xingyi question
Okay, I don't know much about this style at all, but once several months ago I was shown a basic (I think beginning) form from it.
It mostly seemed fairly obvious and evident and efficient to me but with one exception that stood out in my mind at the time and I still haven't been able to figure out in my head.
There was one straight punch - a right, about solar plexus level - that happened at the same time as a backward step of the left leg.
What's going on here? It seems like a p!sspoor way to generate any power, even if you are throwing your right hip forward with the punch as your left leg goes backwards.
I hope I remember what I saw clearly enough and have described it well enough for this thread to actually have some utility.
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