Is my interpretation of "向右往后勾提。至甲势已背时" correct in the context of Tai Chi?

Question

I'm translating a two-person push hands sequence from a Yang-Style Taiji Quan manual.

In the description of the 62nd form, "Right Cloud Hands" (右云手)， there's a sentence that reads: "向右往后勾提。至甲势已背时。”

“甲” in this context translates to "Martial Artist #1", one of the participants in this two-person push hands form. My current translation of this sentence reads as "Face to the right and shift back, drawing out the force from #1's back until none is left."

Does my translation of "勾提“ make sense in this context, and does my translation generally fit the principles of this Tai Chi form?

Answer 1

first of all

a two-person push hands sequence

the mentioned verse is of sparring (散手), not push hand (推手)

甲 is the left man, grey cloth; 乙 is the right one, white cloth

乙被掤・乘勢含胸拔背・向右轉腰坐腿・右手刁住甲右腕・向右往後勾提・至甲勢已背時・右手按甲右腕・同時左手按擊甲右肩

[乙’s ] right hand stick with 甲’s right wrist (右手刁住甲右腕)

towards 乙’s right and aft [向右往後], connected [hand and wrists] (勾), slightly upward (提); till (至) the moment that 甲’s posture (勢) shows his back (背)

the hidden message is: 乙’s wrist, arm moves according to the turning of waist and shifting centre of gravity (轉腰坐腿)

as "Face to the right and shift back, drawing out the force from #1's back until none is left."

Does my translation of "勾提“ make sense in this context

nice try 😎 well, i’m sorry to say, no.

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https://brennantranslation.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/taiji-two-person-sparring-set-taiji-san-shou-dui-da/

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