Personally, I say practice your forms a lot. The reason was already implicitly stated by Earthdragon. If you practice you develop understanding of the form, which leads to nuance and theme, rythm...
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Personally, I say practice your forms a lot. The reason was already implicitly stated by Earthdragon. If you practice you develop understanding of the form, which leads to nuance and theme, rythm...
Sifu Cottrell,
Just a question about the HK clip Mantis108 posted. Does this reflect your BYTT closely?
The reason I ask, is at two parts of the form shown, the players kick, post the kick...
Okay, we have a theoretical fight were I (gasp!) fail in all preventative responses up until the point my opponent is facing my back, arms well wrapped around my trunk, has his face tucked into my...
I would just like you to know that Sifu Lera and Milan have my thanks for putting themselves on display and (inadvertant or not) opening themselves to criticism.
I know that this footage has...
First and foremost, thank you Mantis108 for bringing us this clip and thank you to these two sifus for recording this event.
I agree with the lot of you that intention is the defining...
PA,
In Western Boxing recent past, weight training was regarded as taboo b/c of all the listed reason by the other members. However, current fighters like Roy Jones, Evander Holyfield, DLH, and...
This is just a stupid story. But it goes along with your posts.
Once, I was getting on a bus to go home. At the time I was learning a new form, Cha Choy, and was think about it a lot. I'm sitting...
Bei
Interesting you mentioned LGY size. The reason being that, as I understand it, his size had a great deal to do with his PM training. Notwithstanding, his size had to do in part to genetics,...
From a quick internet search, Ba Zhou is credited to Wong Long according to Sifu Carl Albright.
Carl Albright
He's lineage is by way of LGY and Chiu Chi Man.
More later.
No. I don't, but I'll ask around and get back to you.
Mantis9
I am also of a relatively large frame-size, compared to my fellow cohort. Maybe this is being hyper-critical, but I feel that my smaller brothers have grasped forms, power-generation, and technique...
They're the same form. I've heard this from Sifu Steve Cottrell and Sifu Brendan Tunks as well as my own sifu. Also, If you check Sifu Tony Chuy's forms list at:
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Interestingly enough, we practice LGY roads and Chun Chun Yee's roads too. CCY practiced his sifu's roads, but decided to add his own. To me, some roads seem like a varation on LGY's, others a...
Tainan Mantis
My sifu borrowed 16 hands from the Wah Lum people as a basic form for 7* as well. Of course, it has been modified to be more
7*ish.
I did not know, though, that other 7* clans...
Ahh, the sobering reality of it all. Thanks for the info. I'm looking at this as a possible goal, down the road, in my development. I appreciate the time you took to respond. There's a lot to think...
I would like to ask those of you who own or run your own gym/school for some resources/advice on the nitty-gritty of the business. To pare down the subject a bit, I talking about leasing, student...
Ged
A choke can be tricky. If I think I'm reading you right, you're talking about someone choking while facing you, right? Well, there are some choice spot that can help your dilemna. The first is...
PM is aggressive. IMO, the common element between MightyB and mantisben is ting jing. When two opposing forces find themselves connected or "bridged," one can feel the intent of the other. At this...
Praying Mantis tradition is like the box. You know, one of those boxes that everyone is attempting to "think outside of." Wong Long built the PM box; each succeeding generation learned inside the...
Okay, what I saw was the TKD practitioner take all the initiative, kick, then raise his arms to as if to punch. The "street guy" would turn his head momentarily at the impending punch, then respond...
beauty of PM. Its like good jazz. You take a tune like twinkle twinkle little 7* and add and subtract layers of variation. Tweek it there, smooth it out there. Be more explict like a Charlie Parker...
Mantis108.
Could you clarify your difference between "breaking and entering" and "open and sneak in" as it pretains to BTSH. If I understand you correctly, this designate how the heart is stolen,...
Young Mantis
BTW, my name is Micah. Jesse might wonder who Mantis9 is.:D
Young Mantis
Hey, give a shout out to my sihing, Jesse Gottesman, would ya?
My sifu just showed us his copy Sifu Chuy's 30th(?) Anniversary book. Very nice
:cool:
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Chin Wu is an association that was created by group of CMAers, most notably Hou Yuan-chia, in 1909. Different CMA masters have taught under the umbrella of Chin Wu. Notably Lo Gwan Yu, famous...