Raise Hands Up Posture, utilizing different internal circles

When practicing application, it is common to do it with the arms being held until we can learn to generate power against resistance. We coil up around the joint when we are held above the wrist joint.  We round our wrists, and fill them into the hollows of the palms of our opponent when the hand is over the wrist joint .  This allows us to direct our force so that we may ride up our partners arms and attack their spine and shoulders , seeking resistance. The posture may use a horizontal circle which ends up making one hand pull , and the other push splitting our opponents resistance.  We may utilize the opening of the spine and the vertical circle to come up and around the arms and down against the wrist joints.  This is similar to tracing a handlebar mustache with our hands. It is also reliant on the eyes, guiding and guarding the hands. This allows for the power of the spine to be expressed through our hands. If our partner holds on with too much strength, they will end up, compromising their own wrist . We can also split the energy on the vertical line , sinking with one hand, and rising with the other before utilizing the turning of the waist to split them on the horizontal line within utilize the closing, and opening of the spine and the vertical circle to pin their feet to the floor, and clear their hands. We may also use these actions to deflect the strike and pluck the arm, pulling our partner into a shoulder, strike , an elbow strike, and a splitting move much in the way the postures unfold in the traditional form . We can train our three circles in the first three of the eight pieces of brocade on a daily basis so that we end up with stillness in our axis and looseness in our circles. The same concept applies to all postures. these are just a couple of examples to get you started.