- The Frame: body & mind organisation (body & yi) -see stance 1
- The Stance: the method
Different Yi’s can be used (yi: image in the mind, yi moves the body)
Relax Yi after 10-15minutes standing
Stance 1
Expanding & embracing stance
30% expanding – 70% embracing
60% bodyweight/gravity in lower body – 40% in upper body
Standing in the lake – moving forward/backward
Doing slowly
Body & water (lake) becomes one
Standing on a boat (swaying boat) – moving into different directions
Body & boat becomes one
The image of ants under the feet, give them space to move around
Relaxing Yi: standing on top of a mountain and enjoy nature, or a different relaxing image
Relaxing the body through movements:
- body rotation, fingers leading the movement, eventually you can speed up the movement, it becomes a shaking movement (shaking movement of a dog whi is wet)
- Stand tiptoe, turn heels in, drop feet while turning heels out, arm/elbow drop and lifting movement
Stance 2
Holding & pressing stance
Standing in waist high water
Image holding a board or ball floating on water
Use hands, arms, body and yi to cotrol as one unit
Stance 3
Lifting & inserting stance
Pull out a ball from the sand wherein you stand – waist high
Pull out the hand from the sand
Push in the hand with fingers in the sand
Stance 4
Holding & Pushing Stance
Holding paper ball high – push out and keep the paper ball in the hands
Combat Stance (Chidori ashi)
leading hand about 5cm higher
small step – shoulder width
middle step – 1 1/2 shoulder width
big step – 2 shoulder width
use “yi” as before
