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I hope this has been insightful and helpful to your training. Thanks again to my instructors.
interesting.. I had never heard of the expression "search for the spine" but I had heard all of the ideas involved in it, in my lineage we call it centerline :)
It's interesting seeing how wing chun is one thing and the different interpretations made by the different sifus only are many ways of describing the same essence.
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If so, it is again very interesting! I agree with Roge, that we also refer to this within the concept of center line.
We often talk about not letting your partner feel your center of gravity unless you are actually hitting him. This is definitely achieved through relaxation and alignment.
You mentioned "not getting caught up with arm chasing". What type of training do you do in order to avoid falling into this?
by not getting caught up with arm chasing, i mean that the focus is on the other's spine or centre of mass. this way, when the way is free, the hand will go forward with the body to back it up. it also ensure that even if you are doing what looks, externally, like arm chasing, you are in fact pointing directly at the opponent, through the point of contact, even if your hands are wide apart or not covering your centre.
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