I am loving my hips! Thanks to a class taught by Sifu Hayes last month. His instruction was a gift that keeps on giving. One of those golden key opportunities which happen at different times for everyone. We had started class turning 180 degrees in a bow stance, which led into working on our cat stance transitions. This then led to removing our arms from the equation as we made our transitions which changed the cat stance for me. That's a whole other blog. Transitions and centering appeared to be the lesson. When discussing this with Sifu Ward, he felt the lesson was mostly about the hips. After I played around with this some more and concentrated on my hips, I could feel the hips lining up with the 6 harmonies.
I have slowly been exploring various techniques, keeping more of the focus on my hips and letting them do the driving. This has helped a lot when turning out of an open x while doing Lao Gar. As long as I let my hips drive, the stability is much improved. I have also started to focus on this with my kicks and am seeing some improvement.
I think I was a newer green belt when I truly discovered my shoulders and how they moved in relation to the rest of my body. My hips though weren't even on my radar at the time. They had been functioning alright, but awareness and harmony needed work. It was Tai Chi where I first experienced the disconnect with my hips and started to develop some awareness. It always felt like more of a timing issue though.
Hmm.. interesting thought just now. It still could be a timing issue, but with a different way of thinking. Instead of only working on perfecting the timing maybe I need to look at the underlying cause of the timing issue. What drives the timing? Oh my! Could it be the hips? Yay, something to explore further.
Namaste everyone!
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