What are the principals of your style?

[omarthefish]

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[Ben Gash]

You beat me to the punch David, that bugged me as well

[omarthefish]

Who's David?



And what post are you talking about?

[Ben Gash]

What is this? Busted song title day?
David Jamieson/Kung Lek and his spelling/usage correction.

[Vasquez]

BL was much interested in Zen and MA.

Maybe BL was interested in learning the source of TCMA. I'm more interested in the practical day to day applications of zen and MA.

[SPJ]

Both are needed.

Study to find the source or the root. It is the question of the basics or fundamentals.

Day to day apps will be the practice and extension of the roots.

Although we may find Zen or Chan in everything we do and everything we come to know. They all lead to the source or the truth.

Realization of the truth or see everything in the light (enlightenment) is going back to the root or the source.

Both are wise.

[norther practitioner]

The principals of my style are basics, basics, and oh, turn your waist.

[Vasquez]

Both are needed.

Study to find the source or the root. It is the question of the basics or fundamentals.

Day to day apps will be the practice and extension of the roots.

Although we may find Zen or Chan in everything we do and everything we come to know. They all lead to the source or the truth.

Realization of the truth or see everything in the light (enlightenment) is going back to the root or the source.

Both are wise.

SPJ you ware wise. Which sifu do you study from. Where's BL? Maybe BL's views is what I should be seeking for.

[norther practitioner]

SPJ you ware wise. Which sifu do you study from. Where's BL? Maybe BL's views is what I should be seeking for.

Be very careful what you wish for.

ps, she's posting over on Doc's site now...

www.russbo.com

if you feed the troll I'll take you out though.

[SPJ]

Which sifu do you study from.

Over the years, I have many teachers.

You really have to value the time with your teachers. Because one day they may not be there for you any more.

[SPJ]

These are principles for a swordsman. The similar ideas were espoused in the movie "Hero".

1. You practice with your sword. You become part of your sword. Where your sword would go, you are there, too.

2. You practice with the sword. The sword becomes part of you. Or extension of you. Where your will (Yi) is, so is your sword.

3. You have the swordplay in you. You may use any stick or object. You may use it like a sword. Or you turn the object into a sword.

4. There is no sword. There is only you.

Number 4 would be the Zen of you and your sword.

[Vasquez]

Be very careful what you wish for.

ps, she's posting over on Doc's site now...

www.russbo.com

if you feed the troll I'll take you out though.

Thanks for the link. I checked it, looks like she's moved on It's almost like searching for a master to learn wisdom. More I think about it, it's her approach I might be missing.

[SPJ]

What is gained is to be lost.

What is lost is to be gained.

It is the impermance of things.

[SPJ]

How did we come up with principles?

Fightings are moves and countermoves. These are tactics. Come with them is the strategy.

The moves and countermoves are solutions to combat problems.

They are derived from actual combat.

We then derive some common factors or ingredients from all these moves and countermoves.

We summarized the derivations into principles being it tactical or strategy.

From the principles, we may derive more solutions or new moves and countermoves.

This is a 2 way street.

Who is doing the practice and derivation? We.

So it all comes from us.

The principles come from the stylists that practice the style.

[David Jamieson]

well, i will share a couple, but that's it.

-move into the attack to kill the power of the attack, cover as you move in, then strike when you are in the gate.

-driving kicks to the joints to impede motion in your attacker.

-snapping kicks to soft targets to cause pain.

-Hard to soft/Soft to hard (eg:Use open hand on hard bone, use fists on soft tissue)

ok, that's it, oh and make certain your retreat is not always linear, you can be followed easier if you consistently back up in a straight line, change direction in your retreat and you will force your attacker to change direction in his.