C.J.W. wrote:I see that a lot with Taiji practitioners whose interest in "fajin" mainly involves being able to generate "long-jin" to push and launch people into the air.
As for "short-jin" that can cause internal damage, I believe many TCMAists are still under the false impression that they will automatically be able to fight and become deadly if they acquire it. The truth is that fajin is just one of the many attributes required to become an effective CMA fighter. Having fajin skill alone will not help you a bit in a fight if you do not have good footwork, timing, reflexes, and entry that allow you to make contact with the opponent's body. Without contact, fajin is pretty much useless.
Without contact, fajin is pretty much useless
GrandUltimate wrote:I think one issue is that a lot of people who are not interested in fighting still like to say they train/teach a martial/fighting art.
Steve James wrote:Emphasis on it, like emphasis on the dantien or qi or form, is just something that people do.
Are you saying that people are truly interested in fighting but they just don't want to admit it?
johnwang wrote:GrandUltimate wrote:I think one issue is that a lot of people who are not interested in fighting still like to say they train/teach a martial/fighting art.
It doesn't make any sense that you are interested in:
- women but you don't want to touch any women.
- "CMA application" but you don't want to "apply CMA application".
northern_mantis wrote:These days it makes more sense for people to do some kind of pseudo martial art. For most people who will never encounter serious violence (this is certainly the case in my part of the world) it would be counter productive to get involved with fighting. Just playing at being warriors seems like a perfectly reasonable activity to add to any well being regime.
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