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Just a cool little short from Jim Russo If you don't get what's happening think in terms of intent. When Jim does it correctly the fingertips are pointed towards the target until the next part of the hand is ready to take over the push. So he's spiraling the hand to make a palm strike but at no point in time is he giving up that forward pressure towards the center. When Jim does it incorrectly the fingertips come up before the rest of the palm is ready. So instead of forward forward forward its forward forward up, and the student can simply make a small adjustment to follow those upward m ..read more

I'm in my late 40s and in good shape, but I haven't practiced martial arts for 25+ years. I never practiced Tai Chi, but did shaolin kung-fu/wushu in my youth. It is unlikely I am going to find a good school near me (only 2 places I know of and for different reasons not sure I would use either). I would like to learn something that has enough resources online that I can pick it up (I think my understanding of theory of external martial arts is still very solid, and I have some understanding of internal). I realize that I cannot get the full breadth of experience without an in-person teacher ..read more

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So this is about building the chi ball exercise to develop the magnetic and electric sensations. Its pretty beginner level stuff to his teaching as far as I understand. The issue is that no one explains what it means. There are a few students of Rasmus that also teach this exercise and they all use this same phrase, pull and push joints open. And these two are opposite actions at least from the outside, one is opening the joint and another is closing the joint. I can see the external movements that are being done but what throws me on the loop is when the term open is used on both movements ..read more

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