Why you don't understand "Internal" yet..

[Sima Rong]

I don't think that is what he meant, there are many ways to do things, if you only think there is one way, you might not know much.

Maybe I was too vague and misleading. Different tools gave different uses.

[YouKnowWho]

I don't think that is what he meant, there are many ways to do things, if you only think there is one way, you might not know much.

If you are a computer programmer, you have to consider all cases, otherwise your program won't work.

There are more than 20 different ways to counter a "head lock". If you don't have solutions for all counters, you are not qualified to use your "head lock".

[MightyB]

IDK...

After reading that Grandmaster Wang Xiang-Zhai (1885-1963) interview...

I think the whole internal/external thing has been so misconstrued as to lose the whole meaning of TCMA.

Sounds like Internal should have been more about spontaneous reaction (move quickly, punch him in the face), and external drilled reaction (if he does this, do that).

That's all gone now. Now we have a lot of forms and Jedi wannabes.

[Robinhood]

Maybe I was too vague and misleading. Different tools gave different uses.

Yes that makes more sense, there are many different tools, but if you only have hammer, then you try to use hammer for everything, not very efficient for many tasks.