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Very good of course. I learned it from you anyway.

LOL!

Brilliantly helpful as well as brilliantly complex (as in a lot is going on at the same time).

Thank you.

I’ll keep pondering this and let it grow. I’m considering now how making changes “works/feels”.

So here’s what I am learning:

1) Chi Sau is a (complex, advanced) skill.
2) First, we have to understand the positions.
3) Then we need to k…[Read more]

So far so good, up to this point:

‘Tonight I felt it (I think). Imagine if you will that your holding a tan sau and I push on it from the left. It may look ok because it’s being matched on center, but when you stop redirecting that, and withdraw your tan, my arm goes flailing off.’
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This depends on 2 factors
1/ where on you arm is being p…[Read more]

Family and Community are definitely the key words to describe what we have here.

Love and respect to you all, thank you.

Sifu

Hey Sim,

I’ve really enjoyed your exchange with Nick, a real family feel, it just magnifies what we are about, and yes I agree with Nick, a wonderful update to share.

Do please let me know if there’s anything you need and hopefully we’ll see you at one of the livestream sessions soon.

Oh and Nick, I love this comment:
‘However, when solo…[Read more]

Ok… ok.

Redirection down through the stance! That I have come to imagine and feel. That language works very well and I understand. Thank you.

Now to the forward pressure.
I think I just got this (tonight)… Please tell me if I’m on the right track.

While applying forward pressure / intention, I can test if I am applying to my opponents cente…[Read more]

Hi Nick,

Not sure why I had not replied to this sooner??? My bad 🙁

Anyway, let me give a quick blitz set of answers/comments to your points:

What does it mean that, “Any pressure, force or energy applied, should come from the base of the forearm.”
Sifu, when I am playing Chi Sau, I am often told that I can be felt pushing off center. Wha…[Read more]

Thank you, Nick. Likewise!

Thanks Marquis. I am sure you and I have some shared common desires. I’ll encourage you to keep these hopes alive and well. Maybe we can visit together one day soon. Maybe we can make a way to visit each other sometime soon. Maybe, Sifu will be ready to come visit all of us sometime soon. 😀

Take care, I’ll see you online … soon! 😀

Thanks for your kind words Simeon. I get very exited to learn together. Thanks again for making this learning experience so magnificent! I do appreciate it!

Cheers.