Some might have us believe the system is so very simple. No bridging, just punch! Contact and redirect, you say? No. Just punch!
To each their own. At least, for the moment, all the name calling seems to have quietened down.
Some might have us believe the system is so very simple. No bridging, just punch! Contact and redirect, you say? No. Just punch!
To each their own. At least, for the moment, all the name calling seems to have quietened down.
No mocking, tongue-in-cheek signature here... move on.
Tan & Bong: They are techniques. Apply them or not but don't get all hung up on them. Use them where needed ... it's not meant to be that hard or technical!
Ron Goninan
China Fuzhou Zhenlan Crane Boxing Australia
White Crane Research Institute Inc
http://www.whitecranegongfu.info
A seeker of the way
As I explained, it is silly to take the analogy literally and try to construct a physical 'bridge' with your opponent. It refers simply to the function of a bridge which is to facilitate crossing to the other side. You don't redirect a bridge, you cross it. It is an open path to be taken; in fighting, an attack line. Physical contact is having crossed the bridge, i.e. hit the target.
Of course physical contact with the opponent's arms will be inevitable in fighting, but we employ tactical footwork and angling to 'cut off' the opponent's line while creating a superior one ourselves. That's the principle of 'lin siu dai da', explained below.
By the way, this is the link I meant to send: http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/foru...&postcount=442
Holy sh!t, that's fncking hilarious! I had copied that to mess with a friend on Facebook and still had the link loaded. I wasn't trying to be an idiot...
This is the link I meant to post: http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/foru...&postcount=442