johnwang wrote:Steve James wrote:If you can't do something, you can't say you understand it; ...
Agree with you 100% there. If someone says that he can do empty force, he should put up a clip to prove it.
I have said that I like to coordinate my hand with my foot. When my foot stop, my hand stop (not keep moving). Here is a clip to prove it.
Is it about them or it, not everyone is at the same level of the some of the more public masters...Why do many post clips of pro fighters commenting on what they do and not of themselves. Even posting clips of masters who demo, with commentary in chinese explaining it, some have problems with the concept of it
As to my self I am known in the community i move in. Acknowledged for my own small skill in something that I am still very much working on. I've been invited to give and help with others events in the Chinese community demoing this aspect. Among the Chinese teachers there many of them either know me or of me...nothing to prove or disprove here.
I've always said and maintain whether touched or not the process by which it works in s the same. Most feel this aspect at first touch.. I try to coordinate my
- left downward parry, right comb hair with my right foot landing.
- left arm wrap, right head lock with my left foot landing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfR-yJL ... e=youtu.be
showing things that are not in question and can be understood by those trying it out...not exactly the same with other demos shown in the clips of masters posted were the how, why or what is not clear.
Are there many people who can not do what they say,,,sure in all fields this is true...
One of my classmates in Beijing makes a practice of visiting masters trying their hand to see if what they say is true or not.
In the bay area he had attracted a following. An article that some one did on him in the US
http://www.kungfuchampionship.com/sanfr ... OSHUN.htmlfunny he sounds just like you regarding our teacher
Here is Zhao’s secret, in his own words: I didn’t copy my teacher. I stole his ideas. As a painter, this remark really struck a chord. Picasso said it too. Good artists copy …. great artists steal.
At a local push hands park, he threw some one down
Saying in Chinese " who is your teacher, your teacher didn't teach you shit"
for those understanding what he said it made them laugh, for the one thrown down
it pissed him off...
He is in Beijing at this time and would welcome anyone wanting to train under him or find out more about his art.
The aspect of kong jin, is only one aspect that is part of a much larger process that tends to illicit the most comments and is often taken out of context in some of the demos presented. Just as push hands is often used to demo taiji, so much so, that some conflate push hands with how taiji would and could be used but never seems to be. In public.... An interesting point about what is called kong jin, is the why or how would it have come about about remembering that touched or not the how it works is the same.
At what point was this reaction noted and why would some find it useful. In another thread about timing, touches on some of the answers.
OODA loop. a good starting point for understanding the process...
The recent challenge and loss in China with the mma guy and CMA guys, a wake up call....good for the CMA arts
good to help people make a distinction.. about what, why and how they are learning something.