Is that really a Walt Whitman quote?
Wasnt he a writer, poet, and naturalist or something?
I guess its a joke that im not getting
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Is that really a Walt Whitman quote?
Wasnt he a writer, poet, and naturalist or something?
I guess its a joke that im not getting
Everyone is either right or left handed, that is what I am referring to when I say dominant side. Even those who are ambidextrous have a preference otherwise they'd sit around for ten minutes trying to figure out which hand they want to pick their fork up with.
If you look at my previous post, I recommend NOT fighting dominant side forward. Why, because you'll have a weak side and your opponent will eventually expose it. Forcing yourself to put your weak hand forward will, in time, give you the ability to defend well from either position.
Watch your structure and make sure your knee always tracks with your foot. Looking down your knee should always be over your foot and never to one side or the other. When transitioning make sure you allow your foot to pivot and move so that it does not put strain on your knee. That's my two cents
That makes sense.
I think I hurt myself doing the form on concrete with no shoes on making me unable to pivot my foot as well as I can on carpet or with shoes on (my feet arnt quite there yet ).
Ill try to keep that in mind when practicing and maybe ill take it easy on the Na Cha's for a while.
Thanks
My son is a stealth walker and can sneak up on anyone I am going to see if he can walk the rice paper without tearing it!!! Now on the subject if you are trained properly you should be able to do every technique from either side. Therefore there shouldnt be a dominant side. Also Facepalm I am not sure which guen form you speak of but there isnt a reverse bow in La Na Cha KC
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I am ambidexterous, for me it just depends on which side of the plate the fork is on.
I understand what you mean though.
To reprogram the brain and the kinetic chain anything that we do predominately with oneside we should train ourselves to do with the opposite side. Then we eliminate weaknesses within our overall thinking feeling and doing.
Im talking about "Se mien pa fang kuen" (how its spelled in my manual)
On the "Na" we are told to drop into reverse bow stance as we "Take" the weapon down horizontally and then spring into forward bow stance as we "Cha"
What stance should I drop into for the "Na"?
I guess a horse stance would be a little more knee friendly.
You are talking about the cross step ( twisted stance / female stance)( la) reverse bow ( na) and forwardbow (cha) Correct?
Like SD jerry said you have to make sure that your hip knee and ankle are in alignment. Dont go down so far until you have that type of flexibility.
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Thats how its taught here.
Thanks for the pointers guys. Im pretty good at getting low but I guess my body isnt ready for this type of movement yet.
Ill take this form slow and more reserved so I can build a base for all the awesome spear forms coming up next year.
I really never thought Id like spears so much but It just feels awesome to thrust that thing.
One of the BBs said he heard that GGMICM could do a "Na" and splinter the white waxwood staff with the force of his drop.
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along the lines of the old adage, practice one technique a thousand times, or a thousand one time....
we've all heard it
it also makes a HUGE difference if you plan on fighting competatively as to how your going to train, and what your game plan is going to be, generally speaking.
everyone should be competent with either side, but most all of us will have a stronger side regardless of what we do.
For whoso comes amongst many shall one day find that no one man is by so far the mightiest of all.