The Song of the Eight Ways
The Song of Push
(attributed to T´an Meng-hsien)

How can we explain the energy of Push?

When applied, it´s like water in motion

but within its softness there is great strength.

When the flow is swift, the force cannot

be withstood.

Meeting high places the waves break over them,

and encountering low places they dive deep.

The waves rise and fall,

and finding a hole they will surely surge in.

Eine "nach unten" stoßende Kraft. Die Kraft wird durch den Gegner aufgenommen, und an ihn zurückgeleitet. Im Gegensatz zu Ji, das i.d.R. eher "diagonal" angesetzt wird. "An" ist i.d.R. eine Folgetechnik und entwickelt seinen größte Kraft erst dann, wenn der Gegner bereits aus dem Gleichgewicht gebracht worden ist!

"An" is where we direct force downwards such as pressing down on our opponent with our hands as he loses balance in a forward direction.

Pushing power comes from the legs pushing into the earth.
Form movements: Grasping the Sparrow's Tail, Fair Lady Works the Loom
Pushing or pressing with both palms in a downward direction, peng energy
directed downward.