Thursday

Principles

Understanding the principles is essential:
  1. Do not oppose force
  2. Join centres
  3. Attack weakness and avoid strength
  4. Use momentum whenever possible
  5. Take balance
  6. Disconnect the opponent's body
  7. Allow them to fall
Each of these considerations needs to be studied in detail and understood thoroughly.

Once these have been explored using the yielding/shuai jiao learning tool, the skills will slowly become familiar and eventually habitual.
The aim with all training methods is to discard the method entirely at some point.
Ultimately, the skills will just emerge spontaneously.