The First Thing..........

... ....for a beginner to do is to shut up and listen to the energy of the Teacher.

Without this there can be no true communication.

Same Difference

Below are the commencing postures of the classical Sun style taught to me by David Martin and the short form I learned from John Kells.

Both start in the Wuji posture, which is a standing meditation. In both styles the arms rise up to meet an incoming attack, seperate the attacker's arms and repel them.