bruce wrote:martial art = combat only. health is a side effect of martial art not the goal of martial art in my opinion.
if you want good health eat good food and run etc ...
Haoran wrote:bruce wrote:martial art = combat only. health is a side effect of martial art not the goal of martial art in my opinion.
if you want good health eat good food and run etc ...
Sorry, I respectfully disagree.
bruce wrote:if you want good health eat good food and run etc ...
Haoran wrote:bruce wrote:martial art = combat only. health is a side effect of martial art not the goal of martial art in my opinion.
if you want good health eat good food and run etc ...
Sorry, I respectfully disagree.
D_Glenn wrote:Haoran wrote:bruce wrote:martial art = combat only. health is a side effect of martial art not the goal of martial art in my opinion.
if you want good health eat good food and run etc ...
Sorry, I respectfully disagree.
+1
As my teacher had said, when he was younger he 'broke down' a lot of schools and he also followed a Yin style tradition of intentionally not accepting the students of the beaten teacher. He said this obviously bred a lot of contempt for himself and basically painted a target on his back. He essentially can't go anywhere without constantly looking over his shoulder as in China it doesn't matter how you are beaten, it only matters that you are lying on the ground and obviously lost, so sneaking up behind someone and hitting them in the back of the head is fair game. Getting a common cold or the flu is a sure way of not being able to defend yourself. In his case walking to the store when sick to get medicine is a possible disaster if he gets jumped that day.
So not getting sick is a key aspect of the practices and more in the manner that the practices are done. In the case of circle walking though you stop getting sick so soon in the practice that you don't have to think about and if you do get sick the teacher knows you aren't practicing.
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Haoran,
It depends on the posture, chuan zhang there is no real twisting but it's also actually a soft posture, the others though have extreme twisting usually the forearm twists one direction, the bicep twists opposite, and the shoulder twists opposite that, the back arm opposite the front.
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