What is learning?

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.

Master Chen Zhonghua Online Lesson on Jan. 28, 2021

Two power training exercises on BWAPM

1. Touch the opponents arm, jerk with the elbow-in, if we get stuck, turn with waist.
2. Next move. Place the left foot on opponent's knee and grab the opponent's arm, small elbow-in and small kick to the knee to jerk the opponent.

Rubber Cord Exercise:

1. Tie the rubber cord on the wall.
2. Make the rubber cord very strong so we cannot pull any longer using only the arms.  The rubber cord has to be pulled so strongly that it can pull your whole body towards the wall if you let go a little bit.
3. Figure out a different way to extend the rubber cord further.

The rubber cord exercise is to induce the idea that we need to go over threshold that normally is impossible to break. In push hands, we must start our move in a stuck position with the opponent, that somehow we do something that gives a shock to the opponent.

Fist movements need to come out of the mouth.

Master Chen Zhonghua Online Lesson Jan. 27, 2021

1. Put yourself between two walls, and place your hand on one wall, and the back on the other wall. Leave some space from the walls. Use the dantian to push towards the line between the hand and the back.
2. Kick right heel. Use rubber band to pull the two hands. We need to train the dantian to make sure when the hands go out, the body does not move.
3. My correction: Push the dantian out against the head and foot line (Triangle). There is also a slanted line from the front foot to the rear shoulder. When the head gets to the final destination, it must stop.  When the dantian pushes out, the rest of the body structure must be maintained. The power should not leak out anywhere in the structure except at the designated spot.
4. My knees were moving when I issued power.
5. Speed and Sharpness of the knife: If the knife is a bit dull, you can increase the speed to cut. If the speed is slow, increasing the sharpness of the knife will still be able to cut.
6. We have to change the way we train after some period of time.

Master Chen Zhonghua Online Lesson on Jan. 26, 2021

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 Online Lesson on Jan 25, 2021

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.

Master Chen Zhonghua's Online Lesson on Jan 22, 2021

Yilu Correction:

• The dantian should stick out, while the chest should cave in. It looks like an S.
• Tie shoulders to the kuas.
• Initiate action from the kuas.
• BWAPM: Throw the right kua from down under and up to so the right knee touches the right elbow.

"Only segmented moves are smooth, smooth moves are not smooth."

Notes for 怎样试劲-香港2015 video

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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。