For the first 4 years, my training mostly focused on Ji Ben Gong (foundation skills) which included kicks, body stretching, splits, handstands and somersaults as well as basic Shaolin training including Shaolin Fist, Shaolin Sabre and Staff etc. My grandfather used to say ‘Children need to get a good foundation in their legs and waist because these skills are difficult to train when you get older.’
When I went to secondary school, my grandfather would ask us to practice Xing Yi Quan which involved daily Zhan Zhuang (pole standing) and Wu Xing Quan (Five Element Fist). This training was repetitive and intensive. We would practice the same movements over and over for more than 20 or 30 repetitions. Grandfather said, ‘The simpler the movement, the more advanced skills can be developed’.
Bao wrote:I've read most of them. The one with Li Deyin is interesting. It says a lot about old school teaching.For the first 4 years, my training mostly focused on Ji Ben Gong (foundation skills) which included kicks, body stretching, splits, handstands and somersaults as well as basic Shaolin training including Shaolin Fist, Shaolin Sabre and Staff etc. My grandfather used to say ‘Children need to get a good foundation in their legs and waist because these skills are difficult to train when you get older.’
When I went to secondary school, my grandfather would ask us to practice Xing Yi Quan which involved daily Zhan Zhuang (pole standing) and Wu Xing Quan (Five Element Fist). This training was repetitive and intensive. We would practice the same movements over and over for more than 20 or 30 repetitions. Grandfather said, ‘The simpler the movement, the more advanced skills can be developed’.
Bao wrote:I've read most of them. The one with Li Deyin is interesting. It says a lot about old school teaching.For the first 4 years, my training mostly focused on Ji Ben Gong (foundation skills) which included kicks, body stretching, splits, handstands and somersaults as well as basic Shaolin training including Shaolin Fist, Shaolin Sabre and Staff etc. My grandfather used to say ‘Children need to get a good foundation in their legs and waist because these skills are difficult to train when you get older.’
When I went to secondary school, my grandfather would ask us to practice Xing Yi Quan which involved daily Zhan Zhuang (pole standing) and Wu Xing Quan (Five Element Fist). This training was repetitive and intensive. We would practice the same movements over and over for more than 20 or 30 repetitions. Grandfather said, ‘The simpler the movement, the more advanced skills can be developed’.
Gus Mueller wrote:Sorry, real world alert. Twenty or thirty repetitions is not even a warm up in Xingyi. What I'm hearing from this is that old school teaching was super easy.
Gus Mueller wrote: I started training Xingyi at that age
Bao wrote:Gus Mueller wrote: I started training Xingyi at that age
So how many hours did you practice every day when you were what age? 7,8,9? ..In the real world I mean.
Gus Mueller wrote:Bao wrote:Gus Mueller wrote: I started training Xingyi at that age
So how many hours did you practice every day when you were what age? 7,8,9? ..In the real world I mean.
Okay I'll play along with your game of being deliberately obtuse.
You said "secondary school", which is clearly double digit in terms of the student's age. I'm not Doogie Howser.
You present "20 or 30 repetitions" as "old school teaching".
In Xingyi, 30 repetitions is about 3 minutes, maybe 10 for some of the longer animal forms. I'm not making an extraordinary claim. WTF is wrong with you dude?
When I went to secondary school, my grandfather would ask us to practice Xing Yi Quan which involved daily Zhan Zhuang (pole standing) and Wu Xing Quan (Five Element Fist). This training was repetitive and intensive. We would practice the same movements over and over for more than 20 or 30 repetitions.
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I started formal Taijiquan training before moving to High School. Although I had already learned the pattern of the form, I had to start again from Open Stance in front of my grandfather.
In the United States, the term 'secondary school' can refer to several types of schools. The first type is a traditional, comprehensive high school, comprising grades 9–12. Another type is alternative schools, including continuation schools, which serve those same grades. In some jurisdictions, 'secondary school' may refer to an institution that houses grades 7–12. The term 'secondary school' also categorically includes both middle school and high school. This page lists many secondary schools in the United States.
edededed wrote:Perhaps something got lost in translation here? Maybe he meant 20-30 lines across a field.
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