{"id":914,"date":"2014-01-02T20:25:40","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T20:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happehtheory.com\/HappehKungFu\/?p=914"},"modified":"2014-01-02T20:25:51","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T20:25:51","slug":"comparative-analysis-of-two-people-in-a-yin-fu-ba-gua-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.happehtheory.com\/HappehKungFu\/2014\/01\/02\/comparative-analysis-of-two-people-in-a-yin-fu-ba-gua-stance\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparative Analysis Of Two People In A Yin Fu Ba Gua Stance"},"content":{"rendered":"

This video compares the Yin Fu Ba Gua stance of two different individuals.<\/span><\/p>\n

[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3SMHZEABWPk]<\/span><\/p>\n

A web page duplicate of this video is also available for people who prefer to read, and for more leisurely study.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This video is titled \u201cComparative analysis of two individuals holding a Yin Fu Ba Gua stance\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This video is going to demonstrate how to analyze the body of a human being, to assess what kind of condition it is in. The subjects of the analysis will be the two people shown in this picture,<\/span><\/p>\n

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who are holding a stance from the Yin Fu style of Ba Gua.<\/span><\/p>\n

The analysis is being performed on individuals holding the Yin Fu Ba Gua stance, because the stress that is put on a human body in the Yin Fu Ba Gua stance, makes the condition of the body more easily visible.<\/span><\/p>\n

Please perform a leisurely examination of both individuals, to gain an impression of how each body looks. Examine the position and appearance of the arms, the legs, the head, and the torso.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The woman\u2019s stance, and the condition of her body, are better than the stance and the condition of the body of the man.<\/span><\/p>\n

What observations about the body of the woman, would justify the claim that she has a better stance, and a better conditioned body? What observations about the body of the man, would justify the claim that his stance was of a lesser quality, or that his body is not in as good a condition as the woman\u2019s body?<\/span><\/p>\n

One indicator of the condition of the woman\u2019s body is her buttocks. This picture emphasizes how the woman\u2019s buttocks are a smooth curved shape.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Ba_Gua_Stance_Comparison-WomansButtocksMostlyCurved\"<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This smooth curved shape of the buttock, indicates a certain type of strength and conditioning of the body.<\/span><\/p>\n

In contrast, The man\u2019s buttocks look flat and angular, as emphasized in this picture.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It almost looks like the man has no buttock muscles at all.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The man\u2019s buttocks are not very developed, and not very strong.<\/span><\/p>\n

The shoulders of the woman are mostly aligned with her hips.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The human body is a machine that must obey the laws of physics. According to the laws of physics, something that is aligned will be more efficient, than something that is not aligned. Because the woman\u2019s shoulders are mostly aligned with her hips, her body will be more efficient at generating and transferring power.<\/span><\/p>\n

The man\u2019s shoulders are not aligned with his hips.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The man\u2019s shoulders have rotated to his left,<\/span><\/p>\n

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causing the left shoulder to move backward,<\/span><\/p>\n

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while the right shoulder is forced forward.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Because the man\u2019s shoulders are not aligned with his hips, his body will not be able to generate and transfer power as efficiently, as the better aligned body of the woman can.<\/span><\/p>\n

The alignment of the shoulders influences the alignment of the head. The woman\u2019s head looks like it is relatively straight up and down.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The woman\u2019s head looks relatively full and rounded.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The fullness and roundness of a human head, are an indication of the strength and health of the body, that the head is attached to. Because the woman\u2019s head is relatively strong,<\/span><\/p>\n

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the woman will have a relatively strong mind.<\/span><\/p>\n

The man\u2019s head is tilted.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Ba_Gua_Stance_Comparison-MansHeadTilted\"<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The man\u2019s head does not look like it is vertically straight up and down.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The man\u2019s head is relatively angular,<\/span><\/p>\n

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and oddly shaped compared to the head of the woman.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The shape and angularity of the man\u2019s head, are an indication that the internal part of his body, is relatively weak. The mind of the man will not be as strong as the mind of the woman,<\/span><\/p>\n

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because of the weakness of the internal part of his body.<\/span><\/p>\n

The right arm of the woman angles upwards across her breasts,<\/span><\/p>\n

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so that her right hand is held up close to her left armpit.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The right arm of the woman,<\/span><\/p>\n

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is closer to the proper orientation it should have for this posture, than the right arm of the man is.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The right arm of the man is mostly horizontal across the stomach.<\/span><\/p>\n

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There is a relatively large gap between the right hand and the left armpit.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The man\u2019s right arm is low down by his stomach,<\/span><\/p>\n

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because the internal connections of his body are not strong enough, to pull the right arm up across the chest.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The right arm of the man is also pushed away from it\u2019s proper orientation,<\/span><\/p>\n

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by the rotation of the shoulders mentioned earlier.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The extended left arm of the woman has relatively strong muscle definition,<\/span><\/p>\n

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and the left hand looks strong and well defined.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The woman\u2019s left hand looks like it is sticking out from the end of the wrist,<\/span><\/p>\n

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and forming a C shape.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The extended left arm of the man has relatively weak muscle definition,<\/span><\/p>\n

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and the left hand looks soft and limp.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The man\u2019s left hand appears to be flopping towards the rear of the his body,<\/span><\/p>\n

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instead of reaching out straight out from the wrist,<\/span><\/p>\n

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to form a C shape.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The legs and feet of the woman are turned more inwards,<\/span><\/p>\n

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than the legs and feet of the man.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is an indication that the internal part of the man\u2019s body, is not strong enough or developed enough, to pull his legs and feet in properly.<\/span><\/p>\n

The orientation of the legs and feet, are connected to the development of the buttocks. The rounded and full buttocks of the woman,<\/span><\/p>\n

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are connected to her ability to turn her legs and feet inwards properly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The small and flat buttocks of the man are connected to the reason,<\/span><\/p>\n

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why he cannot turn his legs and feet inwards properly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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All of the observations listed in this video, the condition of the buttocks,<\/span><\/p>\n

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the alignment between the shoulders and the hips,<\/span><\/p>\n

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the alignment and shape of the head,<\/span><\/p>\n

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the position of the arms,<\/span><\/p>\n

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and the position of the legs,<\/span><\/p>\n

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all indicate that the woman has a stronger and better connected internal part of the body, than the man does.<\/span><\/p>\n

That information is useful, because in a fighting situation, that information could be used to make an intelligent choice, on which opponent is more dangerous.<\/span><\/p>\n

Is the physically large man,<\/span><\/p>\n

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who has a weak and less connected internal part of the body, indicating his kung fu techniques are weak and sloppy, the more dangerous opponent?<\/span><\/p>\n

Or is the physically smaller woman,<\/span><\/p>\n

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with a stronger and better connected internal part of the body, indicating her Kung Fu techniques are strong and accurate, the more dangerous opponent?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The video linked in this blog entry highlights the differences in two people holding the same Yin Fu Ba Gua stance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-yin-fu-ba-gua"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.happehtheory.com\/HappehKungFu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.happehtheory.com\/HappehKungFu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.happehtheory.com\/HappehKungFu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.happehtheory.com\/HappehKungFu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.happehtheory.com\/HappehKungFu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.happehtheory.com\/HappehKungFu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":968,"href":"http:\/\/www.happehtheory.com\/HappehKungFu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914\/revisions\/968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.happehtheory.com\/HappehKungFu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.happehtheory.com\/HappehKungFu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.happehtheory.com\/HappehKungFu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.happehtheory.com\/HappehKungFu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}