Kneeling Push

A fascinating but subtle test of ki that demonstrates that size and strength are not that important. You and another person sit in formal kneeling position where you rest on your knees with your feet crossed behind you and then you sit back on your feet, keeping your bodies upright. Set facing each other with each others' knees about five inches apart. You then extend your wrists, and the other person holds onto them. Although the person holds tight and uses all his or her strength, you find it easy to push him or her over. Yet, when the person tries to push you, you're immoveable.

To perform this feat:

Review the unbendable arm feat.
Raise your arms in front of you with the wrists hanging limp, with an unbendable arm feeling in both arms.
Have other person hold onto your forearms, at the sides. The person should try to be stable, but not push.
Smoothly reach your arms forward until you meet resistance.
Now, bow forward from your hips, keeping your arms extended as you bow, not letting your elbows bend.
As the other person loses balance, gently guide him or her down.

Tips:

Stay relaxed.
Push softly and gently. "There is nothing so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength" (Ralph W. Sockman).
Do not think of your partner as a huge, insurmountable object. Think of the person as a little baby or fragile a stick figure.
Do not think about pushing the person over, just think about moving forward comfortably, as though nothing is in your way.
When you are the one doing the holding, hold securely, but do not grip. Think of how you might hold a young child's arm when walking near the road. You want to hold securely, but gently enough so that it does not hurt.
When holding, concentrate on your center of mass and settle your weight into the floor, do not think "resist." If you find yourself being pushed over, do not fight it, just keep settling into the floor as if you were melting.
Feel sleep and relaxed. Just melt away unaware of any pushing.

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