This week my class and I have begun working on the principal of rise from the
Eight Methods. Rise as you know, refers to raising up the head , which in turn
raises the spirit which enables the chi to flow. Mr. Li used to tell us to work
on the back of the neck for this. he practiced pullling his head back with the
muscles in the back of his neck until those muxcles were extgremely developed.
Before this we were working on Bone for quite a while. Bone is learning to
allign the bones and joints properly so that they support each other naturally,
enabling one to move with minimal muscle effort. Mr. Li would often remind us
that all things in Hwa Yu must be natural.