If you could sum up the power generation method of your art, what would you say it is? (doesn’t have to be one sentence - just one overarching, underlining principle) In the end, aren’t all the arts dealing with moving/generating with the whole body? When we say that different arts have different methods of power generation, what does that mean? Are the actual end result (in terms of your body - not the effect of the power generated on the opponent) different, or is it just a difference in training methodology? Please discuss…
for most it starts with rooting, and structure or alignment. Add the hips as well.
Driving off the back leg getting the entire structure and its weight going, adding the power of the upper back and shoulder in the swing plus the added speed of the bicep/tricep (forearm) and wrist.
It starts out like a cannon and ends sort of like a whip. Mass and speed.
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I get a notion then~do other than try. It happens best I can at that instant/moment, those moments.
Hello Falcor,
For me it is Chi. Without Chi there is no power issuing method to speak about. It is the very beginning, the wellspring, of what you are asking about.
mickey
My power comes from my stepping. When you first start splashing hands you might find you have little power, but after practice power will come. When the hands and feet move as one then the true power will be released.
When one part of the body moves , all parts move
Bagua = Tornado energy.
Actually, power in CMA starts in the middle and goes out equally through the limbs or head. the difference is in the method of minipulating the center. Training methods of different systems develop disinctive habits making subtle differences in power generation.
Power comes from the kua in conjunction with the lower back.
CaptinPickAxe, what’s splashing hands?
red5angel, check your PMs
for me …chi through 3 jies..ie..hand strikes..gather collect chi , direct through shoulder, elbow, finger tips…crash like tidal wave…whole body supporting…stay with the moment…what you are doing at the moment, must be exactly what you are doing at the moment, doing it to the fullest to exclusion of all else…true zen 
It starts from the waist/hip area and moves outward through the limbs. It’s all about sinking the hips and shoulders.
exercise, conditioning, body mechanics.
the rest comes natural. just do the work and don’t look for shortcuts…there aren’t any. and the longer you look for secret energy the longer you are putting off doing the real work required to attain power in your physical and mental being.
as for spirituality, well, that’s in the realm of the esoteric, you either have symbols at your core belief system that supports your spiritual energy, or you don’t.
cheers
Isshinryu Karate (OMA)
I guess it would be a twisting, snapping power. Pushing through the ground, twisting the whole of the body in a sharp circle, letting the striking instrument whip into and out of the target.
Waitaminute . . . that explains most of the upper body strikes, but what about kicks? I guess those’d just be the same generation, just with movement at different points.
You cannot get more energy than you already have.
You can only optimize the issuance of the energy you have through practice of the correct techniques.
you have to understand your form and shape, the energy you have and how to get the most out of what you have through correct mechanics.
studying the physics of it dispells any b.s
Kung Lek has taken the obvious and made it squeel likea pigh.
But seriously, where did that come from? Unless you’re referencing the chi dude. Then I’aight.
Me personally, I throw chi blasts left and right, just to impress my woman.
wrist, elbow, waist, feet
(You cannot get more energy than you already have.)
That’s why I like to borrow it from others, or the earth, I have so little.
How do you borrow what you already have?
energy is derived from air, food, water, light.
It’s maintained through exercise and an intake that is moderate or optimal to your objective.
you cannot “take” energy from a tree any more than you can take it from the ground. unless you burn the tree to keep warm or plant food in the ground and eat it. The transferance that comes with a connectivity in a moment is too subtle in the bigger pic.
cheers