I echo Sifu Dean's focus definitely and would just like to add sensitivity to the mix as it's my opinion that sensitivity is incredibly important and can offset pretty much anything that comes your way (sensitivity to distance, connection, position, etc.). Still a rookie at understanding the full impact of this training attribute but can see through what I have seen demonstrated that this is very important to work to understand. When I went to China there was a lecture every night with a big white board where the instructors outlined in detail the theory of each of their styles. Sensitivity was highlighted as one of the main attributes of their system in every lecture and what was cool is all of them expressed sensitivity just a little differently in relation to receiving and generating energy/power. The styles represented were Chen/Wu/Yang styles of Tai Chi, two XingYi styles, Lan Shou, and Tong Bei. This was also demonstrated with high precision in all the training sessions that I experienced/witnessed. In addition to Kajukenbo I practice Silat Sera. A large part of our training is with emphasis on sensitivity and connecting to ones center. The Indonesian people are of smaller stature and they have had to develop sensitivity to a very high level and coupled with having their center lower in general, makes for a good combination as it relates to receiving and generation energy/power.
My two cents,
Tim