Imagine you are a ball filling with air inside.
Although your mind determines which part of the ball is to hit, the "air" fills the internal sphere of the the ball in an even manner. When you push forward, your back goes backward; your head pushes upward; your leg goes downward; your right side maintains the force to the right; your left side maintains the force to the left, etc. That's the idea behind the eight directions diagram.
The force is exercised as a coherent whole: You are in a balanced position.
If the force is directed to one side only, it will piece through the wall of the ball. The "air" is released, and you lose the power: You are in an unbalanced position.
[See also the Note on Occupying the Centre]
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An excellent exposition of the meaning of a balanced position. I would think it will then be your opponent's "duty" to try to release your air at the point of your push (attack) with the objective of unbalancing you (if he is successful, he is then free to strike to "發"), and then again you... in the manner of a loop - this is how I see game is being played.
You are partly correct.
You can only unbalance a person who is unbalanced (looks like a tautology, isn't it?)
It is very difficult to achieve 八面支撐. You can only do it after activating your back channels. Those who cannot make it will not be able to do the 發勁 in a balanced position and can be unbalanced in the way as mentioned by you.
More advanced technique is required to deal with the spherical power.
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