Nice video Alex. Pleased to meet you. Minnesota?
As another poster said, "you can see it when it happens properly", not only the 'pop' of the faat ging, but the spine and belly movement too.
I agree that the Chow Fook videos are pretty exceptional, but the poor old gentleman was well past his prime, and very stiff with age. He is hing-dai with my Si-gung.
the video of the New Zealand Sifu doing Gau Bo Twi is pretty 'classic' as per a wu shu demo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lji8_...eature=related and probably the best textbook example.
The slow stuff, just demonstration and teaching/showing, not doing, IMHO. I mean, I play it that way sometimes just for grins, focus on breathing, other stuff like that, but it 's a different thing.
You'll notice, the shoulders and head stay in front of the hips, generally. when you see the head being thrown back, it breaks the form and strength. Pak Mei is full of formulae, all you have to do is look and check the positioning, its not rocket science...
Ronin-
Short power in a more live demonstration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h79sQ795Crc
Short power in light sparring:
look at the end, around 120, especially around 1:29
http://www.youtube.com/user/TodaiLeu.../0/HqoV_ivujLM
What you reckon?