Originally Posted by
Yao Sing
That's a funny thing I see in CMA where anything less than full blast is a negative thing. Everone tries to be hard core, all yang.
The thing is that to override your current reflexes and build in the new pattern you have to start slow and work up from there. Even when learning a new drill I've seen guys constantly pushing way before they even have the movement down correctly.
What happens is your natural reflex kicks in and you have no control over what you do which is why peeps complain about not being able to use the moves. They think they just have to seeit, try it a couple of times and it's there under pressure. Sorry, doesn't work that way. That's Matrix mentality.
Of course, here in the US we want everything instant so go figure.
starting slow is fine and good, but you don't have to do forms and drills for 4 years before you have the motor skill down well enough to apply in in sparring / fighting. In the meantime, you just lost 4 years of time. too much yin?
balance it out. start slow, then work it into a drill. active drilling, where they are getting instant feedback because it's not really a cooperative drill. I could take ANY brand new student and teach them to use basic kicks, punches and throws in sparring in three months. You don't need years. that's how long it takes to refine, sure, but not how long is takes to become usable.
I hate the whole "instant results" argument people use about the US - train boxing, thai boxing, judo, wrestling, etc. in the US, russia, germany or denmark and it will be taught in a similar way.
Last edited by SevenStar; 08-31-2006 at 08:40 AM.
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