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Here's a word that's applicable to Gung Fu practice, as well as other things:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-CfO16o6T0&NR=1

Now, there exists a little fish in southern China known as a "Laai Mang", delicious in a ginger and green onion Jook...

It is very clever and does not bite directly at the bait. This means, you have to wait until you feel the nibble and then CHOK you have to snag it. This is how you "Chok Laai Mang"!

Baby Bluefish, or "Snappers," are like that. You use a bamboo rod and a bobber on a short line. As soon as you see the bobber move, you need to jerk the line to set the hook. They hit like lightning. If you are a split-second slow, you raise your line to discover your bait has been stolen! Very fast and are fun to catch-and they tatse great!
The man to speak to on fishing is "O." Angler Extroadinaire.

Well, it must have been quite popular, because by now, all Laai Mang you'll find are tasty, but rather small...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LZUo2EJ57pE/T ... C02432.JPG

It is also possible for a police investigator to Chok a suspect on the way down to the station, in order to gain additional information...

In any event, in terms of human expression, as the comedian points out, the term "Chok" speaks to expression that is "forced"...

In practical application, it describes "muscling" a technique. That is, relying on one's forcefulness at the expense of cultivating more efficient skills such as better timing, distancing, and Je Lek/ "Borrowing Force"...

This falls within the category of internal practice, where a stiff, "unnatural" usage of either concentration, breathing, or form creates imbalance, at the expense of one's development overall...

The opposite of "Chok" is "Sung", which speaks to "balancing hard and soft within transition"...

Still, if one just can't get the knack of it, the comedian just might help, or can always go and "Chok Laai Mang" (or "suspects"), lol!



Best,

Michael

This guy is pretty awesome, he speaks with Hong Kong accent.