<span class="chinese-post-title">曲</span> Bend from the <span class="chinese-post-title">形意八字訣</Span> Xingyi Eight Characters Secret

曲

有三曲，即
一。兩臂要曲弓如半月，則力富。
二。兩膝宜曲，彎如半月，則力厚。
三。手腕宜曲，曲如半月，則力湊。
皆取其伸縮自如，用勁不斷之意。
是謂之三曲。

李存義

"Bend. The three things that one must be bent:
a) Both arms ought to be bent, like a half-moon, the strength is abundant.
b) Both knees ought to be bent, like a half-moon, the strength is deep.
c) Both wrists ought to be bent, like a half-moon, the strength comes together.
All of them gets its natural extension and contraction, the strength of the intention unbroken.
These are the three things that must be bent."

From the book Xingyi Connected Fist (形意連環拳), by Lǐ Cúnyì (李存義), and from Xingyi Mother Fists (形意母拳) by Jiāng Róngqiáo (薑容樵) based on the translations by Joseph Crandall