Push Hands Training

We've had a couple of push hands sessions which went down well with the seniors, including some beginners. We've been focussing on single push hands which is the first push hands exercise in our syllabus.

It trains stances, distance, body awareness, and develops sensitivity. It shows you how to operate the lower body and upper body in opposite directions, and shows the relationships between upper and lower. It's a good exercise for developing the body skills necessary to learn how to punch effectively.

We had a play with some applications too, showing how you can take the training method in different directions. Useful for close-in work, receiving and locking.

In order to be effective at push hands, students need to be properly relaxed. By the end of the first session everyone was certainly relaxed! Anyway, we have some interesting methods which can be used to encourage students to relax :) Push hands isn't necessarily an "easy" night's training. Tee hee...

Single push hands training continues...