Richard A. Tolson
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There are two types of Chinese martial artists. Those who can fight and those who should be teaching dance or yoga!
53 years of training, 43 years of teaching and still aiming for perfection!
Recovering Forms Junkie! Even my twelve step program has four roads!
He does. I decided on my own to check around to see what others are doing to see if there was any preferred methods.
Laugh all you want at the shaolin do. At the time it was the best I could find.
Didn't realize that getting wrecked meant quitting in 2 months time but I guess that depends on how you define wrecked. I do train for health before anything else. Can't say I care much for weight lifting though. Resistance band and kettle band training has been working nicely for me. I prefer free weights but I'm usually working out alone. Also been using CoC #1 to improve on my grip which I know isn't much but had to start somewhere. I'm going to keep raising the bar a little higher each week to see what all I can do.
For the legs, I am going to go with the gentle tapping method with the rolling and slowly increase it from there over time.
Thanks for all the responses.
Last edited by Wannabemonk; 03-06-2014 at 11:39 PM.
Don't complain if you die from blood clots.
you want strength? pretty dam good place to start getting it.Can't say I care much for weight lifting though
Originally posted by BawangOriginally posted by Bawangi had an old taichi lady talk smack behind my back. i mean comon man, come on. if it was 200 years ago,, mebbe i wouldve smacked her and took all her monehs.i am manly and strong. do not insult me cracker.
To reply the first two questions of the thread,
(1) Rollerbar method - I heard of it several years ago that its effect is similar to certain skin cosmetics treatment in changing the skin surface. But in MA hard conditioning, its effect is to change the contour of bones. It is used to make sharp bone edge rounder, for example, on the shin bone. I agree with the effect. However, I do not carry out such training as it is too much work for me. I only hit the bones, as hitting is the main method used in hard conditioning.
(2) Sand bucket - I frankly have not heard of it. Again I speculate that it is a strength training exercise (lifting weight). Strengthening our muscles is certainly necessary for hard conditioning.
Regards,
KC
Hong Kong
when you are healthy smack yourself with a stick. when you have concussion from sparring, you cannot have any shocks or impacts, so you roll with the stick instead, and you rub your head against a wall. the two methods are complementary with each other.
iron body is light tapping just like iron palm, it follows daoist sword smithing concepts of tempering.
gentle tapping yourself with stick or rubber hammer is a common exercise for old Chinese people, theres nothing dangerous unless you go full retard
Last edited by bawang; 03-11-2014 at 11:13 AM.
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