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the vibration or "fa gin" can develop and is concentrated on strengthening the internal organs in combat it is in relation to the one inch strike concept. The ability to utilise short range effectively not only for striking but in defense such as preventing from getting wrap up.
"Ten shaking, nine are false. True shaking, even an army of one thousand men could not impede."
the psoas major (PM)...
The primary force of the PM on the lumbar spine is axial compression, which creates segmental stiffness and thereby resists shear forces. Most of this activity comes from the anterior fasciculii....
The role of the psoas and iliacus muscles for stability and movement of the lumbar spine, pelvis and hip
Psoas was found to be selectively involved in sitting with a straight back and in contralateral loading situations requiring stabilization of the spine in the frontal plane.
Yatish Parmar wrote:the frontal plane is the coronal plane
What the Psoas does not do is move the hips from side to side as in this video by the original youtube user
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