Competition and other stuff
As I can say that I've felt Sun Jian Yuns skill personally. I can also comment on her feelings of the competition routine.
As I remember, a female wushu champion demostrated her version of SUN to her. She was not impressed. She did not authorize that version.
Upon testing the champions skills and touching hands with her she said it was not correct.
Also, I agree with almost everything that GLW said. Except one little thing when he ended with this:
"So you would never absorb without moving and never move without attaching and following back in to the opponent."
"NEVER" is too constricting, pending on your skill level and the energy given to you by your opponent, you can never say "never". That is to all MA.
Also, their is NO broken rythm to the form. NONE, that would be contrary to SUNS idealogy when creating the form. He was in his later years, i.e. fighting days long since over when he created this form. I would argue that, one of his aims was too create a form that MORE closely followed the TC principles. For example, you will not find a 50/50 heavy stance in the set. Always Yin/Yang, one foot alive and one more empty than the other and switching.
I am not claiming mastery of this style myself, but my sifu is authorized to be the US Sun Style Reseach Institute by Si-Gung herself. So i am relating things that were translated to me/us.
GLW, is also correct when he refferences bagua and Xing Yi. W/O understanding in these as well, you cannot hope to master SUN TC. Albeit, though SUNs Bagua and Xing Yi can be different to other styles too.
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