Absorb – its movement from point of contact with an opponent to point of contact with a floor in the front of the body.
Project – movement from point of contact with a floor to point of contact with an opponent in the back of the body!
* source: https://iliqchuan.com/wiki_cats/sifu-says/
Grand Master Sam Chin is teaching Tibi. I Liq Chuan – Zhang Xin Dao (functional Chi Kung).