Friday, January 15, 2010

Cover (扣) from the Xingyi Eight Characters Secret (形意八字訣)



有三扣,即
一。兩肩要扣,則前胸空闊,氣力到肘。
二。手背足背要扣,則氣力到手,跟步力厚。
三。牙齒要扣,則筋骨緊縮。
是謂之三扣。

李存義
"Cover. The three things that must be like covers are:
a) Both shoulders should be like covers. The chest is empty and broad. The qi strength arrives in the elbows.
b) If the backs of the hands and feet are like covers, then the qi strenght will arrive in the hands and the post steps will be strong and deep.
c) The teeth must be like covers. Then the tendons and bones will tighten and contract.
These are the three things that muse be like covers."

From the book Xingyi Connected Fist (形意連環拳), by Lǐ Cúnyì (李存義), and from Xingyi Mother Fists (形意母拳) by Jiāng Róngqiáo (薑容樵) based on the translations by Joseph Crandall

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