“Give up yourself to follow others” – moving effortlessly as one piece

One of the aspects of single hand push hands is defending against being plucked or pulled out of center. When we yield, we generally do this in piecesp. When someone pulls your hand and you follow their movement with your hand, you end up, pulling the rest of the joints slightly out of harmony with each other. If you turn past 45°, you will lose your position. The trick is to allow the entire torso to be pulled by releasing the qua ( hip joint),  and allowing your opponent to just pull you with no resistance . When you do this correctly , once the body hits 45° , it will sort of drop into a notch and stop turning. This will cause your opponents force to be diverted downward through your structure and load your front foot, making a Jin force so that you can take advantage of his sudden excessive use of strength . When this is done correctly, the opponent will often pull themselves out of their root without even needing to do anything else, It’s a good idea in practicing this exercise , to spend some time letting this become your natural response. This  is actually one of the more effortless skills that you can develop and will leave you in a perfect position to counter attack or utilize the Jin that you’re partner makes in your front foot to pull him back out of center