These last two months as I worked through injuries, it required that I worked on my Kung Fu with different intentions. I had to slow things down so I focused on engaging my hips with my punches and kicks in my forms. This showed where I was not committing to a move or where I was using my shoulders.
Last class I was feeling better and when we did our form with Full Power/ Full Speed I noticed immediately that my mindset was "Full Power means Brute Force". I could feel my shoulders being pulled up and I was trying to power my way through my punches. I had stopped thinking about engaging my hips and I broke my 6 harmonies. Our shoulders and hips must be engaged before our hands and feet can ever be in sync.
It is a hard concept to embrace that rotation is more powerful than brute strength. Rotation of the fist, or rotation of the hips. Now is the time to work on increasing speed and power with my intent being on engaging the hips, connecting the harmonies. Another example of valuable learning through injuries.
See you on the mats!
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