I've misunderstood then. I always got the impression (from this thread and others) that once something was graded students had a tendency to move onto the next thing and never do it again.
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I've misunderstood then. I always got the impression (from this thread and others) that once something was graded students had a tendency to move onto the next thing and never do it again.
Yeah, I dunno. I guess I can't really relate since lately and for the foreseeable future I spend 99% of my time on what you might call 5 moves. And recently I've spent a large portion of that 99% on...
Sure, I get your point. But I would expect the ability to execute something to be strongly related to correct expression of the principals in general i.e. someone who worked harder would usually...
Um, yeah :confused:. If you can't do something then you shouldn't be "promoted" to a level that required that something :confused:. This is why I'm thankful I don't train in a system with "levels" or...
Xing yi animals aren't one form, elements aren't one form. And that whole system is one that takes some practitioners many years to get really proficient in (i.e. not just mimicking movement but...
Fair enough. I'm not trying to change your mind, nor any other SD student's. There are just a lot of things about SD that I can't understand, which probably reflects on me not necessarily on SD.
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The part I don't get is once you reach a certain level surely you'd have worked out your preferences by that stage and you'd steer towards a certain path. And SD's curriculum alone wouldn't be...
Even our higher level WC students do "qigong" exercises every session in the warmup (or used to when I last attended group classes). I try to stand in san ti for 10min pretty much every day from when...
I just don't understand how a SD student can ever think they'll learn enough of one art with the amount of material in the whole system. E.g. components of my style are taught in the progression from...
One thing SD obviously doesn't teach is quote-fu. Holy shit guys, some of the posts on the last page are painful :D .
BQ, the problem is that a prospective student to SD won't know in advance...
Yeah, I've seen Bruce's stuff and communicated with him. We were going to meet one time when he was in my neighbourhood to exchange ideas but he didn't have the time on the day.
I was responding...
I haven't seen any "internal" skills in any SD videos yet. E.g. the bagua recently posted. OTOH it's rare to see many "internal" skills in any online videos. For an example of some stuff that I like...
Hsing I. While it's very much a healthy system (in terms of how much the body is worked both inside and out), I'd never call it a healing system.
The implication was the doctor was saying mkrii could do tai chi because it wouldn't be too strenuous while mkrii was recovering. My point is the "internal" system I do would actually be harder on...
That's funny because the "internal" system I do is way, way harder on the body than the "external" system.
I find this funny given your handle :D .
Bruce scares me. He's roughly the same size as my teacher, considerably bigger than me. I think anything he does would be powerful.
OK, in the interests of discussion, why is your stance so narrow...
I preferred your earlier version :p. Just MHO of course. I'd comment in the thread but it'd be easier in person and you'll be in my neck of the woods soon. Remember I'm happy to meet up if we've both...
I've hoped for the former with one guy. The old guy - it'll get to hard for him eventually, although he's given a fair bit of leeway e.g. people take it easy on him, he doesn't spar, etc. Personally...
I'm not a teacher in martial arts, and I doubt I ever will be (commercially - I might teach my family if they're willing to learn). I've taught both mental and physical pursuits at a high level in...
Sorry, I was just going off the certificate information that was posted. On that apparently it said he was 20 and had been learning for 10 years.
Also, the common story is he knows 900 forms:
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So he started at 10 years old and learned for 10 years? And in that time learnt 900 forms, so 90 a year. And he's the Grandmaster of all Shaolin and a bunch of other non-Shaolin styles? O.K.
Fair enough. I guess I just wonder how one school can teach a specialised internal program + all the other stuff. Like are there several teachers, each specialising in something different? And then...
Yeah, I understand that. I just don't get how my plate is overflowing with 2 styles how you guys can consider yourselves to know so many different styles well enough to get to a level where you...
I don't own a video camera nor have the inclination to film myself for others. I'd be interested in knowing how I look but I train for myself. I guess it could be a good training tool, though, to...
The way we do it it's very easy to see the centre engaging the rest of the body in some moves. I couldn't see that same connection in your clips. I'm not saying that it's not there, but I couldn't...