I see....said the blind man...to his deaf wife
Wow thanks for the info Jake and B.Tunks.
Jake- I think I understand what you meant by a
by "traditional" a little more now.
I usually think of forms themselves as traditional when they haven't been changed or modified to meet a sport level standard. I wasn't taking into account training methods vs knowing the applications of the forms.
Thanks
B.Tunks- Thank you for that great history info, I didn't know who created the wushu mantis forms and that was really great info.
As far as the world---- wushu-
- I hate the derogatory connotation of the word because
I have always been under the impression that word actually translates as "martial art" or "kingdom art" or even "the art of stopping a fight". If you look at the characters for "wu" It looks quite like a stake driven into the ground there is a line where the ground is and above is the a line connected to this stake representing perhaps a horse trying to run <---> left or right but it cant because of the stake.----To Stop--- The other character looks like a guy swinging a stick or sword.--A Fight--
Wushu if looked at like this is the art(shu) of stopping a fight as quickly as possible. Of course the quickest way to stop a fight is to not have a fight. Avoid it and make it a last resort.
But if you have to fight you should disable your opponent as quickly as possible.
Just wanted to know what you think of about that interpretation of the word.
-Thanks again.