Originally Posted by
Paddington
I have previously mocked Hendrik and accused him of having an inability to be succinct. I also accused Hendrik of needlessly meandering and having the habit of subverting most threads to unrelated topics and themes, that he wants to promote.
I even called him out and offered to travel to him (from Bradford, Yorkshire, UK) so he could show me in person his ideas working within a chi sau and sparring context. He refused.
For a while I just took to ignoring his posts. However, one day I made a post about continual lower back problems, particularly when practicing SLT. Hendrik (and Joy) offered some help so that I could lessen the pain I was suffering, despite my negativity towards him.
So, I decided to read Hendrik's posts again and I even watched a couple of his videos. More importantly, I read the document Jox posted and a lot of the ideas Hendrik presented began to slot into place. For example, the saying 'Others walk the bow, I walk the string' began to take on different and very useful meanings to me once I read the document Jox posted.
I think there are a lot of ideas and conceptions presented by Hendrik et al that are very much worth taking the time to understand. Does that mean I agree with everything Hendrik says uncritically? Hell no!
Anyway, thank you Hendrik for helping me with my pain and suffering by highlighting useful movements and exercises for me to perform, they have helped.