GM John explains and demonstrates:

• Have no resistance to start with.

• If you do get tight, release immediately.

• Do this regardless of whether you are stronger or heavier because you never know what the enemy is capable of.

• Releasing immediately opens up new opportunities you could never find otherwise.

• You must distinguish between exerting energy to attack (strike, unbalance, etc.) and exerting energy to resist.

• These are all just words you’re reading now but in watching this exceptional video, you’ll see that [moving] pictures are worth a thousand words.

• You can get them to resist unconsciously with a Pulse (fake energy) and then exploit it.

• Your release should involve a complete change of position (including your root) to maximize exploitation of their weakness.

• Tremendous subtleties and movement options demonstrated in video which needs to be watched over and over.

• Whoever is more sensitive to -- and able to change sooner because of --  perceived resistance, will win.

• These openings and your sensitivity to resistance allow you to hitch hike off it and multi-hit/ricochet to further strikes instantaneously.

• The sensation of release is like slipping on a banana peel or moving like a monkey [this obviously is not an endorsement of formatted monkey “styles”].

• John emphasizes that the throwing/unbalancing shown in this video is not a directive to push people away like in tai chi, but to penetrate and destroy them with strikes.

• The splashing/dropping action of GC hitting prevents this “throwing” in the first place.

• Don’t try to over-analyze or convert these teachings into “techniques” or you will fail.

• You must flow slowly and experiment and build the automatic responses into your subconscious.

• This is the only way to build this skill of “Resisting the Resistance” effectively.