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    Do I understand you to be saying that you plan to...

    Do I understand you to be saying that you plan to make some visits?
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    I think that Yoga and Pilates are both great...

    I think that Yoga and Pilates are both great cross-training systems, but like anything need to be taught well to avoid chronic injuries. I certainly prefer these exercises to weights sessions, where...
  3. Hey Guohuen, by the time he trains-up some...

    Hey Guohuen, by the time he trains-up some students to his current level he *will * have 10+ years experience! ;)

    I think its fine for people to teach when they feel ready for it. For one thing it...
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    Threads like this are moot. If you're...

    Threads like this are moot.

    If you're interested in what Erle does, you can go ahead and learn from him. If you're not interested in what Erle does, you can spend your time on something else.
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    There's only one person smoking the bad grass on...

    There's only one person smoking the bad grass on this thread...
  6. Thread: Dear Stranger

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    (not that there's anything wrong with that...) ...

    (not that there's anything wrong with that...)

    ;)
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    888 is a ****house distributor... go elsewhere if...

    888 is a ****house distributor... go elsewhere if you want Paul Chen.
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    No takers, huh? Well then, is there anyone who...

    No takers, huh?

    Well then, is there anyone who has experience with this lineage more generally, and can perhaps draw some stylistic contrasts with other bagua schools? I'm mainly interested in...
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    I think Stacey has some right to ridicule this...

    I think Stacey has some right to ridicule this situation.

    **** like this goes on every day in Africa, the Middle East, Indonesia, the Phillipines, the Balkans, South America, and different parts...
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    Sporting interests aside, why would anyone bother...

    Sporting interests aside, why would anyone bother to duel?

    And granting that duelling is foolish, why would anyone use a gim?
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    Rolling Hand Broadsword

    I was wondering if anyone is familiar with this routine from the Liang Zhenpu bagua lineage? There's a VCD available on Jarek's site (the same with a little more info here), but I thought I'd try...
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    Chen Panling also learnt from Yang Shaohou......

    Chen Panling also learnt from Yang Shaohou... perhaps that's the video you were thinking of (even though CPL's form is a blend of internals)?
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    Great description, Walter... I know exactly what...

    Great description, Walter... I know exactly what you mean but I would have struggled to communicate it so succinctly :) Your feeling of an energetic "relaxed tension" is the epitome of "internal" to...
  14. Thread: Chang style

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    Volunteering is a great idea... you can come to...

    Volunteering is a great idea... you can come to feel grounded and valuable, and of course there's the in-your-face evidence that things could be worse for you too. Might even be better experience and...
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    I like your analogies, lapis ;) To me xingyi...

    I like your analogies, lapis ;)

    To me xingyi seems a nice progression from wing chun, and in addition to being a powerful fighting art, the basics are *so* useful for any other internal method you...
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    Marc MacYoung is a supeb educator. I think all...

    Marc MacYoung is a supeb educator. I think all martial artists should read his articles to help put their training into perspective.

    For those who haven't come across him before, checkout...
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    Or not...

    So now we have faith fighting, too.
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    Looks to me like someone has INSTANTLY! upped the...

    Looks to me like someone has INSTANTLY! upped the ante on Al Colangelo... but that's not to say there might not be some useful if unremarkable training methods in the system.
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    More...

    Some of the advanced (level 2) Wing Lam forms (available as single videos or weapons kits) look good. You might like to consider the staff or the spear... they're not not exactly exotic weapons, but...
  20. Thread: Tai Chi Sword

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    Very interesting RAF. My curiosity was piqued on...

    Very interesting RAF. My curiosity was piqued on this very issue a few days ago when you expressed your opinion that Luch'an only had the spear, staff and broadsword.

    I myself have never learned...
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    Cody's explanations sound generally good to me,...

    Cody's explanations sound generally good to me, except that occlusive ischaemia would have caused you to black out on the mat (it only takes a few seconds). Diego's vascular spasm is also a...
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    Now I don't want to incense the hairywhiteguy by...

    Now I don't want to incense the hairywhiteguy by straying into the zone of forbidden comments, but in what way does a weapon like a biro confer an advantage over no weapon at all? I would think that...
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    As the AYMTA articles indicate, there hasn't been...

    As the AYMTA articles indicate, there hasn't been much attention paid to the Michuan tradition until quite recently. I'm somewhat curious about whether the history offered by the lineage holders is...
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    Wujidude, Those Michuan clips were *very*...

    Wujidude,

    Those Michuan clips were *very* interesting. The old jian form was certainly very different from other taiji sword forms I've seen (I thought it looked quite powerful), and I hadn't...
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    Poll: Time for a new sig! :p

    Time for a new sig! :p
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