Rock Pole Article - Inside Kung Fu

[Water Dragon]

There's an article on training the Rock Pole in this months inside Kung Fu. It was written by MonkeySlap.

[Serpent]

What's a rock pole?

A pole made of stone!?

:confused:

[Water Dragon]

read the article and find out.

[shaolin kungfu]

What's a rock pole?

It's what wimmin call my peepee.:)

[SevenStar]

He said rock pole, not wet noodle :D

[SevenStar]

I forgot that was coming out this month - I gotta check it out.

[Serpent]

Originally posted by Water Dragon
read the article and find out.

Geez, I only asked what it was, not for a dissertation on the strengths and weaknesses of the article and run down of it's key points.

:rolleyes:

[SevenStar]

Nah, not made of stone, but weighted by it. Do a search...

[Fred Sanford]

I originally bought the magazine for the tat wong article and david carradine's column, but the rock pole article was totally sweet.

[Shaolin-Do]

Hey WD, would a 30 lb iron pole work? (evenly weighted instead of having weights all the way at the end)

[Water Dragon]

I think it would work on a limited basis.

[Shaolin-Do]

Need weight at the bottom for maximum effect eh?

Do you have anything to do dips on WD?
Just figured out a new "type" of dip that busts your balls.

[count]

That's exactly what we need to see more of in these fluffy magazines. More training info and how it applies to real martial arts. Less wushu and forms I never cared about. Goofy, theoretical applications that would never work and endless self promoting. The rock pole looks like serious training and not just for Shuai Chaio. Most of the Shuai Chaio training methods seem useful and practical. How about a follow up on throwing bags or metal drums? ;)

[Water Dragon]

Originally posted by Serpent


Geez, I only asked what it was, not for a dissertation on the strengths and weaknesses of the article and run down of it's key points.

:rolleyes:

Just promoting my teacher and school. :cool:

[Serpent]

Originally posted by Water Dragon


Just promoting my teacher and school. :cool:

I know. Ass kisser. ;)

[fa_jing]

Just picked up a copy. Good read. Clear and to the point.

Hey Big Joe: Nice Haircut.

;)

[fa_jing]

So, in the Kun Tao ready stance I see that the arms are not extended. Is this because of the emphasis on fighting someone who has a knife?

[MonkeySlap Too]

Who said that was a Kun Tao ready stance?

[MonkeySlap Too]

Hey, thanks. I appreciate that. I'm working on a few more in the hopes of encouraging others as well. Look ata mma rag, and then look at CMA rags, and you can see why people ae voting for mma - they get to the point.

Kung Fu qi Gong has done a good job at that for a while, and I'm hoping to write for both, and encourage others to write content filled articles.

There are people scanning this board who really should join the party!

[Shaolin-Do]

I havent read the article, But I train with a 30 lb steel rod.
:)
Use it for bo staff forms, Works hella good.

[fa_jing]

OK, just a guess - tried to put 2 and 2 together, got 5. What kind of ready stance was it then? The one where you look like you're holding an invisible ball or something?

[Water Dragon]

San Ti variation. Don't worry, I had to ask too.

[Fred Sanford]

so that's what that is, I thought Joe just had a crick in his neck.

[MonkeySlap Too]

Laugh while you can, MONKEY boy.

[Water Dragon]

lol

[Fred Sanford]

Hahaha

.....now where did I put that passport?