well...you probably shouldn't train a weapon to be used against another weapon. The weapon should be trained to attck the flesh that holds teh weapon.
I mean, yeah, there is the art of parrying,...
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well...you probably shouldn't train a weapon to be used against another weapon. The weapon should be trained to attck the flesh that holds teh weapon.
I mean, yeah, there is the art of parrying,...
well, i think an endless diet of forms will get you nothing but a bunch of forms.
you gotta take em apart, they must be extrapolated from.
If not, then I entirely agree with rays posts.
My...
as an aside, i would say that tma schools are lacking in the area of conditioning.
the focus is why this is. but there is not a lot of creedence giving to the value of hard cardio workouts and...
ray-
the difference is semantics.
whether one does long form or short, if they focus only on combos that consist of 3 or 4 moves or what not, it is all working towards teh same thing. I.E...
here's the oine i always get a little giggle out of.
instructor new way - "we don't use forms"
the dude -"then what are those guys doing?"
inw- "those are drills man!"
td- "aren't they...
Uh, i don't think i know anyone who has much time on the mat that bends backwards at teh waist when they get hams tossed at em.
newbs will be newbs. when you stepped in the fiurst time, I'm sure...
ray-
kungfu training starts at form and is not 100% based on it. The method is a progressive model and it is a method that has been developed over a long period of time.
In fact, long forms...
I see contemporary wushu for what it is. I don't see it as a viable method for developing applicable martial skills and certainly not as a method of spiritual development.
But then, I don't think...
bei shaolin a.k.a bak sil lum has fairly acrobatic kicks throughout the entire series of forms for the most part. This is considered a very traditional style.
Cha Chuan is very much the same way...
wushu is not a specific style. It simply transliterates as wu/martial shu/arts
kungfu is also a touch of a misnomer as well. Kungfu is not a specific style, but rather it is a blanket term for...
spj, i believe he may be now even more confused.
It is not always best to point a firehose at a teacup. :D