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What's with the "one more of us, one less of them" attitude. I train bagua, xingyi, and BJJ, and I'll...
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What's with the "one more of us, one less of them" attitude. I train bagua, xingyi, and BJJ, and I'll...
Where abouts in Florida is Brandon? I know Chen style teachers in South Florida (mine), Gainesville (my old CLF teacher), and I know of one in Jacksonville. I might be able to help you.
Brian
It's not just about drawing them in. Yi lu develops and conditions the body and body method (shen fa) to be able to throw those fajins. Without yi lu, the quality of power generation won't be...
EF guys are more savvy than you think, and I'll bust that little troll right quick if he shows up just like I did with John.
Brian
I wish I had more time to debate the troll, but John Takeshi showed up at EF today, and his troll fu is deep and requires much attention. Between that and the UFC, I'm all booked up tonight.
Brian
Personally, as a poor deluded sentient being, I feel blessed to have an obvious Boddhisatva of RonH's level taking such compassion on me.:rolleyes: Now I've got to go back to training my cheek bone...
cjurakpt: I'm a proud skeptic, myself. I think there is definitely value in some neigong/qigong/meditation practices, but we can only extract that value if we approach it in a non-dogmatic way. ...
lkmfdc:I thought you got it, just wasn't sure. Dry wit can be a little hard to pin down over the interweb.
Brian
Yeah, man, I was trying to be ironic or something. I guess since Ron hasn't put me on his ignore list yet, it's not clear what I think of his claims; but earlier this week he made some condescending...
Agreed. Hui Neng was applying that old Ch'an doctrine: If you see the Buddah on the road, kill him. Ultimately, we have to free ourselves from all preconceived notions, even those put in our head...
cjurakpt: You seem angry. You should ask Ron to send you a long distance qi ball of bliss. You'll start spontaneously healing everyone around you; it'll grow exponentially until billions are...
If it's South Florida I'd love to see it. I've got no vested interest either way, and I practice both TCMA and BJJ, which I guess means I'm bi-polar. Not saying I should be an official witness, as...
:D at sanjuro ronin.
I get headaches sometimes after rolling, though I tend to have pretty good breath control (I attribute a lot of that to my IMA). I've found chugging a 32 oz. powerade...
What MK said. I can only speak for the BJJ side of MMA, as I still rely on CMA for my stand up, but sensitivity, relaxation, and mental focus are all trained in spades. I won't say they have...
Ron: I was maybe a bit aggressive in that last post. I had just put in an hour in san ti. You know how that is. Still, you do come off a bit condescending when you talk about my hindrances or...
Ron, first of all, thanks for diagnosing my hindrance. Maybe next time you are doing one of your distance healings (I believe Buddhists call it tonglen), you can hit me up with some sweet, sweet...
My point exactly.
Brian
Chill, man, that was directed at Ron. I'm pretty much on your side of this debate. That was addressing Ron's "IMA masters are too busy achieving the rainbow body to bother with actual martial...
cjurakpt:Looks like good stuff. I think I've seen Mike Pekor hanging on EF lately. My own IMA teacher is a big MMA fan, and says students who engage in sport fighting are almost always better able...
I just want to state, for the non-IMA guys here, that most of us IMA guys do not believe in that Dillman LKJ BS. Also, while I believe in qi as a Chinese philosophical/medical term for a complex...
Ron, you're not claiming to be a taiji genius, now are you? Re: The trillions of cells; sure we have many cells, but in fighting things tend to get streamlined. Regardless of style, simple and...
Ron: Catch = Catch wrestling or catch as catch can wrestling. Old school western submission grappling. Check out Josh Barnett for a good example.
I'm not looking to get in an us vs. them thing. ...
Have any of you guys talking about how simple MMA is ever trained in BJJ, catch, sambo, or any other good system of submission grappling? The ground game is incredibly intricate. The stand up may...
Dempsey's book is great. I swear the man was practicing a front-weighted variant on xingyi.
Brian
Good post Christopher. That illustrates one of the fundamental problems with the war on drugs. Our govt imposes their "moral" view on other nations and expects the govt and people of that nation to...