| 1. While polishing your technique you | | | | part of the weeble wobble upward; the |
| should never stick out your chest or | | | | slightest push would overturn the weeble |
| stomach either when fighting or | | | | wobble. |
| practicing. It stiffens your body and | | | | 5. The hand is rounded in elbow and |
| makes your movements awkward. As a | | | | wrist. |
| result, you are losing control over your | | | | 6. Practicing, always make sure to |
| body. While practicing always make sure | | | | perform movements correctly. Otherwise, |
| to keep your back bent outward and chest | | | | you would get bad habits, which is |
| incurved. This is the right sign to | | | | rather harmful than advantageous. |
| distinguish between Kung Fu masters and | | | | Mastering new techniques, you should |
| Kung Fu athletes. | | | | always act without haste; only when you |
| 2. Despite the fact that the back should | | | | have repeated movements correctly many |
| be a bit bent outward, you have to | | | | times, you can consider increasing speed |
| maintain the body centrality; by no | | | | and strength. |
| means should the body be bent too much. | | | | 7. It is not good performing already |
| Otherwise it will lose the balance, | | | | learnt techniques with negligence, |
| which can result in loss of equilibrium | | | | so-so, since it is hardly of any use. |
| and steadiness, and make the outgoing | | | | Performing already mastered techniques |
| energy weak. The back and pelvis must be | | | | you need to fully use your |
| in the same plane. | | | | consciousness, i.e., using consciousness |
| 3. Bending your head down in fight is | | | | (Yi) send your energy Qi to the section |
| like blindfolding yourself, since with | | | | of the body engaged in this technique. |
| your head down you cannot fully control | | | | For example, kicking with your heel the |
| all the actions of your enemy. Moreover, | | | | moment the heel touches the enemy |
| it can lead you to losing the balance. | | | | (target) you need to fully focus on |
| 4. During the fight, your waist should | | | | throwing the energy through the heel. |
| be down. If it is not, it makes Qi to go | | | | 8. Inside yourself, you should work out |
| upward and accumulate in the chest. This | | | | your mind, spirit, consciousness and Qi |
| accumulation of Qi in the chest causes | | | | until they join together. Only when this |
| you to lose the steadiness; your | | | | happens you will be able to send your Qi |
| movements will immediately become clumsy | | | | anywhere at your wish. |
| and awkward. A man with his Qi in lower | | | | 9. The key to mastering is in everyday |
| Dan Tian can be compared to a weeble | | | | work at the thing neither master not |
| wobble, since it is virtually impossible | | | | disciple can do without, namely |
| to throw him down on the ground. Now, | | | | polishing the basic technique. |
| consider moving the load in the lower | | | | |