TODAY'S TIP: Most martial arts training will give you the impression that your arms and legs are the weapons, and that you shoot them out like rockets from your more or less stationary body, which is the launch pad. In GC, your whole skeleton is the weapon, and the striking ridges on your limbs are simply the parts of the weapon that happen to make contact. If you want e.g. your hand to hit his head from where it is, do NOT simply extend your arm. This will be easy for him to feel (due to the obvious muscular change), it will open you up to counters, and it won't pack much wallop. Instead, move your whole skeleton to "carry" the relaxed hand/arm to the target.
A useful exercise in slow Contact Flow to get a feel for this: Reverse the standard "Puppeteering" drill. Instead of controlling your feet with your hands, control your hands with your feet. Your right hand or elbow cannot move unless your right foot moves correspondingly below it. In realty, your movement doesn't have to be this robotic with a 1:1 foot:hand movement ratio, but this exercise can give you a feel for hitting with your whole skeleton and using your feet/body to move your limbs.
A useful exercise in slow Contact Flow to get a feel for this: Reverse the standard "Puppeteering" drill. Instead of controlling your feet with your hands, control your hands with your feet. Your right hand or elbow cannot move unless your right foot moves correspondingly below it. In realty, your movement doesn't have to be this robotic with a 1:1 foot:hand movement ratio, but this exercise can give you a feel for hitting with your whole skeleton and using your feet/body to move your limbs.
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