Originally Posted by
LFJ
@Graham
I agree with the method you describe in general, but I don't think you are using the terms properly.
Yes, people misinterpret terms like Biu-ji and Cham-kiu, but their interpretations still have to do with "fingers" and "bridges", they just misunderstand what they refer to.
On the other hand, Lat-sau describes an action of someone flinging their arms in anger. Picture their arms come apart and their center is wide open. The opponent's arms are removed from the center. The phrase LSJC says when this happens you strike forward.
This term gives the mental picture of an opponent's arms leaving center, but this is the term you use to refer to just moving your structure forward and it has nothing to do with the opponent's arms? Not strange?
It doesn't seem you're missing some meaning somewhere?