BASICS
Let it go – containing the movement equals putting on the brakes.
Sink and float
Speed comes from relaxation
Consistency brings skill level
Angular perception in space
All power comes from grounding.
Not feet on the floor, but feet in the floor. When feet are in, you are released
Shoulders and elbows-joints free and breathing
Equal and opposite

MOBILITY
Every joint has pivot point mobility, like a wave
The hand can grasp without any other joint-muscle involvement
Tense shoulders travel through the arm like an infection
If you want to go from one gesture to the next quickly, you have to regroup quickly
Free joints = free muscle action
Structure = continuity

TORSO
If you use strength of arm, it is limited, if you rotate body it is fluid
Initiate from body, arms are free
The arms follow the body
Floating joints-driven by torso
If your hand dominates the movement, you cannot control or change the direction. If body dominates, you feel the arm’s motion.

TRANSITIONS
Balance between the two sides: between balance and stillness the structure merges into next structure
Multiple energies and directions within a posture create neutrality
Absorb the motion in order not to get stiff
Gather, issue, fold
Transition makes the technique effective.
structure + transition = gesture. Your transitions must have structure
Structural integrity in transition
Speed is acceleration You have speed through a relaxed state that accelerates.
Relationship between positions is a motion: a transition
Complete the movement for body recognition
If you are fixed on moving from where you are ( without adjusting ) you will be off balance in your next position
Structure = continuity
Connection, position, release

STRUCTURE
Structure=continuity
Frame equals structure
Recognize space-recognize joint angles
If you are fixed on moving from where you are ( without adjusting ) you will be off balance in your next position.
Structure + transition = gesture. Your transitions must have structure
Structure = continuity

POWER
Regroup = Relax)
Balance contraction and expansion for speed and power
Hand cannot drive the movement because body cannot relax or catch up.
Body learns to calibrate degree of force and finds balance
Speed is acceleration. You have speed through a relaxed state that accelerates.
Explosive power = neutralization
Explosive (fast) gestures require that the opposing muscles are relaxed.
Align, gather, release

ACCURACY and PROPRIOCEPTION
Adjust skeletal structure by good body mechanics
When body becomes familiar with motion, it will delete excessiveness
Joint angle recognition, not motion recognition.
Complete the movement for body recognition
Relax around the support point (structure)
Body geometry = body mechanics
Round, Slow, Even, Accurate
Consistency becomes accuracy
Frame equals structure
Relax around the support point (structure)
If you are fixed on moving from where you are ( without adjusting ) you will be off balance in your next position.
Consistency = recognize correct geometry = position
Recognize space, joint angles, hoops and triangles
Proprioception ; not only recognition of joint angle and placement in space, but also recognition of speed and pacing of gesture in time and space

VISUALIZE : INTENTION
Ride the wave- (string active, bow responding)
What drives the motion: intention. Feel density of air.
Externally driven = overcommitted gesture
Function means purpose.
Slow movement = more sensory input (fast driving vs slow walking: what do you see?)
Brain takes in everything and the body sorts it out.
Integration: process of evolving.
Float versus resist = intention
Motion as vibration?
Imagine the direction of the movement and it will be true.
Understand pattern in space – dimensional change in movement creates force.
Visualize your goal (Hear the phrase)
Timing = coordination: Structure =mechanics
Study of movement, neural wiring = mind body integration

SOUND
When you slice a tomato, you work on the diagonal or you get mush ! Same with bow- string – bridge relationship
Vibration=resonance = good tai chi = complete sound
Motion as vibration?
Oneness: Breath, Movement ,Body (Body parallel to sound)
Not feet on the floor, but feet in the floor. When feet are in the floor, you are released

CHARACTER
Every motion is a set up for the next motion; emotional and physical.
Connection, position, release (Metaphor for dramatic sequence)
Improvement-when you reach a good thing, everything else will want to fit.

EXPRESSION
Capture the soul and expression generated through the body.
Balance the mind and the expression of emotion.
If the heart is angry or sad, you are in a state of interruption.
Every motion is a set up for the next motion; emotional and physical
Visualize your goal
Be the form-= be the music
Intent, not desire
Conscious intent leads you…