From: http://wujifaliangong.blogspot.com/2009/07/45-gongfu-hints-and-pointers.html

• You are where you are, and that’s where you start.
• Relaxed is not limp.
• Relaxing in one area will aid relaxation in another area. The body is connected.
• Connected is not locked.
• Connected is not stiff.
• Structure is not rigid.
• Easy isn’t necessarily ease.
• Ease isn't necessarily easy.
• Don't rush it, it'll happen faster.
• Your strength is your weakness.
• Your strong point is your weak point, your weak point is your strong point.
• Attention is different than focus.
• Noticing changes everything.
• It’s better to fall down than quit.
• How would a baby learn?
• Now I know what the "Chi" is? (Laughing)
• Match is not living.
• Pay attention to the minutest details for the largest gains.
• Your questions reveal where you are, your experience, and what you’re working on.
• Practice a pattern until the feeling reveals itself to you. Pay attention. Notice.
• What's your purpose?
• Why are you doing this?
• If you can’t feel your body, then what’s the point of having a body?
• The purpose of the method is to feel.
• Feeling is a key, as kinesthetic is to foundation.
• Feeling is a key. Grounded is foundation.
• How do you know?
• There is no end to feeling, understanding, and being aware.
• The method is not the truth, once you get the feeling, get rid of the method.
• Once you get the feeling, principle is second nature.
• The method is not the truth.
• The method is a medicine.
• The various (suggested chi flow) feelings are signposts. Don’t confuse the signpost for the actual destination.
• Using imagery is a trick (a method, a medicine) to get the intention to move.
• Monkey mind and stallion – keep the monkey busy so the stallion runs freely.
• A small step, no matter how small, starts the momentum. Keep taking small steps. Many small steps will take you a long way.
• One small step for “a man,” a giant leap for most of mankind!
• Practice the ordinary until it becomes extra-ordinary.
• Technique -> Form -> Principle -> Philosophy
• Three Rules: 1. Be responsible for your own development – be, response-able 2. Be rational and functional 3. Experiment, try, feel, get results
• A good lesson teaches to where the student is. A not so good teacher teaches where the teacher is.
• Different People learn in different ways.
• Once you get the feeling, the principle is second nature.