Former castleva
11-10-2002, 09:52 AM
Your honest opinion,straightforward or not.
Just don´t be too hard on me :eek: :rolleyes:
Without any instruction available,I´ve taken my time to practice from books.However,I try to do my best when into training.
I have not been training at all for a while,I´m trying to kick myself to a start (will cause a few bruises...)
If you have anything to add so far,I´m more than open for listening.Any tips,advice or methods to improve performance...
Here´s my program so far:
Eight sections of Brocade (popular set among gong circles I think.Various versions include but I think basics go the same. This one by Yang Jwing Ming)
I consider this sort of a beginner set,most of the movements do not offer much "challenge" which I´m all positive with,besides a few moves which are too bizarre and uncomfortable to do which I have to skip.
Includes both sitting and standings sets-I don´t know if one rates this as "soft","medical" or whatever exercise,main appearance is gentle and common.
I find it hard to concentrate for an entire set,in most cases I will not complete an entire piece.I usually skip and ramble around different exercises and try to do most of them as much as comfortable.I may move from exercise to another.
If a certain exercise as an example,requires 30 reps of single movement,I may only do about 15 and then skip to another and maybe complete that one later.
White Crane Qi-Gong (This one by Yang Jwing Ming too.This is notable in size,entirely martial set based on the art.
Includes both hard and soft gong.
Soft-Each side includes lots of flapping,"flying" and related crane like moves which are in many cases,hard to perform because of their detailed appearance (Not to say all would be like that,I try to practice all I can) Bending and twisting etc. there is not much accurate descriptions on effects,besides improving martial performance there should be more strength and flexibility and coordination.
Hard-Lots of stuff introduced in "soft" goes the same,this one includes plenty of hard,dynamic tension exercises designed to build strength,qi li and size of muscle&tendon.
Abdominal breathing is presented to a point,to use it and how much to is quite hard for me to say (I try to apply abdominal breathing whenever possible&comfortable enough,at times certain sounds are used.
Again as previously said,I skip and move from tech to tech a lot since plenty of it is a bit hard to grasp.
I try to do both hard and soft to not hinder each other while developing the other to keep in harmony with ying/yang and especially not to invite health issues.
I´ve heard hard qi-gong may not be a wise pick if in form of self-study? I try to be as careful as possible with it too and emphasize various areas as once again,previously mentioned to get best results.
I don´t have joint or heart issues which could clash with this type of qi-gong either.
breath coordination is one thing I´m mostly concerned of.
It is said that in Eight pieces gong one should not worry of breathing too much,it should be allright to stay loose and I tend to use the principle of inhaling while relaxing and exhaling while moving (as if raising arms,tensing etc.) which is also recommended in a book a bit.
I wonder if abdominal breathing would beat thoraxic breathing?
Crane gong is another thing then,I try to put emphasis on abdominal breathing when it "feels right",it may be slightly pushed at first but I´m trying to best of my ability to coordinate.
I tend to change from breathing trough mouth to breathing trough nose at times subconciously when it feels too tough to go on with certain way.
I wonder if I should go with nose oriented breathing generally or is nose-inhale,mouth-exhale type good enough?
There seem to be differing opinions within these things?
These are the main things,I´ll also be adding sitting meditation exercises and more basical breathing exercises to a point.
Any input greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Just don´t be too hard on me :eek: :rolleyes:
Without any instruction available,I´ve taken my time to practice from books.However,I try to do my best when into training.
I have not been training at all for a while,I´m trying to kick myself to a start (will cause a few bruises...)
If you have anything to add so far,I´m more than open for listening.Any tips,advice or methods to improve performance...
Here´s my program so far:
Eight sections of Brocade (popular set among gong circles I think.Various versions include but I think basics go the same. This one by Yang Jwing Ming)
I consider this sort of a beginner set,most of the movements do not offer much "challenge" which I´m all positive with,besides a few moves which are too bizarre and uncomfortable to do which I have to skip.
Includes both sitting and standings sets-I don´t know if one rates this as "soft","medical" or whatever exercise,main appearance is gentle and common.
I find it hard to concentrate for an entire set,in most cases I will not complete an entire piece.I usually skip and ramble around different exercises and try to do most of them as much as comfortable.I may move from exercise to another.
If a certain exercise as an example,requires 30 reps of single movement,I may only do about 15 and then skip to another and maybe complete that one later.
White Crane Qi-Gong (This one by Yang Jwing Ming too.This is notable in size,entirely martial set based on the art.
Includes both hard and soft gong.
Soft-Each side includes lots of flapping,"flying" and related crane like moves which are in many cases,hard to perform because of their detailed appearance (Not to say all would be like that,I try to practice all I can) Bending and twisting etc. there is not much accurate descriptions on effects,besides improving martial performance there should be more strength and flexibility and coordination.
Hard-Lots of stuff introduced in "soft" goes the same,this one includes plenty of hard,dynamic tension exercises designed to build strength,qi li and size of muscle&tendon.
Abdominal breathing is presented to a point,to use it and how much to is quite hard for me to say (I try to apply abdominal breathing whenever possible&comfortable enough,at times certain sounds are used.
Again as previously said,I skip and move from tech to tech a lot since plenty of it is a bit hard to grasp.
I try to do both hard and soft to not hinder each other while developing the other to keep in harmony with ying/yang and especially not to invite health issues.
I´ve heard hard qi-gong may not be a wise pick if in form of self-study? I try to be as careful as possible with it too and emphasize various areas as once again,previously mentioned to get best results.
I don´t have joint or heart issues which could clash with this type of qi-gong either.
breath coordination is one thing I´m mostly concerned of.
It is said that in Eight pieces gong one should not worry of breathing too much,it should be allright to stay loose and I tend to use the principle of inhaling while relaxing and exhaling while moving (as if raising arms,tensing etc.) which is also recommended in a book a bit.
I wonder if abdominal breathing would beat thoraxic breathing?
Crane gong is another thing then,I try to put emphasis on abdominal breathing when it "feels right",it may be slightly pushed at first but I´m trying to best of my ability to coordinate.
I tend to change from breathing trough mouth to breathing trough nose at times subconciously when it feels too tough to go on with certain way.
I wonder if I should go with nose oriented breathing generally or is nose-inhale,mouth-exhale type good enough?
There seem to be differing opinions within these things?
These are the main things,I´ll also be adding sitting meditation exercises and more basical breathing exercises to a point.
Any input greatly appreciated.
Thanks.