It's all context dependent. Your view presumes one will more than likely come up against a trained mma fighter in his everyday encounters. Ths is actually very unlikely. If one trains to be prepared for every possible eventuality, he would master very little skill.
This is why it is important to examine what is likely and measure that against ones abilities and time available to train and then train accordingly.
exactly, but this bad habit doen't come from Shaolin! do you know how it's done at Shaolin and where that bad habit comes from?
in Shaolin, because they are Buddhists and in Buddhist meditation true power comes from DanTian (the central acupuncture point below the navel, that is considered the central, most important source of Qi), they begin forms by pulling up power from Dantian, and end it with pulling down power into DanTian, when attacking, the hand may stand below the DanTian, as a meditation pose, and to guard the central body, and also to assist the attacking arm, if needed.
when other schools got material from Shaolin, they saw that guarding palm or fist, etc, but didn't learned why it takes that position, so they erroneously put it at side (i don't know, to make it more orderly, or etc?), which makes it useless and, indeed, stupid. later, southern kong fu schools and Karate became famous and so made this mistake universal!!! unfortunately, many monks like Shi Decheng, Xinghong, and many others make this bad mistake, as well!
in Shaolin kong fu the hand stands like this guy does, keeping the DanTian, guarding the center, while in guard, or while attacking with one arm or hand:
Shaolin Rou quan- by Mao Jingguang (YouTube)
he more uses open palms, but it's the same with fists as well. they must be keep near the DanTian at the center of the body, not at the sides! Shi Deyang teaches this with fists in his Xiao Hong quan instructional (YouTube: )
Last edited by SHemmati; 10-29-2013 at 02:23 PM.
The tan tien is not an accupunture point. And it was used in Taoism before it was used in Buddhism.
i agree, i didn't mean to deny this reasonable statement.
maybe the problem is with the translation, acupuncture point! this point in inside the lower abdomen and cannot be handled with needles, but is an important point at the Qi meridian and can be handled by external causes, like beating the area or handling its nearby points.
i don't know much about history, anyway, there are a few fundamental differences between Buddhists' and Daoists' meditation. while Buddhists more concentrate on enlightenment, and more stick to the DanTian area, Daoists, besides DanTian, emphasize on developing and transmiting Qi to whole their body.
Last edited by SHemmati; 10-29-2013 at 01:42 PM.
no, it's absolutely wrong and stupid of course to chamber the hands and sides! as i've learned it, except when i've grabbed the opponent's limb in hand, i don't drag it backward to the side, but keep my forearm and hand in front, before the DanTian, and guard the body and my other arm.
however, Shaolin school teaches you to grab the opponent's body whenever it's possible before hitting them, if so, then that grabbing hand can grab and drag the opponent's limb back to your side, while the beating arm rushes forward, this makes a destructive force.
Last edited by SHemmati; 10-29-2013 at 02:19 PM.