It is good to see fundamentals clearly explained. Too often it just about learning sequences. One thing that helped me was to picture the Kua as a ball, which it is of course, rather than just folding it in.
An excellent comment. I like the idea of the ball. You are quite correct, far too many talk about "folding the kua." Master Ting, my late teacher, said the kua always remains open. Imagine a ball hitting a tennis racket....the strings become concave in an arch to receive the incoming forces of the ball and then uses that force to repel it back. The strings of the racket don't fold. If it did the entire structure would collapse. I think of the kua as a bowl or arch which remains open and receiving like the tennis racket strings. I like your idea of the kua as a ball too. Seems more dynamic. Thanks for your comment and insight!
It is good to see fundamentals clearly explained. Too often it just about learning sequences. One thing that helped me was to picture the Kua as a ball, which it is of course, rather than just folding it in.
An excellent comment. I like the idea of the ball. You are quite correct, far too many talk about "folding the kua."
Master Ting, my late teacher, said the kua always remains open. Imagine a ball hitting a tennis racket....the strings become concave in an arch to receive the incoming forces of the ball and then uses that force to repel it back. The strings of the racket don't fold. If it did the entire structure would collapse. I think of the kua as a bowl or arch which remains open and receiving like the tennis racket strings. I like your idea of the kua as a ball too. Seems more dynamic. Thanks for your comment and insight!
This is great advice to help the feet generate the motion!
Yes, you make a good point. All movement is generated from the feet! 👏
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Thank you. 😊
Hey Susan. I recommended your zoom classes to a good friend of mine. Hope she checks you out. Hope you are doing well.
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