Secret of Kung Fu

[瓜娃子]

After doing mma and then learning more in depth internal martial arts and doing years of sparring I have gone back to stances.

Now I do hours of deep stance work. That is the ultimate secret of kung fu...that and medical qi gong and Daoist theory, but you can't embody the theory or tonify yin or the dai mai without low stance training.

Hung Gar guys know whats up.

[aussie1981]

Definately helps generate power, Chen tai chi guy's are on to it with their stances aswell i recon.

[David Jamieson]

The actual "secret" of Kung fu is: No secret, just effort and time

[donjitsu2]

The actual "secret" of Kung fu is: No secret, just effort and time

Isn't that from "Kung Fu Panda" ?

[David Jamieson]

Isn't that from "Kung Fu Panda" ?

No. It predates it. By a loooooonnnng time.

But, I suppose the yu gi oh crowd will accept it as kung fu panda wisdom instead of attributing it correctly much in the same way my generation thought Bruce Lee was coming up with all these great philosophical points when in fact he was merely reiterating the sages of his heritage that was at the time pretty unknown in mainstream culture.



Tao is funny that way.

also Picasso said, "mediocre artists borrow, great artists steal"

[SPJ]

kung fu panda

what is the secret of father goose noodle soup?

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panda son: come on, you can tell me.

father goose:---

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hint: there is no secret, but you make people think that there is one.

[SimonM]

also Picasso said, "mediocre artists borrow, great artists steal"

No, I said that!

[Ray Pina]

After doing mma and then learning more in depth internal martial arts and doing years of sparring I have gone back to stances.

Now I do hours of deep stance work. That is the ultimate secret of kung fu...that and medical qi gong and Daoist theory, but you can't embody the theory or tonify yin or the dai mai without low stance training.

Hung Gar guys know whats up.

I was thinking something similar the other day when training throws.... it's all about stepping into position, getting below the other's hips... essentially a low horse stance. The entering step on many throws is like cat stance or bow and arrow.... depending on if you're throwing over your back or tripping them with weight foreward.

I also think the opening double crossed forearms in many of my early karate katas may be gi chokes instead of front kick blocks. Its a basic choke you'd teach a newbie.

[faxiapreta]

I was thinking something similar the other day when training throws.... it's all about stepping into position, getting below the other's hips... essentially a low horse stance. The entering step on many throws is like cat stance or bow and arrow.... depending on if you're throwing over your back or tripping them with weight foreward.

Doing it with a partner is completely different than doing it by yourself.

I also think the opening double crossed forearms in many of my early karate katas may be gi chokes instead of front kick blocks. Its a basic choke you'd teach a newbie.

It's not a gi choke unless you are doing it on a partner. Otherwise, it's simply crossing your hands in the air.

[Snipsky]

It's not a gi choke unless you are doing it on a partner. Otherwise, it's simply crossing your hands in the air.

Thats a little OVERLY obvious.

[faxiapreta]

Thats a little OVERLY obvious.

Should be, but obviously some people think you can extrapolate it to a gi choke.

[Snipsky]

Should be, but obviously some people think you can extrapolate it to a gi choke.

true. but why wouldn't you be able to turn it into a gi choke especially when the guy doing it intends it that way??

[TenTigers]

Pinan/Heian/Pyong-ahn four-cross hands palms towards you, close into fists, rotate out and forward, turn one fist up
Textbook gi choke.
Totally, and completely textbook.
This is obvious..to those who have actually trained.

[Snipsky]

Pinan/Heian/Pyong-ahn four-cross hands palms towards you, close into fists, rotate out and forward, turn one fist up
Textbook gi choke.
Totally, and completely textbook.
This is obvious..to those who have actually trained.

"Most people who have competed understand this"

[faxiapreta]

Pinan/Heian/Pyong-ahn four-cross hands palms towards you, close into fists, rotate out and forward, turn one fist up
Textbook gi choke.
Totally, and completely textbook.
This is obvious..to those who have actually trained.

BWahaahahaaha!! So all those guys teaching blocks with it got in wrong, huh? Bwhaahaaaa!!!

BTW, with a gi choke, you don't rotate forward. You pull inward. Not to mention the rest of it you got wrong.

Most people who have competed understand this.

Bwaahaahahaa!!