anyone here train on them? How do you feel about the results you've gotten?
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anyone here train on them? How do you feel about the results you've gotten?
"Just because I joke around sometimes doesn't mean I'm serious about kung-fu.
" - nightair
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I filled empty paint cans with cement and trained on thos for a while. I became much more stable on my feet and it showed me how much I reach with my kicks. When I reach, i become off blance thus making my tactics less effective. After correcting this I found my kicks are able to unleash and retract quiker and more stablely.
Shaolin36
when I studied go ju ryu my sensei and I made a training area in the woods behind his house, replicated from a book called the bubishou that wsas found in a cave in japan it had the exact measuements of distance, circumfrance, and height of the poles we bulit them and used to spar on top of them. It was extremly difficult but afte a couple of years it became much easier , almost to the point of running and twisting on them without fear of falling.
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Don't the posts have to be of differing elevations? Or are they all the same height?
K. Mark Hoover
I've trained on them off and on for a little over a year.When I do I can feel more control over my balance, and my kicks are more stable.
I wish I could train on them more often.My friend is thinking about setting something up in his back yard.I told him to go for it.
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I've trained on them off and on for a little over a year.When I do I can feel more control over my balance, and my kicks are more stable.
I wish I could train on them more often.My friend is thinking about setting something up in his back yard.I told him to go for it.
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you can use cement filled coffee cans, but beware, I sprained my ankle training that way.
May red assed baboons rape you in your sleep.
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I used to train on some homemade ones. Good for increaseing your balance. I don't think they need to any certain way to gain from them, unless your goal is to be authentic. I'd start with some temporary shorter wider ones then progress gradually in height and smaller around.
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from all the ones i have seen in pictures and stuff they have been different hieght levels.
If you're making them yourself, don't make them very high. You don't need 2 or 3 foot poles in your back yard. If you fall off of those you have a high chance of getting hurt. 3-4 inch posts should work the same.
Iron
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Well I just wanted to know, if these flower plum posts were dangerous. I mean I think about it and wonder, if you slipped and fell is there a chance that you could fall on another post and get seriously injured...
Post replies on this topic, always fun to hear what you guys have to say.
I take it this a pun towards someone?
Well, you're not supposed to make really high ones like in the movies. I've heard training on ones that are only 3-4" off the ground will serve the same purpose as ones that are 3-4 feet off the ground, except if you fall off the 3-4 inch high ones you won't be hurt as bad.
IronFist
Yeah, I was just curious and bored so you know how this question came into play lol.
Martial arts are dangerous. Sometimes you get hit in the head really hard.
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Originally posted by GeneChing
Martial arts are dangerous. Sometimes you get hit in the head really hard.
We use painter's buckets in class to accomplish the same purpose. You just to be careful that they don't slide out from under you.
Judge's pen-paint buckets are a great idea-fill them with cement-for greater stability. We had sawed off logs-about 10 inches high that worked for awhile, but we found termites in them and chucked'em. I am planning to build mui fa jong in my backyard, as well as 9 palaces, just trying to figure out how to make it look like a quaint oriental garden, rather than an unsightly mess. Also, does anyone know how to make a temporary moi fa jong for lion dancing?
Good idea for indoors.Quote:
Originally posted by Judge Pen
We use painter's buckets in class to accomplish the same purpose. You just to be careful that they don't slide out from under you.
We probably would fill them with cement for stability, but we do class excercises with them and then stack them for storage. Plas its fun to guess who is going to fall in class because it will happen if you get lazy and don't focus on your balance.
My friend was practicing on those things and he just exploded one day, careful man.
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Originally posted by Shuul Vis
My friend was practicing on those things and he just exploded one day, careful man.
He kicked arse or tipped over?
I saw a bagua book once where they used bricks to practise footwork on. That would be something to choose when you need to raise the difficulty level.:)
My sifu says that his father practices PA Kua that way. But that's all hearsay.Quote:
Originally posted by chen zhen
I saw a bagua book once where they used bricks to practise footwork on. That would be something to choose when you need to raise the difficulty level.:)
I saw it pictured in a book, so I can't call that hearsay:)
But I guess only few does it anymore
That book is the Bagua book by Yang Jwing Ming.
IronFist
I just remembered that we recently ran an ezine article that discussed post training. Check it out here.
Nice article, gene.
ironfist: that's the one:)
'quincuncial pile' - luv this term. ;)
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Tencent robot dog navigates plum blossom pile like Kung Fu master
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A four-legged robot dog created by Chinese technology company Tencent has the balance of a King Fu master, new video footage shows.
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Jamoca, which has been created by Tencent's Robotics X Lab, can walk across a set of uneven poles spaced randomly apart, like 'plum blossom piles' used in Kung Fu to teach better balance.
It uses a front-facing camera and visual modelling to accurately perceive its environment and achieve 'robust eye and foot calibration'.
The robot, which is more than three feet in length and weighs 70kg, can walk, run, trot diagonally and jump just like a real dog.
Compared with other four-legged robots, including those developed by US firm Boston Dynamics, Jamoca can navigate a course where there are hazardous gaps that can lead to a fall and operate at a higher altitude.
According to Beijing-based technology media platform Jiqizhixin, the dog is still in its experimental stages.
'At this stage, Jamoca is mainly used for internal scientific research experiments in the laboratory,' Jiqizhixin reported.
'Its online environment perception, optimal motion planning and real-time motion control capabilities will help Tencent's other robot products to better adapt to the complex real-world environment in the future.'
Before walking the plum blossom piles formed of several metal cylinders, Jamoca had to climb a step 23 inches (60cm) high and at a 20-degree inclined angle.
After climbing the stairs it reached the cylinders, each with a diameter of around 7.8 inches (20cm), which were randomly spaced apart.
The spacing between the cylinders was irregular, ranging from 7.8 inches to just under 20 inches (20-50cm).
https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/...=f&x=326&y=117Pictured, a 'plum blossom pile' or quincuncial pile used in Kung Fu to help teach better balance
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But to make it even more difficult, the cylinders were at different heights meaning Jamoca had to have its four legs adjusted at various angles to keep its balance.
'Under this combined challenge, Jamoca must understand the arrangement (position and height) of the plum blossom piles, choose the best footing point and route, and walk steadily and accurately,' said Jiqizhixin.
Jamoca estimates the position and posture of the cylinders and the steps it must take in real time, with a positioning error of less than 0.3 of an inch.
It then conducts a 10 millisecond-level online planning based on the surrounding environment to ensure the safest, fastest and most labour-saving route.
Tencent's Robotics X laboratory is particular focused on autonomous characteristics of robots such as consciousness and judgement, according to Jiqizhixin.
'The purpose is to realise autonomous judgements, autonomous decision-making and complete tasks of robots in a dynamic environment with great uncertainty,' the site reports.
Jamoca is highly reminiscent of Spot, the stealthy four-legged robot dog created by Boston Dynamics, which is already being used by Elon Musk's firm SpaceX to sniff around explosion test sites.
Suited for indoor or outdoor use, Spot can map its environment, sense and avoid obstacles, climb stairs and open doors.
Spot has been under development by highly secretive US firm Boston Dynamics for years and, unlike Jamoca, is available to purchase – for just under $75,000 (around £55,800).
Spot was announced by Boston Dynamics back in 2016 and underwent various trials before being released commercially on June 17 this year.
As part of a pilot phase last year, Boston Dynamics leased 150 Spot robots to domestic and businesses and research facilities to 'document construction progress, monitor remote or hazardous environments and provide situational awareness'.
Singapore also employed Spot to roam parks, broadcasting a message reminding pedestrians to keep their distance during the coronavirus outbreak.
https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/...6&q=60&o=f&l=f© Provided by Daily Mail Spot, the quadruped robot has been developed by Boston Dynamics. Cognite and Aker BP have tested Spot's mobility in simulated oil and gas environments to ensure that it can access locations in these facilities too difficult to access through traditional automation
https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/...6&q=60&o=f&l=f© Provided by Daily Mail Black Mirror’s ‘Metalhead’ was the fifth episode of the fourth season that was filmed entirely in black and white
It's also been used to herd sheep on a New Zealand farm at speeds of up to three miles an hour, while Massachusetts Police also used the dog to sniff out bombs as part of a three-month trial in return for feedback.
Boston Dynamics technology is probably best known for inspiring a standout episode of Charlie Brooker's dystopian Netflix series 'Black Mirror'.
In the 2017 episode, called 'Metalhead', people in the near future flee from an army of robotic dogs that ruthlessly hunt down humans.