Serpent
10-08-2003, 09:18 PM
Sup?
You gonna abuse your moderator status now? Is that what you meant by the punk comment? Come, come now. Surely you're bigger than that.
Tell you what, I'll even make this on topic.
It's my opinion that the whole concept of internal and external is fallacious. There's no such thing. The hard cannot exist without the soft and the soft cannot exist without the hard. If you are learning a system with strong external power and no consideration for internal energy and breath, then you are doing nothing more than clubbing like a caveman. If you are learning a sytem that emphasises the breath and the energy and everything is always soft without the hard and powerful side being considered, then you are learning a folk dance not a martial art.
Comments?
You gonna abuse your moderator status now? Is that what you meant by the punk comment? Come, come now. Surely you're bigger than that.
Tell you what, I'll even make this on topic.
It's my opinion that the whole concept of internal and external is fallacious. There's no such thing. The hard cannot exist without the soft and the soft cannot exist without the hard. If you are learning a system with strong external power and no consideration for internal energy and breath, then you are doing nothing more than clubbing like a caveman. If you are learning a sytem that emphasises the breath and the energy and everything is always soft without the hard and powerful side being considered, then you are learning a folk dance not a martial art.
Comments?