Death by Mantis !!
8 Step forum?
It seems that 8 Step dominates this forum? Just thinking that you guys should get your own forum and then the northern mantis can have this one back. Lots of credentials and names being thrown around. Can we get back to the basics.? Just coming from an outsider looking in..
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8 Step hasn't had that many posts. Not compared to Wah Lum in the past. If you have something to post then go for it.
Haoli
LOL, lurk a little longer.
different things at different times.
just before the recent spat of 8 Step stuff I think this place might have been called the Center for Steve Cottrell's American Mantis Hegemony.
just before that was a bit of Pong Lai vs. Wah Lum
what next????
"George never did wake up. And, even all that talking didn't make death any easier...at least not for us. Maybe, in the end, all you can really hope for is that your last thought is a nice one...even if it's just about the taste of a nice cold beer."
"If you find the right balance between desperation and fear you can make people believe anything"
"Is enlightenment even possible? Or, did I drive by it like a missed exit?"
It's simpler than you think.
I could be completely wrong"
on Shoulders of Giants
what burns my bottom is that everyone is afraid to talk good down to earth tactics as if they have some scary talent they are hiding.
we are all northern mantis fanatics with students that need this good healthy tactical debate. Instead however, there is far more political doggy mess than real tactical talk.
Unless it is possible that speaking tactically is against the rules.
Haoli
Tactics are hard to discuss. For me, I just don't really have the time to type in detail what I mean about something long enough to get it accross.
In general, I think a lot of people settle for this place to be a bit of release from daily grind.
I would love to see dicussion breaking either a form or some of the aphorisms of mantis down into real time tactics.
Maybe we can get a chance to do that in person in Feb. Yu Shan is going to be there but I haven't heard from any one else in my camp or other mantis peeps. We can put the coffee or the bourbon on and burn the midnight oil saturday night.
"George never did wake up. And, even all that talking didn't make death any easier...at least not for us. Maybe, in the end, all you can really hope for is that your last thought is a nice one...even if it's just about the taste of a nice cold beer."
"If you find the right balance between desperation and fear you can make people believe anything"
"Is enlightenment even possible? Or, did I drive by it like a missed exit?"
It's simpler than you think.
I could be completely wrong"
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In part of my research I have located and interviewed a few of Master Shyun's old students from the Bay Area. These students studied 8 Step during the mid 80s for a few years and had reached at least 3rd grade student level. These students all have good things to say about Master Shyun, but would not discuss why they no longer are involved with his school. After each discussion, I sensed a bit of sadness from them that I can't pinpoint.
This makes me wonder why all the students from the 80s are no longer with him aside from Kin. In most of the school I visited, there are at least 1-2 students who are with their teacher from the beginning whether they are teaching or still learning from their teacher.
I want to see if I can contact Kin (ChaoticMantis) to get more insight of Shyun’s 8 Step. I will let you know after my findings.
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