Punching and Blocking Notes for Tonight

今晚师傅问我发拳有什么感觉。 我回了我腰比较会动。 他笑笑了回答说“其他人都使用手打拳所以他们的拳力是从肩膀来的。而我们不一样，我们用肩膀所以力是从下面来的。”

后来will和我问师傅怎么挡hook。 他说“我们因该也是不用改我们的防手， 只该激进出一点”。 跟重要是从我们的ready position，我们开始摇肩，我们会变成一个三角形所以什么都可以防。

Tonight Master asked me what I thought is different with the way I'm punching. I responded that my lower back/waist is moving more. Master laughed and said "Other people who punch with their arms, eventually power their punches with only their shoulders. On the other hand, when we focus on the shoulder, we eventually have power from waist and lower."

Afterwards, Will and I asked Master how to block a hook punch. He said that we shouldn't have to do much to block it. The only difference is that you might need to squeeze in a little bit. (He wasn't specific about how to squeeze, but he didn't move his feet, but perhaps you can too. I don't know)

The most important thing he said tonight was right after that. He said that from our ready position in 40-60 stance, when we start using our shenfa (body method), our arms actually are more like the sides of triangles, protecting our head.

So our fighting position, we're more like two triangles stacked together. Conceptually, master explained awhile ago that our legs to our dantian forms a triangle also.