connection

[windwalker099165 13]

"
In this video, we explore how *Song (鬆)* releases tension and attachments that limit the body and consciousness, and how the principle of *Union* extends awareness beyond the self:

• *Union with Self* – Integrating posture, fascia, and inner awareness
• *Union with the Earth* – Rooting into the ground to distribute pressure and find stability
• *Union with the Opponent* – Connecting with their body and intention to sense and redirect force

Through demonstrations, you’ll see how these unions reveal the capacity to find balance in any position—whether standing alone, rooted to the ground, or engaged with another."

An interesting demo, one I have had used on me, and have used with those I worked with demoing different concepts
The teacher talks about extending his "awareness" not his structure, a hard concept to get though…



thoughts

 

[windwalker099165 13]

"I find the center and then expand."


Notice the back of Mo, the person pushing against Ray. The teacher is expanding through Ray, causing Mo to feel his center being moved. The movement begins in his back rather than at the point of contact.

To see it more clearly, watch the video on YouTube, set the playback speed to its slowest setting.


He goes on to use the analogy of a seesaw and mentions this:

"and specifically, your awareness expanse to include their fascia, we don't need their bones, organs, we just need the part that controls force and distributes pressure. Does that make sense?"

does it ?

 

[everything12 2]

I don't think I follow at all, yet "I balanced the equation" seems to make more sense to me than "subtract, don't add". when he says he didn't push to give equal force (when two people are in contact with one in the middle), this sort of doesn't make sense but is in accord with things i've felt and how it felt.

 

[windwalker099165 13]

I don't think I follow at all, yet "I balanced the equation" seems to make more sense to me than "subtract, don't add". when he says he didn't push to give equal force (when two people are in contact with one in the middle),

He's talking about not pushing on the body, but on the balance point the body uses — called by different names in different systems. If you can move that, the body will follow or react to it.

this sort of doesn't make sense but is in accord with things i've felt and how it felt.

It starts to make sense once a person starts to work with it...

Note how the back of Mo expands back first. Watch it in slow speed. That is something that cannot be duplicated by pushing on the body.

In the demo, as they both mentioned, the one it passed through did not feel anything. The one who reacted did so without feeling a physical push. By extending his 'yi' (intention/awareness), the other's balance point is being affected — as they all become part of what might be referred to as an awareness 'sphere.'

Kind of what makes it so interesting: one can have a solid structure, and yet be off balance without realizing it.