Ultimate Angle

**IRA** · 17-01-2006, 12:44AM

Describe how you can achieve the ultimate angle.

Gus · 17-01-2006, 08:57PM

Had no idea how to answer this one at first but here is my 2 cents ... I think we achieve the ultimate angle by thinking shoulder-elbow-wrist and feeling the energy flowing. The important point to me in achieveing and keeping the angle at an optimum level, which is by no means easy, is to make sure that the joints at both the shoulder and the elbow turn at the same rate... If one moves and then the other our structure will be compromised and openings possibly made. If they move together at the same rate the structure of the body will be behind it at all times and it will require hardly any movement to effect anything that comes in contact.

**Dong_Sau** · 20-01-2006, 04:35AM

Initially you play around with an obtuse angle in your arm resisting collapse and looking for a range of angles that feel strong. Concentrate on being as efficient as possible by relaxing everything else but what is required to keep the angle open.

Next fight the instinct to offer active resistance, but trust that you can focus on keeping the angle without fighting but being determined to hold it. This passive resistance is the next stage.

The last stage is minimising passive resitance and relaxing, focusing, trusting, then forgetting about it.