I am thoroughly convinced that it is more strenuous to use "no speed and no power" and drop your body weight into every strike and block during a form than it is to go full blow but not drop.
My legs will be complaining tomorrow morning!
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But how can a movement that requires no speed and no power be strenuous?? Ha!
It is a dillema we all face when practicing. I want my techniques to be powerful, yet I know that can only be accomplished by being relaxed, and as you mentioned, just timing the technique with the dropping of your weight and breath. IMO, this is when you are putting Ki in your technique. Miss one aspect...no Ki and nowhere near as powerful. Sounds simple enough, yet it is always a challenge.
One great thing about traing Hapkido right along with our PSR is that you get to "feel" when someone has Ki in their techniques. The person receiving literally feels a big jolt or shock.(usually followed by a crash to the floor;)
However my point is: strenuous or not, the basic training method or motions we use to perform our PSR movements applies directly to many practical applications. Most are devastatingly powerful if done correctly.
I wholeheartedly agree with what Master Crane wrote in a previous post, "The mine is deep and full of gold".
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