M.i.l.f. ?
M.i.l.f. ?
All martial arts start 'for health only'. Health is the most important. It far outweighs fighting applications. You can't be a martial arts master without a healthy body as a foundation. If you've ever taught beginners, you know that the first step is to get them into decent shape. Any combat applications come later. And mastery comes much later. That being said, very few people ever become masters. Most of us slog through our practice and acheive some level of competence. Speaking for myself, mastery seems so far away from me that I don't even think of it as a goal state anymore.
Tai Chi/qigong for health only is one of the greatest contributions of our practice to humanity. We're all getting older. We all have to take care of the elderly - our parents, our friends - to see help see them through their autumn years. Being able to share the health aspects of our practice is wonderful. They will never reach the highest levels of martial arts, nor even some of the lowest levels, but they will be better persons for it. And so will we, when we share.
I saw the senior tai chi class where the teacher had broken down the basic yang moves into 'calls' not unlike in a square dance. He'd get the music going and call out the moves and the students would all dance about. It was great. They were all so enthusiastic and joyful while getting some exercise. The teacher was really charismatic - he was no master, but he did have some skill. More important, he used his tai chi to heal instead of to harm. That's real tai chi when you can do that.
Gene Ching
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JP--don't get mad at YouKnowWho because he figured out your plot. We all know that you are trying to get together an army of elderly taiji warriors to go teach bad taiji to the world. Once they've done that you can bust out your real taiji skills and take over.
raise your hands now drop them down
hold a ball and turn around
part horses mane return to ball
part horses mane, watch don't fall
single whip and play pi pei
white crane spreads wings
now brush that knee!
repulse that monkey 1,2,3
drop that needle into the sea
hey ho!
hey ho
hey ho
lets go!
Tai chi
1,2,3
Tai chi
for you and me!
and so on
Kung Fu is good for you.
if you're not teachng the elderly to fight 100% all the time you're just masterbating.
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I'd tell you to go to hell, but I work there and don't want to see you everyday.
masturbating the elderly is not recommended.
Kung Fu is good for you.
I don't want to know how you know that.Originally Posted by David Jamieson
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I'd tell you to go to hell, but I work there and don't want to see you everyday.
OMG. Better not grow old then. Actually, you're little spoof of the square dance tai chi three posts up ain't far off the mark. Only instead of 'hey ho' it was 'dosey do'. OK, seriously now, that guy's class was a heck of a lot better than group musical internal forms competition...masturbating the elderly is not recommended.
Gene Ching
Publisher www.KungFuMagazine.com
Author of Shaolin Trips
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i must crush the elderly.
where's my beer?
I don't know how to dance. I do know Tai Chi 24. Besdies Tai Chi has different physical principles than dancing. These are apparent through breath, posture, rooting, cooridination of body etc that are unique to Tai Chi. They can learn this, and get the unique health benefits to this, without knowing the joint lock applications of single whip or the various throws from Repulse the Monkey. I'll mention the application to them once they are comfortable with the core movement and principles. Even then, I'm not going to demonstrate it on anyone. They are too aold and fragile for that type of training. Can you not graps the concept that this is a specialized class for a specialized need? Or should we still run 3 miles to warm up?Originally Posted by YouKnowWho
I volunteer to teach a class, and you accuse me of being lazy and not wanting to "waste my time" by teaching applications. Your rationale really amazes me.
you guys should try an art that is both fighting AND dancing :P
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I'd tell you to go to hell, but I work there and don't want to see you everyday.
Your so dense U238 appears to be a gas to me now.Originally Posted by YouKnowWho
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