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Have always wanted to learn this form, from a real person as opposed to a dvd. That way subtle corrections to what one sees, or what one thinks is seen, can occur. He's teaching this qi gong soon,...

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I think most schools are slowly getting toa 3 if not 4 year program to obtain a master's degree. Compare that to the length of time for a MBA or a master's in English, philosophy,...

To the guy wondering about acu schools

These threads often crack me up since they generally are pretty pessimisstic. The Chinese medicine schools in the US all have the same curriculum basically...

Opinions are like life everyone has one. The Jimmie B and Cassius story, to me points to skill trumps strength. Same with the chi sao stories about Bruce lee not being able to touch Yip Man, the...

It's funny when this topic comes up since there are all sorts of opinions and the reality is different for different people. I think one part of the answer lies with the Sifu. If he's huge,...

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Anyone have any ideas about a silat (not kuntao) baqua, internal arts connection. It certainly seems that that silat's upper body movements have the coiling of tai chi/baqua, the directness of...

5 or 6 years ago I was searching for a good teacher and somehow got hold of Sifu Tony Puyot, probably after hearing good things about him from other Sifus in Ohio and Eugene who did 7 *. He was...

Hey Dale
Don't know you except from what I've read in this forum. Sorry for your loss, that's clearly one of the most intense things that will happen to people. I appreciate what you're doing,...

Mayway , Springwind,Nuherbs all carry those herbs but you may need to get a license first before you can order from those companies

How's New England school going, school gets harder each year....

Monkeyking,it's nice to be able to do massage/tui na, herbs and acupuncture. Did you go to the Ohio school of massage? I heard a Chinese medicine school from New Mexico openned an affiliate school in...

Curious about the history of Shantung Shaolin. from Gao Tou Sheng(SP?) Being a Chinese who escapes communism, Master Gao took a Northern form to a southern community(Taiwan) Wonder if he changed...

Just curious how many out there have systems that teach kung fu and have a healing component? When it comes to the healing does the knowledge consist of bruise medicine aspects, iron palm/body. ...

I really like the arm grabs program, done it twice. Now usually I do a combo of arm grabs and two exercises learned from another Ohioan. I also like a lot the one South Fist program. Did you ever ...

As a Sifu, Monkeyking USA, thanks for your insights.
Steve

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Nope , never done full contact. I'm not ready for everything goes fighting- broken bones, blown out knees, elbows to the throat all done on concrete. So I suck but at least I know it. If you eye...

There is a quote from a Mantis sifu, or at least it was on the web site, that goes ,"The center must be hidden in a blur of movement like a dragon swimming in a cloud."

I can hide my center by...

That is pretty wierd but there were some interesting comments.

Anyway it's seems to me that skill can over come strength. Position overcomes speed. And being able to control-with hits,...

MonkeykingUSA
Yeah guns and knives are very dangerous;if I'm ever really around them I'd run through walls. If I can't run through walls I'd attempt to control the situation so I make the...

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Clearly coming from different philosophies, which is why there's so many arts, there is no best art (except for the one that I do ( smile, smile, it's a joke). Pary, block, aren't they the same?...

IKFMDC
1)I'm taught to never back up. One reason is that if you back up the opponent is controlling the timing and you're behind getting tee-ed off on. 2) Most important is the high guard- I ...

Setting up some parameters:(1) the fighters are of equal ability(I know nothing is equal, speed, strength, skill,attitude, timimg all vary) but the two fighters are considered good by their Sifu and...

I've said it's good to have access to x-rays, MRI's, blood work, pfts, and all sorts of other western diagnostic tools. In the US they help acupuncturists but the reality is that 95% of clients who...

It seems it's hard to get discussion on dosages of herbs on training formulas; there's lots of books out there that have training formulas like Shaolin and Taoist Herbal Training Formulas, Formula...

As far as treatments, there are some people who can get by with 2 to 6 treatments but what do you with the chronic pain people? You know, the folks with bone on bone, severe osteo or RA, those...

Plum and Cjr??

You guys are smart, reading you is like reading Sartre, which i don't understand. I try to keep the why and how of the medicine I use in the medicine's terms, leave research to the...