Better Shuai jiao Sparring Video

[Knifefighter]

You're mistaken: crossing your legs is a technical error in circlewalking. .

Really... why do they all do it when they demonstrate it then?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdr-ChfedUM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWvya9MVhjs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndY4jMB9w6U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI7VvZmIDBs

etc, etc, etc...

[Christopher M]

Really... why do they all do it when they demonstrate it then?

They don't.

[wiz cool c]

Knifefighter there are several move in Shuia Jiao that step into the clasical cross stance or unicorn stance that I know of. They do it for a hip throw and a defence move where someone has got a leg trapped and you step in with the other leg into a cross stance and then wip out your trapped leg and swing it behind you. I use the defense move often in sparring.

[Knifefighter]

They don't.

Every time they walk, they cross their legs. That's what walking is, crossing one leg over the other one.

[Knifefighter]

Knifefighter there are several move in Shuia Jiao that step into the clasical cross stance or unicorn stance that I know of. They do it for a hip throw and a defence move where someone has got a leg trapped and you step in with the other leg into a cross stance and then wip out your trapped leg and swing it behind you. I use the defense move often in sparring.

Come on... you know those are different than "walking" steps.

[Christopher M]

Every time they walk, they cross their legs. That's what walking is, crossing one leg over the other one.

No, walking is when you move your feet forward.

[Knifefighter]

No, walking is when you move your feet forward.

Walking is bringing one foot forward then crossing it on the inside with the other foot, which then moves forward. Walking is basically "losing and then catching your balance again", which is why it is not good for activities that require stability. That is why activities such as fighting that require good stability (or "root" as the TMA people like to call it), use shuffle steps (funny that the very people who are supposed to be the experts at "rooting" don't understand this fundamental concept) that never have the feet crossing in front of, behind, or to the inside.

[Christopher M]

You seem to be confusing passing steps for crossing the feet. Walking includes the former but not the latter.

funny that the very people who are supposed to be the experts at "rooting" don't understand this fundamental concept.

You don't have the experience to be able to reasonably judge what these very people do or don't understand.

[Knifefighter]

You seem to be confusing passing steps for crossing the feet. Walking includes the former but not the latter.

OK, call them passing steps if that makes you feel better.

Passing or crossing: both = bad for balance and stability.

[Knifefighter]

You don't have the experience to be able to reasonably judge what these very people do or don't understand.

LOL... I have more experience than most of them do.

[Christopher M]

OK, call them passing steps if that makes you feel better.

When you first raised this point, what you said was that while there were crossing steps in circlewalking, there weren't any in the shuai video. That was your criticism of the former. Now, here's the problem. If what you really meant was passing steps, then you're wrong: the guy in blue passes eight times in the first seven seconds of the video. There's lots of passing steps in the video. So which is it? A cynic might suspect you're saying whatever silly bull**** you think needs to be said at any given moment to keep trolling.