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Maybe he did, but he didn't stay in that range long.

I hear stuff similaar to that from non-yip man systems, but thats the essence of advertising isn't it? trying to look superior to your competitors?

I heard from at least two seperate scources that the origional butterfly swords were not sharpened at all and were mass produced by casting out of relatively cheap metal rather than hand forging. The...

In close range especially, you don't want to be too still. You want to be always moving as to slip up your opponet. Close range, things happen quickly. No time for holding a this or that guard, just...

It might be because so many more people own swimming pools than guns.

Statistics are like a two piece swimming suit- What they reveal is suggestive; what they conceal is vital.

So, now that you've got me interested, what was the quality of metalurgy and craftsmanship available at the time?

I always thought that listening to a master and his students brag, though maybe disheartening, tells a lot about what they envision as their basic principles.

Many martial arts masters are...

I think that chain punches are useful, though they're not a good method to always rely upon like many do. Round punches and off-centre attacks disrupt them effectively. I see chain punching as more...

Wow, that is an awesome article!

I heard or read somewhere that one version of the butterfly swords had blades that were only sharpened on one side so the blades fit together to form one edge...

I get a lot of benefit from palm striking smooth telephone poles, lamp posts, and the like. I'm not sure if thats what you're talking about.

Just make sure that you don't bruise your hands-...

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scoliosis doesn't hurt. I doubt you have a spinal deformity. If you have any reasonable concerns that it might be mis-shapen bones, go get yourself...

Here is a story that comes from zen tradition:
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A student went to his meditation teacher and said, "My meditation is horrible! I feel so distracted, or my legs ache, or I'm constantly falling...

sweat box=armpit?

I don't come here too often, so I'm sorry, but I will not most likely be able to read the replies, but there is something I just HAD to say.

I fought two BJJ/Muy Thai guys with my wing chun. I...

Its open to debate, but I think that out of the whole wing chun system, a correct bong sau is the most difficult to describe technique there is and also the most difficult for a beginner to apply...

my teacher is weaker than me and has a bad back that is so painful that he can not even lift mildly heavy things. He's almost double my age. However, he can still always get a very sharp edge on me...

escape is never impossible.

every position is the best position to be in if that's the position you're in.

Learn to use your weakness to your advantage.

Yes, why not try it out every way?

I have tried many different shcool's bong saus and have found that a foreward spiral works best. Think of the thumb edge of your arm as the dull edge of a blade...

I think people put way too much emphasis on chi sau.

I do the forms and I do the chi sau/gerk

I do drills based on my weakpoints.

I do no contact sparring, and as my sparing partners get...

It was very interesting. I wonder why a head abbot of fighting didn't put up more of a fight. I've seen some guys do some crazy shaolin stuff. The old guy just did some basic old moves. Granted, the...

I was taught with the statement "it is what it is."

I would ask my instructor "whats the name of that technique?"

Then he'd show me the technique and say "that's its name."

I would ask what...

Heh, yeah I like that - the Yaksha of Bot Jam Dao! lol

I just mean that because it is the only move in the forms where the blades face your body even for a spit instant, and I think that is very...

In the forms, what is the proper application of the double inward and downward chops which end in bil daos?

It seems like the most dangerous movement in the whole form. What is it's safe...

the less surface area you contact, and shorter the amout of time during contact, the more the force unfolds into the opponet rather than bouncing back into your arm, and the more force delivered in...