isn't there a character for the word control?
or is it "symbolic"..you know, putting the fire sign upside down to show that you control the fire...or something like that?
isn't there a character for the word control?
or is it "symbolic"..you know, putting the fire sign upside down to show that you control the fire...or something like that?
couldn't a bucket and some water be a better way?
Hung Sing Boyz, we gottit on lock down
when he's around quick to ground and pound a clown
Bruh we thought you knew better
when it comes to head huntin, ain't no one can do it better
soo...no one?
reference? who does that represent control for? is it something you see on road signs or is it a philisophical thing or some sort of cultural reference?
For whoso comes amongst many shall one day find that no one man is by so far the mightiest of all.
at my school (wah lum) there is an altar with the fire sign shown upside down
http://images.google.com/url?source=...RC5DcNXnEqEe0w
ahhhh, i see what you mean now. hmm, dunno
For whoso comes amongst many shall one day find that no one man is by so far the mightiest of all.
did somebody said fire.
here comes the dragon to hose the fire off and save a dude.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emXw0...eature=related
I believe it means self-control, self-discipline, patience, as fire is just the opposite, a person being "fiery."
"My Gung-Fu may not be Your Gung-Fu.
Gwok-Si, Gwok-Faht"
"I will not be part of the generation
that killed Kung-Fu."
....step.
It is probably something as simple as the original artist was dyslexic or perhaps when he gave the calligraphy to someone they were illiterate and accidentally turned it upside down!
probably something along the lines of inverting the american flag as a signal of distress... fire is all consuming and difficult to control if it rages, so naturally inverting this concept and you will have controlled(contained) it.
Um, I've not seen that, guan is one word for control, but it isn't that character. There are undoubtedly lots more words for it, but flipping it upside down? I've not seen that. Maybe a native speaker will come on and help.
It is important to remember that esoteric practices will apply symbols in their own rite and according to their own cosmology.
IE: upside down fire ideogram or symbol may mean one thing in your reckoning and may be 1000x removed from that meaning somewhere else.
If you are talking about symbology specific to the art you are studying or to your school, then it is best to ask your teacher who put the symbols there in the first place.
With Chinese martial arts, there is not a whole lot of global crossover in areas like this.
Oh sure, we have altars, we have lion dance, we have kuen/sets, we have methods and so on, But you're pretty much guaranteed that beyond the most basic concepts, each and every school is quite different both in curriculum and in cosmology concerning meaning applied to symbols.
Kung Fu is good for you.
page 26 from the Wah Lum Members Handbook:
What does the upside-down "fire" sign in the middle of the altar mean?
Control, patience, cool.
I am still a student practicing - Wang Jie Long
"Don`t Taze Me Bro"