Posted by: dougdinger () on Thu Jan 12 16:31:28 2006

I made an earlier post regarding my problem with over-rotating. I concluded that I tended to use my back-side more than front side, pushing my back hip forward and by pulling too hard with my front shoulder. Jack teaches that the hips rotate because of the front knee driving to straighten the leg, which pulls the hips around. Frankly, I'm having a hard time developing a moderate, but powerful amount of hip rotation. I either swing with the wrist and no hips, or drive the upper around too far. So Jack, I have some questions regarding the proper way to rotate the body around a stationary axis:

A) Does it all result from simply straightening the front knee?

B)Does the back leg play a role? Do you yourself oush the back knee and hip along with the straghtening of the front knee/pull of the front hip? Or does the back hip come around and back knee form an 'L' by itself from the pulling force of the front hip?

C) A recent post made on another site regarding how the hips rotate....."The legs provide a stable base from which the hips rotate. It starts in your center....not in your legs. Your lead leg will stiffen. But, it is being stiffened by rotation......not the other way around. " Jack, can you agree with this? Does the front leg stiffen as a result of hip rotation or do the hips rotate as a result of the front leg stiffening?

Thanks.