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good point, and the biggest issu w/ making an informed decision.

I know Pong Lai (Master Shr) has them but I'll almost always make the call to learn more about the system vs. stone lock exercises...

thanks for the input, nice link.

ok, so it seems that KB's are more versatile then locks.

also, at heavier weights, locks would be hyuge.

TY, indeed. With three torn tendons in my right shoulder, I'm being super careful right now till the doc tells me whether he's going to operate or not.

did iron rings in hung gar but that was 15...

interesting, they call them kettlebells but then there's the bit about 'used by chinese masters'

good prices too.


thanks.


talked to one of my students yesterday who used to make granite...

yep, saw that on your other post but haven't had time to follow up.


and, really, for now, I have 5, 10, 25 and 30 pound iron dumbells in the school that are being used.

fa-jing: simply because of the design differences?


IF, if not from your own experience then where did you draw the facts?

video? web article?

my goal is to try and make the best decision...

ok, well, as you said above, just your opinion. But how can you hold such a strong opinion w/o fact based comparison?

as I said in my second post, my goal is to try and combine the old and the...

So, your argument is that stone locks are less functional than KB's.

I get that point.

What do you base this on?

You did not answer about whether you have used locks before.


;)

IF, remember I said that I wanted to explore using stone locks with kb exercises.

From what I've seen, I think I can build some concrete locks w/ a high psi mix so they don't chip easily. then...

IF, lecture away, I had my rebuttal ready when I wrote it.

:D

well, both would be cool but as you pointed out, costly.

I started drawing plans for some forms last night to make my own.

I don't know yet. My shrye has them in his school but I have yet to see him train with them. Neither of my other teachers had them.

One thing I have done in my school is have everyone bring a...

i'm sure...anything that heavy will do the trick.

as I'm said, just wanting to keep the guan looking a little traditional...still need to find out more about the ins and outs of the stone locks as...

IF, good points that I'd thought of as well.

There is supposedly some traditional exercises from my shrye but I'm so busy trying to get the core info I haven't been able to even think about asking...

lol, well I don't have to worry about maxing out on a stone lock anytime soon.

I think I saw some cool stone locks at atomicathlete.com

just trying to mix the old w/ the new.

I want to try the kettlebell training next but would like to keep the school looking 'chinese' just for aesthetics sake (call me silly).

I've looked and haven't found any specific websites w/...