Why, After Years of Practice, Do My Strength and Vitality Not Develop, and Can I Not Feel the Force in My Hands?

Many students who have practiced for years to develop their strength and vitality often experience a confusing sensation – they can't feel the force in their hands.

Our Dao Yun () teachings focus on the key to 'hip-shoulder overall force release', and we encourage students to apply this force into their own martial arts techniques.

Let's clarify one point: to effectively transmit force to the hands, one must first ensure that the hip-shoulder is fully engaged in force release; two, the shoulder blades and shoulder joint should be well-developed, allowing for independent force release from the shoulder blades; three, the development of the elbow joint is crucial, and practicing 'breaking' techniques is extremely important… even to the point of training the wrists and fingers.

Some students feel that they've mastered their hip technique when they experience the hip rebounding, and they continue to practice this rebound, but their shoulders haven't aligned with the hip; if they move both hands and arms independently, this practice offers no benefit for later stages. We're aiming for 'overall rebounding'.

Once the hip rebounds, we enter the 'hip-shoulder overall force reinforcement' stage. Only through this practice can we achieve 'overall rebounding,' and once we have 'overall rebounding,' we can then apply it in movement and strikes. This then leads into the next stage, 'horizontal shaking and trembling', which initiates 'overall hip-shoulder synchronization shaking and trembling.' Subsequently, after a period of training, we enter the 'sequential through shaking and trembling' stage, where the force travels from the hip through the arms like a steel whip; this requires high demands for the back arch and rib development. Only a sufficiently loose body can effectively generate sufficient power.