Friday, November 23, 2012

Rollback Jin (履勁) from The Secret of the Eight Methods (八法秘訣)

履勁義何解?引導使之前,
順其來時力,輕靈不丟頂,
力盡自然空。丟擊任自然,
重心自維持,莫被他人乘。

吳公藻
"How to explain the correct meaning of Rollback/Lü Jin? One guides the opponent forward,
follows the timing of the incoming force, being agile without stopping pushing up the crown of the head.
When the incoming force is exhausted, it will naturally empty itself.
One should maintain one’s center of gravity and do not let the opponent take advantage of it."

By Wú Gōngzǎo (吳公藻), based on the translation by by Yang Jwing Ming (楊俊敏) presented in the book Tai Chi Secrets of the Wu Style (太極拳吳氏先哲秘要).

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