NEUTRALIZING WITH BODY-MOVEMENT
If an opponent's attack is too close, neutralizing with hand-technique alone may be insufficient. In this case you can sink your body backward without moving your legs, neutralizing his attack at the same time. This is neutralizing with “shen-fa”, or body movement. Neutralizing with “shou-fa”, or hand-technique, is effective when the attack is short-range, and neutralizing with “shen-fa”, or body-movement, is effective when the attack is mid range.
Pushing-Hands -- Neutralizing with Body-Movement in Taijiquan from Wong Kiew Kit on Vimeo.
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