In beginning any expansion, press the shoulders down - at the moment I only have a strong sense of this in pushing the big ball before turning for single whip.
In moving the hands apart (as in brush knee) keep them in harmony, not letting one of them just flap. Imagine they are connected with elastic.
The qi is closely connected with the vertical spine. Like the brush handle and central hair in calligraphy, whatever the rest of the brush hairs are doing, the central line must remain as a base. I was apparently leaning a little forward in the early movements today. But Miss Li also stressed the need to lean forward to maintain balance in some sections, in the backward swing hammer for example.
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