沉肩墜肘
浮肩昂肘
Sinking shoulders and dropping elbows.
Floating shoulders and soaring elbows.
以氣為主，以力當先
以氣為主，以理當先
Vapours direct, strength must come first.
Vapours direct, theory must come first.
There is a fencing manual, the Sword of Chaos, which embodies the internal arts influenced by the Taoist theory. It has already been quoted in this blog but it may be interesting to develop parts of it as examples of themes often recurrent in internal practices. Still, before doing so, following the last post on the Lady of Yue, one has to further understand what kind of writing is mainly found as far as martial arts are concerned and the issues brought along.
