When you push, you should push from your back leg, and not from your shoulder. This is expressed in Taijiquan principles as “starting with the back leg, controlled by the wasitt, and ending at the hands.” It should not be the reverse, as in Boxing, where the Boxer starts with his hand to punch, throw his body weight forward, and end with his raised back leg. This pushing from the back leg in Taijiquan enables the practitioner to push with his whole body weight, but it is from pushing in Wrestling where the wrestler throws his body forward as in a “shoot”. In a Taijiquan push, the back leg remains firmly rooted.
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