is exactly as described.
7:42 Master Chen was holding the student's wrists, he created a third point in the middle of his upper back. He then stretched his right fingers, which were outside of the original 3 points. This is adding "one" to that struture without breaking that structure.
8:25 Master Chen demonstrated an application with Initial Closing. He got the student's arm, which formed a line. He pulled in his two elbows, the front kua didn't move back with the elbows, and created another line poking at the student's right armpit. These two line met roughly at the student's armpit.
9:57 Notice that Master Chen did not move his right knee, and his right kua opened.
11:30 Master Chen taught how to apply the idea of pegging, which was locking/anchoring the joints, in our form. When we couldn't do it, we were moving.
12:34 Master Chen demonstrated how he became longer section by section, and therefore longer overall.
14:15 Eventually, we must be supported in 8 directions 八面支撑。We find in our bodies, one point stretched against another point. While maintaining that stretch, add another stretch somewhere else. Keep adding as much as possible.
14:43 This stretching exercise was exactly like the demonstration using the rubber band. After the two end points aree fixed, add another point in the middle and stretch against the original two end poitns.
15:26 Now try to apply this idea into your first 13 to anchor one point at a time, and keep adding.
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