Thanks for the comments Audi :)
I think we're all the same...most of us in the Martial Arts world i.e., "we love to keep learning". If you have any references on your patterns, mabe videos or articles i'd love to check them out. Much appreciated.
About what you said: "one thing I might do differently than in the split drill you showed is that I would tend to show split with the arm controlling the opponent's elbow with my palm open and facing away from me rather than in a fist with the back of the fist facing away. In doing split, we would also tend to try to keep the opponent's forearm so that his/her palm and the inside of his/her elbow would be on the same side. If we twist the opponent's arm, I think this would be more to get the opponent's elbow to rise and to apply Roll Back energy to it. "
I'd like to explain why I do it that way: In our school there are 3 main ways to split the elbow; up, down & horizontally. Also it is critical before I go further to say that splitting the...
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