Snake and Crane

I have had some time to run through my forms and study them on occasion. Instead of doing them over and over in repetition, I tend to do them once, and then take out the techniques and use them as one might in actual combat. Playing with snake techniques I realize how useful they in push hands and grappling, sticking to the persons hands, and then striking out often and savagely while continuing to stick with them. Because you are going by sense of touch, and sight is not completely necessary you can avert your eyes so that you will be less likely to get struck in the eyes. Also a simple kick to the groin or inside of the shins can do damage to the lower half of the body while you continue to strike at the eyes with your fingers or cut and chop and the head and neck or even the ribs, areas of your internal organs etc.
Basically your hands to in snake and crane position depending what is more convenient to strike with. You can use your shaking Chi to make the head of the snake move constantly and indeed virtually unpredictably even to your self since the shaking is doing the movement. So the movements are partially subconscious. But they are not wild either as you have to keep the movements within the zone of protecting yourself, and where the strikes will be useful when striking.

If you circulate this shaking power to your feet and your foot work as well, you can push your opponent with your stance while the hands pushing them curl and slither like a snake. So you don't extend your arms to push, but push close to you body, using your weight and shoulders and the ground, the hands only extending for strikes.

Also, all of this is internal and pretty easy to do, as in there isn't anything athletic about it. But moving about like this could give you a cardio workout the same way a brisk walk might. Plus it's fun and entertains the mind.