Hi,

This is my very first post!

So I am very very interested in any special training or insight that would allow someone to transition well from one style to another.

I had taken Tae Kwon Do, Kempo (which were seemingly a 'hard' style, shorter punch travel) and NOW I am training in Northern style kung fu which have MUCH longer, fluid movements.

Right or wrong I had been punching with a lot of body tension at times thru the years with my early studies. Now I really want to have the 'weight on the end of a rope' and 'snap of a whip' feeling to all my strikes - but it somehow confounds me and I mentally revert to too much energy wasting body tension - right through the strike.

It's been 3 years now with Northern Mantis and I know I have made some progress but I want to do some deliberate training to improve this aspect.

Thoughts? Experiences?

Regards,

Brian