Rabbit wrote:Is this the Segawa that taught Dan and Roy?
THE AIKI SINGULARITY deconstructs and reassembles the hidden energy that unites all internal martial arts training, and teaches radically simple experiential methods for understanding and maximizing the universal power.
snafu wrote:So, the big question on my mind is, what are Scott Meredith's connections to Sagawa? There are strong claims made about Sagawa and the relationship of his work to Chinese martial arts made in the summary that is available on Amazon.
If Scott Meredith is making these leaps based on what is only the second-hand information we all have, we have strong reasons to believe that information is suspect and incomplete based on Sagawa's own statements about his secretiveness and not teaching people in his own dojo. So, what is to convince us that this book can prove the connection between Sagawa's work and CMA?
If anyone has purchased the book, does it answer these questions?
All I've got to go on is what he's posted in his blog posts here: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/s ... clnk&gl=us
The blog post doesn't shed much light on the connection and seems to be adapting an existing teaching framework for tai chi to superficial descriptions of Sagawa exercises.
I remain skeptical.
windwalker wrote:THE AIKI SINGULARITY deconstructs and reassembles the hidden energy that unites all internal martial arts training, and teaches radically simple experiential methods for understanding and maximizing the universal power.
Has he achieved what he writes about?
If so who acknowledges this?
ctjla wrote:windwalker wrote:THE AIKI SINGULARITY deconstructs and reassembles the hidden energy that unites all internal martial arts training, and teaches radically simple experiential methods for understanding and maximizing the universal power.
Has he achieved what he writes about?
If so who acknowledges this?
Not that this will have any value whatsoever, but I've trained with Scott along with most notables in the Chen family (people like Chen XIaowang before he got famous, Chen Bing, Chen Xiaowang's top military student (not giving his name here), Chen Zhenglei, Zhu Tiancai, etc.). Went to Beijing, blah, blah. Also some very in depth Wu style.
Scott has something different. Can he display what he writes about? Yes. Will you like it or think it has value? He addresses that question in the introduction of most of his books.
Do I still train with Scott? If he shows up in the area, I'll go. Not following his curriculum or anything though. No student endorsements here.
ctjla wrote:windwalker wrote:THE AIKI SINGULARITY deconstructs and reassembles the hidden energy that unites all internal martial arts training, and teaches radically simple experiential methods for understanding and maximizing the universal power.
Has he achieved what he writes about?
If so who acknowledges this?
Not that this will have any value whatsoever, but I've trained with Scott along with most notables in the Chen family (people like Chen XIaowang before he got famous, Chen Bing, Chen Xiaowang's top military student (not giving his name here), Chen Zhenglei, Zhu Tiancai, etc.). Went to Beijing, blah, blah. Also some very in depth Wu style.
Scott has something different. Can he display what he writes about? Yes. Will you like it or think it has value? He addresses that question in the introduction of most of his books.
Do I still train with Scott? If he shows up in the area, I'll go. Not following his curriculum or anything though. No student endorsements here.
Scott Meredith wrote:Of course, the ultimate vehicle for developing the energy of the Cat Step (which I call the ‘Cat Step Surge’) is still the full 37-movement sequence of Zheng Manqing Tai Chi.
But you'll be amazed to learn that you can fully achieve the internal energetic benefits of the Cat Step Protocol via the Sagawa shiko alone. (Other benefits of ZMQ37 would of course remain unavailable within the narrow scope of the Sagawa shiko exercise). I view this as an incredible breakthrough for internal martial arts training that I want to share as widely as possible.
snafu wrote:But given the hyperbolic nature of the writing of his I have seen...........
Tom wrote:Sagawa Yukiyoshi was a long-time student of Takeda Sokaku, the founder of Daito Ryu aikijujutsu. In terms of skill, Sagawa was probably at least on a par with Ueshiba Morihei. Sagawa maintained a small private dojo, very difficult to gain entry to as a student. He taught primarily because he needed bodies to continue his own shugyo and skill development, not so much because he wanted to teach or because he needed the money.
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