I think Ou Ji brought this up in another thread but I'm curious too.
What is CLF Noi Lim Sau? I've also seen the terms Loi Lim Sau, Nei Lim Sau and Oi Lim Sau?
What do these mean? Could someone translate and also give the Mandarin translation?
The first term is pretty easy to translate Noi/Oi is inside/outside. Which I assume s Nei/Wai in Mandarin.
As a student of Chen Taiji I'm pretty familiar with so called "internal" martial arts and I'm curious as to why Chan Family guards this as some super secret aspect of CLF?
Basically, my understanding is that "inside" martial arts have different body mechanic requirements.
In Taiji the body mechanic requirements are as follows:
1) Fang Song (relaxed)
2) Peng Jin (inflated)
3) Chan Si Jin (spiral motion)
4) Synchronicity (one part moves, all parts move)
I can see that in an art like CLF that the "internal" body mechnanic fits WITHIN the external body mechanic, almost like a way to "power" it. However the internal body mechanic can be used on its own without ever resorting to external. Its use requires that you be much closer to your opponent than you would using the external aspect. This change in strategy is reflected in using a different "aspect" of the movement ie the one that fits inside.
To use an analogy....imagine that you are holding a rope that has a heavy weight attached to it. When you are doing internal it is like spinning the weight around the middle of the rope where you are holding it. All parts move at different speeds but in a synchronous manner. As the weight comes around on its circular path, you send it out on a tangential path. Now the weight is moving and the middle of the rope stays still. This is "external." All parts are not moving together. The tension in the rope has collapsed and you must use extra energy to pull the weight back into its orbit around your hand.