Sticky and Nimble Hands

手為先鋒*

Hands are the vanguard

手以心把, 心以手把**

Hands are held by the heart, the heart by the hand.

One trains the grip, not the fist.

Light And Athletic Foot

手腳眼為根

Hands, feet and eyes for roots

足膝效法乎坤，取其鎮靜厚載*

Feet and knees model themselves on The Feminine, fetching its unruffled largeness which supports and contains.

腳為四肢百骸之舟楫，一身之領袖，稍有不合，全體之氣俱不入矣，不可不細為區別**

Feet are the oars of all the limbs and bones, what leads the body, just a little bit uncomfortable, none of the whole body vapours can enter! They cannot not be meticulously diacritical

With 26 bones, 33 joints and more than a hundred muscles, tendons and ligaments, the foot is a complex machine often overlooked in training.

One Centre, Six Extremities

勁從足下起，還得丹田足

The strength raises from the feet on the prerequisite the cinnabar field is full

掌心力從足心印

The force from the centre of the palms comes from the mark in the centre of the feet

One can only be as relax as his/her hands and feet are lax and as nimble as the waist is lest. 

Changes

玲瓏變化佈周身

Exquisite, ingenious and delicate changes dispose the whole body

拳有勢者，所以為變化也。横斜側面，起立走伏，皆有墙戶，可以攻，故謂之勢。拳有定勢，而用時無定勢。然當其用也，變無定勢，而實不失勢，故謂之把勢*

Fists have a posture, which implies changes.Transversal, oblique, sideways or frontal, getting up, standing, moving or lying prostrate, everything has walls and doors, attack being then possible, therefore we talk about posture. Fists have fixed postures, but when boxing there is no fixed posture. So that it undertakes its own usefulness, changes knowing no determined posture and yet one actually not losing posture, which is the way to be skilful in the art.

A few further posts will try to stick more to the old methods, giving only leads.

Starting with one dealing with changes in one's practice seems, then, appropriate.