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You know what's worse than the absurdity of that demonstration? It's that none of us are, really, all that surprised. There are "snake oil salesmen" in every industry including the martial arts...

Thanks for clearing that up delibandit. I'm only a little paranoid ... really.:rolleyes:

shawn

Ok, but after reading the rest of the posts to see if I missed something, it seemed like DB was, in fact, saying so. If not, my mistake.

Of course, general politeness and respect are the orders of...

Who? Me? I could be tossed from my school for asking a question about general etiquette on a forum?

Uh... thats disconcerting.

Unless one of his students is from this forum and comments on it, the website won't really tell you much. My guess is that you'll have to take a few hours out of your schedule and go see him....

Well, apparently I've "gone and done it now!" hahaha

I raised these same questions with "Dempsey Sifu" last week in the training hall. It got around that we were discussing it, and I guess "Wu...

My girlfriend is different than my Sifu. I don't get that analogy, but thats fine.

As for the Sifu relationship, common sense tells me that he's always my Sifu. In that, I will refer to him as...

Adendum question: OK, I finally met Sifu Wu and did the right fist, left palm bow, and he smiled and seemed appreciative. Later that night I began chatting with Sifu Paul about the "levels" of...

Thanks for the solid info, everyone. And, just so no one thinks of me as Orca, I'm 5'7 at 196lbs., with a lot of muscle development. In truth, I have about 25 lbs. of fat I should loose. Its not that...

Yeah - my knees still bother me. Thanks Temple Kung Fu ... those jerks!

There's a reeeeeeeeeeeeeeal sweetie at my school, though I've only seen her once.

Pilates babes ... yeah, you're right....

Jeeez Vash, ... you wouldn't really "stomp on my crotch" would you?

By the way, I'm still laughing about "sun-dried ass"

Nice one.

Hey Cam - I'd rather be "cursed" with a hot body.

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Thanks Vash. Chances are I'm not going to join a gym, but I'll start doing the ole' "work out with your own body weight" thing. I have a number of those types of workouts in my head still (I had a...

Wow Vash, did you grow up with repressive vegetarian parents?

kidding :D

You're right about resistance training being evident in just about everything. I do eat protein (fish, milk, eggs),...

Pilgrim666: Thats enough outta you, wiseguy! :) My eating habits are really quite good. I'm vegetarian, and my diet consists mainly of fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes and some dairy. Little to no...

OK, I'm not trying to win the award for most consecutive posts in a 24 hour period. I just happen to have a little extra time this last day or so. A rare thing for me.

My dilemma: I don't want to...

ok, sorry. I was being a jerk :)

On another forum, we recently debated a similar subject. We concluded that "style vs. style" is a pointless topic to try and resolve. Its like saying "what's the...

I would Win.

Thanks Scholar. I'll make use of your advice. Its sort of what I expected, but you detailed some things I would not have thought about.

For your instruction, and correction, I'll say "Thank you...

Scholar,
Since we go to the same school, you're the person who could make the most relevant comment, but anyone can answer, of course.

Etiquette: When learning something directly from Sifu (Sifu...

Yeah - that was cool. Although, my groin hurts just watching him.

Are Wushu and Tai Chi closely related? I saw some very familiar motions in his form. I know ALL MAs are related, but I mean do...

Hey Cam :) I just came back from Wu class - my legs are killing me.

Incidentally, if you combined Yang and Wu Styles, you would have "Wang" style. However, I fear the "pelvic tilt" might take...

Hey Pilgrim,
You may have asked a loaded question :) Some of the folks here with tons of Tai Chi experience might find it hard to give you a simple answer. Because you and I have a shared history,...

I agree - thanx Jon. You answered my question nicely. I'm accustomed to there being a fixed number of applications to a given move, you train them over and over. Of course, you occassionally stumble...

Though its still very early in my Wu training, there's a motion that I've seen in the various styles that looks slightly different in each, and I was curious if it was always applied the same accross...

What you've described sounds more like Qigung, than Tai Chi. Qigung is, of course, part of Tai Chi (though, admittedly my Tai Chi training has just begun - I've trained Qigung for a while) but what...