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Suspending the crown:I've had a few different senses of this. 1. Lifting the rear crown point giving a stretching feeling to the neck and back. (like stretching a hose)2. Releasing in such a way that fullness comes to the back which lifts the crown. (like turning on a water valve give fullness to the hose)I've opted for a combination of the two. Stretching the hose and turning the valve on. Thoughts?

Sifu continually tells us that the energy must move. The cycle has to be continuous. I have listened to this and thought, "Ok, the energy must keep moving." But, I have realized that I don't comprehend this yet. When someone applies force to my arms, I meet the force and my abdomen becomes very full and hard. Sifu said that the fullness needs to be there but it needs to move to the mingmen. I need help understanding this. The abdominal fullness remains; even though I move to open the mingmen. Any body, every body, HELP! ;)

Okay. After watching Sifu's video of the ILC forms I am convinced I do not comprehend the punctured breath. I always thought I was fuzzy on it ever since he brought it up in the stage one fajin training video. How is it done. I'm not clear on it at all.