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I think Earle might have read something about the triune brain and then got confused about what it meant. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triune_brain should give you an idea.

The IMR is the basis of Ting jin as far as im concerned. It is basically the idea that a thought will manifest in an unconscious movement.

You can do this for yourself - get a pendulum (anything...

Hi John - fair comment. I think it true to say that one needs to develop a structure before letting go within it - that delightful 'release' when you're not doing anything other than letting their...

I train with John Ding, so I'm part of the same YSC lineage (through Ip Tai Tak rather than CGS or CKH though). Hopefully I can shed some light on this. I don't believe YSC ever called it Dynamic...

it might be the contentious "OLD" Yang form. Of which there are many and all seem to be predicated on some sort of one-upmanship - "my style is oldest/purest/realist/most legitimate"

If it's good...

funny - he should go to the papers and tell them that then. They'd pay a lot of money to show Derren as a fraud - especially given what he says in every show "no stooges or actors"

Alternatively...

In order to make that decleration you'd have to define 'internal' first of all, without using words like "soft". Softness and sensitivity are not exclusive attributes of internal arts. Sometimes I...

I teach taiji, I spar, I train no-gi BJJ. Taiji does not equip you to fight against someone shooting in on you, nor does it equip you to fight on the ground against someone with half a clue. The only...

As others have said, mistakes can and (most importantly) have been made in the legal process, and these mistakes have lead to the execution of an innocent person. With such evidence, how can there...

Sorry, but a Chinese friend doesn't give any further credence to the statements you're making. They aren't the same and they aren't similar. Core movements of all arts are closely related because...

The two arts are completely different - the fact that they train pushing hands is the only common ground. Yet if you push hands with someone from the other art, you realise that the only thing in...

UWC - suggest you look at my additions to the Wing CHun NHB thread before you use it as evidence. The format was one four minute round with no head shots. So yes they fought and won in a competition...

http://www.alanorr.co.uk/index.html this is their website. Wing Chun, Escrima and Catch Wrestling.

It should be noted that the amateur competitions they entered allowed no strikes to the head -...

*applauds*

Excellent post KC - thank you.

Bob - John Ding said something to the effect of "if you can get away with just hitting them very hard, then do so. Don't overcomplicate".

I think the problem comes that people misunderstand Yang...

Every day:
15 minutes Standing Post, 30 minutes other Nei Gong
10 minutes of hindu push-ups, crunches, leg raises
45 minutes on the form

Three times a week:
teach 2 hour private lesson, probs...

just have a "teaching" forum - no need to exclude anyone from it, just keep it on topic.

If it's 'instructors only' then it's just an elitist ****-waving exercise.

Thanks for the reply Count - I just felt you were being a bit harsh. :)

Yoga sucks and you cant fight with it :) Health is a side effect of correct martial training - I strongly believe that. I...

In Karate it would be called 'Waza' rather than "Kata" - they are distinct and different.

A waza is just a technique or set of techniques, a kata is training something more (principles of movement...

I use some NLP patterns extensively in my teaching and training.

You can either learn the patterns, or you can learn NLP - which is the art and science of modelling excellence. In honesty it takes...

yes it's excellent. I recommend hanging it so it drags on the floor as it better simulates striking an opponent.

I dont know how else you can develop proper striking mechanics unless you hit...

Not to hit is not to teach

I do my form because I enjoy it. No need to justify it beyond that.

If I only wanted to know how to fight, I wouldnt do forms. I'd spend all my time hitting a bag and a sparring partner using as...

Hi Cam- I have two points to make here.

1) The form and it's postures should be viewed as education in movement and structure - by training application to a posture you can lose all of the...

Hi Cam- welcome to the forum. However, I think that's a bit la-la land in terms of application. You dont need both arms to use lui- if you've taken the outside of their right arm with your right arm,...