View Poll Results: Which of the following did you used to believe?

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  • strength doesn't matter

    6 42.86%

  • big muscles make you slow and/or inflexible

    5 35.71%

  • these old Asian methods of exercise/training are better than newer western methods

    6 42.86%

  • taiji is the deadliest martial art but it takes like 10+ years to be able to fight with it

    4 28.57%

  • block, 10 hit combo

    4 28.57%

  • my instructor is teh deadliez even though I've never seen him spar with anyone

    2 14.29%

  • I hate my own culture and replace it with Asian culture

    2 14.29%

  • iron palm is based on mystical power rather than conditioning and application of physics

    3 21.43%

  • Bruce Lee would win UFC if he competed in his prime

    2 14.29%

  • it's not the style of martial art, it's the martial artist

    10 71.43%
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Thread: Martial arts myths: which have you believed at one point or another?

  1. 03-27-2013, 06:24 PM #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vash View Post
    Would you be willing to post the exercises for these?

    I'm a big fan of 'general' weight training for strength, power, hypertrophy, but skill-specific attribute development has always been over my head.
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  2. 03-27-2013, 07:22 PM #32
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vash View Post
    Would you be willing to post the exercises for these?

    I'm a big fan of 'general' weight training for strength, power, hypertrophy, but skill-specific attribute development has always been over my head.
    http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/3987/polehang2.png

    http://imageshack.us/a/img508/7338/s...adlegtwist.jpg

    I also like these 2:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPKwv_H1yJg

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwSS8FmgJ3c
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  3. 03-27-2013, 08:00 PM #33
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    Quote Originally Posted by YouKnowWho View Post
    http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/3987/polehang2.png

    http://imageshack.us/a/img508/7338/s...adlegtwist.jpg

    I also like these 2:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPKwv_H1yJg

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwSS8FmgJ3c
    I like the first video.

    In bua gua, we also do these drills.

    It is called pushing, turning or grinding mills.

    Tui Mo zuan zhang.

    Pushing mills turning palm.
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  5. 03-28-2013, 05:50 AM #35
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    i went with 1,3 and the last one, learned the hard way all three were wrong lol
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  6. 03-28-2013, 06:37 AM #36
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    Pretty much all of those i believed at one point in time.
    I blame youth and the Shaw brothers !!
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