Gene Ching
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Author of Shaolin Trips
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Agree with you 100% there.
When A is training hard with his opponent while B is also training hard with his solo form, there is no way that B will have any chance to match against A no matter what style that B may train.
Unfortunately any suggestion of changing training method will upset some TCMA guys big time. If you tell a Taiji guy that he should use his leg to sweep/hook/lift/twist/... in his Taiji PH game, not only he won't appreciate your suggestion, he will hate you just because you don't respect Taiji enough.
The truth is 90% of TCMA guys are not in "combat". It's just the wrong audience if you want to promote the concept of "TCMA for combat". When you are talking about "training method", those TCMA for health, self-cultivation, inner peace, or performance guys just can't care less about it.
Last edited by YouKnowWho; 02-22-2013 at 12:54 PM.
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For MK:
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !
Well, it doesn't upset me in the slightest. I'm in agreement as well regarding training methods and really that's what I was eluding to when I said it always comes back to the fighter and the way they learn/train in whatever style. Correct training methods are key to developing combat skill. Just doing forms and being dogmatic in that approach will not teach a student how to fight. There is just soooo much more to it than that. We as students of these various arts should be more open to cross-training in my opinion.
I like her. She can triangle me any day.
but the fighting is in the forms!
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