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I haven't thought about this website in years. What thread do I find at the very top? Some things never change :)

Hi Bruce!

In that clip, the clearest similarity to a form I've seen in SD is Tiger/Crane.

Stop being lazy, post some more links... and come to a Norcross Wednesday Brown Belt class already.

I think that a reasonably intelligent and unbiased person can tell the difference between mediocrity and excellence in most things, when shown both.

If they had never seen excellence, mediocrity...

Yes, I agree with all of this.

I think that any martial art, done well, will have these principles.

Sal - I am very interested in your understanding of body mechanics.


One things I would like to clear up is this:

You said that Karate is double weighted

You also said that double weighted...

I suppose the natural question would be:

Does the style which has this Lian Wu Zhang also have a related form which translates to something like "Connecting Fist" or "Interconnected Fist" ?
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but would they have to have another category for that?

Fastest Enhanced Human Land Speed Record or something. Probably. The purists would be up in arms.

I think if humanity was focused in a very serious way on producing faster runners we could break the 2 minute mile within 100 years.

This would require genetic engineering and selective breeding,...

Bingo, we have a winner :D

We probably do the throw in a very similar way, but I suppose there could be more than one type of throw from that motion.

For me it's an arm/shoulder control...

I use similar applications for that move in all its incarnations. The bird version is my favorite of them because of the body mechanics involved in it. In general I like the tendency of the Bird's...

In regards to the Bird "retreat to broken leg"

Drop by Norcross on a Wednesday (8pm Brown Belt) and I'll show you my take on an application for that move. It's one of my favorites.

HINT: I...

WhiteEarp-

If you are using Windows you can resize the photos with "Paint" which can be found in the "Accessories" under "All Programs" from "Start"

In Paint open the photo then click on the...

I think this is the most rational statement about SD I have ever read from someone outside the system.

thanks for that

I am sorry you have gotten the impression that you did, and that it seems...

this is something I have heard of (or similar such things) and would love to see even a small part of...

I've done the old google image search with no luck, does anyone have links to pictures of...

Master Killer -


it may not be his "personal school" but you have to admit its as much his school as any SD school is Sin The's. (exactly as much in fact, twice a year)

so that leaves the...

This indicates that Tan Tui is possibly from a Tan Family.



the bold is me... those are the parts that remind me of the techniques in question.

Based on that it sounds more like these...

ok... this is just getting weird now...


what's going on here?

someone help me out...

This is the school of Master Shi De Shan

It was that post that got me thinking of this topic...


If you could provide some reference that your understanding of it is the correct one that would be wonderful.

what about the "tan tui"...

This is something I have wondered for some time now...


the main site from lexington calls them "short kata"

the austin site says "tan family leg techniques" (and have "tan tui" springy legs...

Rule number 2: Don't use tired old clichés...



"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."


:rolleyes:

nicely put shadowlin...


I've heard a lot of stories from the China Trips, but have never been able to go myself. I'm not likey to attend the next one either :(


One story that sticks out in...

We use Kwan Daos down here in Atlanta, although one year the supplier ran out and a few people got stuck using Pu Daos (poor B@stards) and I've seen someone use the 9 ring knife too. I've also see...

GC

I don't think he intended to sound touchy or to imply that questions are not welcome...

It's just that the same questions get asked and the same accusations made so many times it can get...

Hey,

We had a guy in class last night from the school in Asheville.

He's a Brown Belt named Chris and he seemed to have a lot of fun.

We certainly do some things differently, and it was...

I'm not asking anyone to take my word for anything

as far as I know there just isn't anything on the www to "prove" anything to anyone and it just isn't up to me one way or the other.

what I...