aka: Bailewen - 白乐文
Me using Baji in a match
Me performing Dabaji and taking silver at a national comp in China (Got gold medals too but no video)
www.xiangwuhui.com
And yet Dave Ross had the technology to film this nonsense. Genius.
In fact those are the only lama videos they have up from that era. HMMM. I wonder why?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5Z8Gpq-RUY
Well in a lot of ways, forms do show many of the major techniques in a system. I see nothing wrong with showing an application from a form and saying, "This is what it represents, but to make it work you need to practice it live with a resisting partner."
If your saying, "The moves are in the form, so I already know them;" well then you deserved to be crapped on; but we all know that's not what he was saying.
Cool. But, consider this. Chain a bunch of the applications you practice together and call it a form. If you practiced the movements of your newly created form then do you not think you would understand what application you were doing?
Now, after you practice your newly created form, hit the mat and get serious about the applications.
Wholla, you are now able to do forms and practice applications realistically.
Applications for realz are spontaneous. No two applications work in two situations. Why hold onto it? There is no reason to do so.
A random situation happens and you need to figure out what to do in that moment. Instead of stringing techniques it is better to have someone attack you somehow and then figure it out.
Last edited by Spiked; 10-25-2013 at 06:18 PM.
Bro, I get what's going on here. I promise you, I'm not dull. What you fail to understand is most of us don't need you as our champion. David is entitled to his opinion. You're also entitled to yours however you come off as a troll so that type of behavior is unwanted. If he is mean to somebody then let them handle it. Who are you to proclaim yourself our hero and champion?
Where do you hear me say not to practice applications in a realistic manner? I have trained hard, fought hard, practiced my applications in a very realistic manner and been tested to the limit of my abilities. No worries here about me being able to use the applications I practice.
Many people that practice TCMA or other traditional martial arts generally speak in a more humble way and are not trying to convince people to train in a way that suits them. Sure, many traditionalists have had their asses handed to them in competition but guess what Einstein, so have people who have only practiced modern MMA.
I know this will be buried in the much as soon as I post it, but....
LOL, exactly
Despite protests to the contrary, we are clearly dealing with a Juvenile here
For the record (and for the sane to consider) I spent 16 years with CTS and there is probably less than 15 MINUTES of film of him... and most of it actually filmed by others from the "Living Treasure" movie, his public demos around the country and several interviews...
Ironically, the footage that IS up my hing-dai, being old kung fu people, debated and anguished over putting up for years... but in retrospect probably correctly but only because it is pearl before swine
If you just go straight to someone attacking you, you will be unable to develop good technique. This is why we drill. Do you think a boxer learns to slip/counter with uppercut, just by jumping in the ring? How long would it take him to get it down? How good would he be at it? How much better would he be if he drilled that application 1000 times while trying to make it work in sparring?
Applications don't work all the time but you can certainly set up the same technique multiple times. Do you think no one has ever ducked under a punch and scored double legs more than once?
Again, like I told the volleyballer, I have never stated people should practice applications in a non realistic way. Forms are just one of many facets of traditional martial arts. If a practitioner is not also testing applications in a realistic manner then they are completely missing the point of learning how to fight. But, guess what, that's also okay. Many people who practice martial arts don't have any interest in fighting. They want to get in shape and practice something neat and fun. Who cares if everybody who goes into a dojo, kwoon, academy, gym...etc., and even understands how to fight. Let it go man...
I am not your hero. YOu are a nobody like me. David finds out something about people whether it is pictures or what not and then he uses it to defame them. I am just dishing out what he clearly cannot handle since he has me on ignore now. I do not care about this forum or about kung fu. Could not care less.