Here's another Tai Chi essential that is part of our SKD training that I covered in our Zoom online training on 11 Jul 2020.
I've talked about traceability in the past. In this instance when we do the salute we are not just doing a greeting.
In the salute there are a few things to learn including how to form a basic high horse stance with attendant structural arch.
This arch forms the two leg bows which provide the foundation for the type of power found in Grandmaster Wei Shuren's Tai Chi. In SKD I teach this concept as foundation habit.
With a proper leg structure we can move with proper upper body and lower body coordination, with good structural efficiency and economy of motion while keeping the body primed to generate power when required.