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I'd prefer the 6 pack abs to the indestructible buddha belly (which I've got right now, actually).
Anyway, that looks like a movement out of a Gojuryu weapon's form I have. Is that a white crane stance?
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I'd prefer the 6 pack abs to the indestructible buddha belly (which I've got right now, actually).
Anyway, that looks like a movement out of a Gojuryu weapon's form I have. Is that a white crane stance?
High stance.. tiger claw hand... don't know.
Wouldn't suprise me if it's not. I know zilch about most kung fu. Just know that Gojuryu was influenced by white crane, and that basic posture is in a Gojuryu form.
I guess we should diverge and find out. MK, where'd you get the pic?
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MK, where'd you get the pic?
The notion of the qi belly is often debated in martial circles. The Japanese talk about the diamond hara - an strangely distended belly. Which is it? Fair question. In my youth, when I had a six pack, it was a six pack. Now that my belly has become more 'full of qi' I'm siding with the qi belly theory. ;)
Seriously, I think they're both right. It's a shallow mind that cannot hold two competing concepts simultaneously. HOw can you begin to penetrate the yin yang with such a narrow viewpoint? I'd even side a bit more towards the qi belly since it is against the status quo. The notion of six pack abs comes more from ego today. In our times, ego must be qeulled more than ever.
As for the statue itself, it is a modern sculpture, built around '88 for the wushuguan. It is depicts a movement from the end of a traditional shaolin form called xiaohongquan. The statue itself has what I'd call classic communist sculptural features - the ludic recombination that exaggerates the solidity, the broadness. What Dr. REid was referring to was ancient texts, and for the most part, I can't refute his claim. But that too was locked into the style of art of the time, so I'm not sure you can make the suppostion that it was a true depiction. I find that argument a bit of a reach, but it's not so bothersome that I'd bother to contest it.
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Originally posted by MasterKiller
Ancient Chinese secret.
gene- I guess you didn't see the interests part of the profile, or it wasn't graphic enough for you.
That qi article was great, especially #10 about the 4 gates. But I am also cnfused abut the belly business. In Chinese Boxing Robert Smith made the point that the stomach muscles were the most important thing for an athlete.
Dr. Reid is an earnest qigong practitioner and healer (and also covers films for our e-zine) - that article was the last of a trilogy. Check out part one and two, in Sep Oct 2002 and Nov Dec 2002 respectively. As for the belly business, you'll find a lot more discussion of this if you study the Japanese arts. The hara is emphasized more overtly in Kendo, Judo, Sumo and Aikido. You can even see it in Karate and Kenpo. In CMA, parallel theories exist, but they haven't been translated so eloquently yet. And of course, there is discussion.
As for the profile, it really doesn't impress me that much. When I was working on Folsom at the sword shop, we had a leather room where we made sheathes, frogs and scabbards. We would buy full hides and had all the equipment. One of our employees started dabbling in making B&D stuff, using our equipment and buying his own hides. He started making some serious $$ and was actively researching it through the various B&D publications. Nasty stuff. Hardcore. That didn't bother us so much, but he started damaging the equipment and working on his own projects on company time. Eventually, he had to leave.
I liked the bit on Qigong...that showed me alot...even though I'm still not finished with it.
But what confused me was the pictures for the baton bit. It was hard to see some of the postions...like the part where the one with the baton gets his wrist grabed. I don't see how you restrain him at the very end of the move. He was sort of blocking it...
Pinyi was cool too!
I still remember the one one Kun Tao awhile back. My sifu told me that "Uncle Bill" isn't really that great.
As for Uncle Bill, I haven't met him, but you're the first I've heard to mention anything negative. Of course, if we didn't run people that some Sifu said "isn't really that great" we couldn't run anyone. Everyone has detractors.
My sifu let me borrow a tape he was it...I recored it but I never had a chance to watch it.Quote:
Originally posted by GeneChing
As for Uncle Bill, I haven't met him, but you're the first I've heard to mention anything negative. Of course, if we didn't run people that some Sifu said "isn't really that great" we couldn't run anyone. Everyone has detractors.
If you'll like I'll ask my Sifu why he doesn't like him.
umm...would "uncle" Bill see this?! :eek:
ha ha ha
... this is a free access forum.:cool:
Just been thinking some more about the magazine. With all the contributors contacts, has anybody thought about approaching the masters themselves to see if they would like to write something? I'm talking about people such as Lam Jo, Lam Chun Fai etc.
...they don't speak English. For two, a lot of high ranking masters can't write to save their lives. They may be great teachers, but that doesn't make them good writers at all. It puts us in an awkward position - especially if we request a piece - when it comes out poorly. It opens a horrible can of worms when it comes to etiquette, especially for 'old school' masters who have many odd expectations about what others should do for them. So what we prefer is that frelance authors do the interview and make it more presentable as an article.
BTW, here's the one we did with Lam Chun Fai
I'm not interested in what anyone under the age of 100 has to say about kung fu