Darthwing Teorist wrote:Darth Rock&Roll wrote:There was a guy in the city i grew up in. His name was Brian Coxx. He trained RCMP in D Division what he referred to a Combat Tai Chi. Lots of hard hits, step ins, throw downs. he produced a manual and I think it can still be had at the hippy bookstore "prarie sky books" on wolseley. It's a good manual for applied bad ass tai chi.
his tai chi aint the same as your average old lady tai chi.
It was drawn from Yang style.
Can you get me one of those manuals? I will pay you for it when I see you.
Syd wrote:Ya gotta love it when a stranger walks into your house and tells you what name to call YOUR dog!
AllanF wrote:IMHO if the student says they just want the health side of taiji then fine you can still teach them one basic app for each move/transition if only so they understand them meaning of the movement and therefore can concentrate on preforming the movement correctly. If they are doing the movements correctly then the health benefits will manifest themselves faster.
One basic movement will not a fighter make and certainly not someone skilled at taiji, for that they have to understand the subtlties of the art and (though they can gain some understanding through form practice) that only comes from tui shou and free hand stuff, which they can do if they wish. No reason why the martial and health crowd can't train at the same time and take part as they see fit. Over time some of the health only crowd may become curious in the martial side.
zenshiite wrote:I'll tell you what sets off alarm bells for me with this chick... her anti-Qi stance. It's not just that she's anti-Qi, it's that she's coming after it as if it's some sort of moral crusade. She goes to the extent of putting anti-Qi articles by loopy Christians and one from my own co-religionists. I mean, it's just sad. You want a fairly precise term for the mystical dimension of Qi? How about Breath, or Vital Breath? It serves a purpose, and more importantly, cuts directly to the so-called "problem" that people of other religions have made of it. For both Christians and Muslims... I challenge them to find a word in the vernacular of both religions that DOESN'T cannotate the same thing. In Hebrew you've got the words nefesh and ruach meaning soul and spirit, in Arabic you've got nafs and ruh meaning the same. Nafs/nefesh literally indicates the act of breathing. Ruh/Ruach both carry the meaning of "wind." The Greek word pneuma also means "breath" and at the same time "spirit." Having that knowledge alone just wipes away religious objections to qi as a concept and qigong as a practice. Let alone certain acts within a religious context that are themselves, technically, qigongs. For instance, the Qur'an is structured for taking breaths after each verse or a collection of verses. It's a breathing excercise coupled with recitations that inevitably involve the syllables often used in meditative practices. More importantly, I've experienced similar sensations while reciting the Qur'an that I have while doing qigong or bagua without ever having any expectation of that happening.
Plus this whole vibe, that's a usual Eurocentric or Amerocentric point of view, of being a sort of messianic figure for those sad lesser people of non-European descent. She clearly wants to not only save the Chinese from their "erroneous" ways, but also save the rest of the world from being duped by said ways.
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Right. Geronimo, mate. You remind me of some editors...say! What business are you in?
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