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My two cents for you is:
Gettint creative Using the mandala as a symbolic explanation is ok.
But,
You are violating the practice of slt by doing the above as you describe. The slt practice has to follow "hand issue from heart / mind" instruction strictly. Not the mind is out there in some mandala.
This will get you into trouble in the mind layer. Do not play in this layer or realm with mandala visualization. You can get trap in different states and cause yourself unnecessary trouble.
Last edited by Hendrik; 05-20-2013 at 10:01 AM.
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This is a 1995 article-old-<http://www.tempewingchun.com/docs/defending_the_motherline.pdf>and I have done much more analysis than this.
I am not an engineer-was turned off by the first two compulsory classes that were required many moons ago-engineering drawing where I had to draw a screw from different angles and in surveying hold survey stick in the Oklahoma sun.
Also- static plane geometry is not enough. "Crazy logic" experimentally used for
redirecting cars/lights based on stimuli can help. Buckminster Fuller's concept of tensigrity(sp?) and the interlocking triangles of the geodesic dome, triangular wedge of the bow of an ice breaking ship is also suggestive(bai jong), the balance of a twirling gyroscope can help, Egyptian pyramids , old time igloos,Buddhist stupas and Mexico's pyramid del sol can be suggestive when working on stability, cross country skiing can point towards the directional coordination of the knees, for elbow motions, harpooning, an American football quarterback's control of the trajectory of a spinning football can give ideas, arches and domes can illustrate synthesis of triangles and circles, plum blossom designs for footwork, the eight sided baqua , the infinity sign- can all give insights for motions and drills and structures.Not arm chair academics-- I do some of these things and try to teach accordingly.
Have had the good fortune of having a sifu who is very analytical as well as practical.
No mind body dualism
Expression of part pf a POV- sharing- not debating. Progressing development via slt, chum kiu, biu gee, mook jong, kwan and bot jam do, varieties of chi sao, lop sao, gor sao, controlled sparring and real experience and much time on the wing chun path open mindedly And no red bull.