Saturday, January 24, 2026

Notes for Toronto Workshop Jan 2026

Bend the knees to go down while the torso is fixed and straight. The hand goes out proportionally.

First Move

Squeeze into dantian:

Kua up elbow down

Left elbow against the right kua

Elbow meets the kua, two become one.

There is never right or wrong. There is only one thing that is wanted.

Direction - 1

Alignment - 2

开拳

开-松开-断开

分开-拉开-转开

Day 2

Negative Circle - Lock the top and turn only the waist

Fetch Water - Back of the knee and back of the shoulder blade stretch on the same line

Six Sealing and Four Closing - Dot on hand and the back of the shoulder blade stretch

Right, reset, left, reset

Waist turning exercise (lock the top)

Twisting the towel (go down as the hand goes out)

Rip the shirt exercise with the twisting the towel

Rip the shirt exercise with six sealing four closing

Using the leg to trip, the knee goes down to the heel instead of hitting to the opponent.

Traditionally, asking and answering are through hands.

Kai - use the waist lock the top

On the opponent’s shirt only when opponent pushes

|_|__ -> |___| -> __|_|

Elbow inwards the kua.

Opponent pushes my forearm, the hand points up, hand and shoulder are a pair on the straight line, split. Nothing in the forearm.

Initial Closing Application

Shake opponent three time. Kua goes down to create distance without moving the hand. Pull elbow to the kua.

Negative Circle - turn the shoulder, but it hits the wall and it goes down instead. (Yi and Li Separation)

Suck - Knee and opposite shoulder to the dantian

Big body movement and little or no hand movement

If you are aligned, you can’t move.

If you can move, you can’t align.

Day 4

Zhou - Adherence - Hold (Doing Bie can have Zhuo)

Zhuo on the opponent is a hook, Zhuo on myself is a handle.

Looking for universal principle

Two armpits and between the legs. 3 pairs squeezing and releasing.

Release to make the book drop.

Absolutely no push, we need to be like constipated.