origami_itto wrote:Kong Bao Long wrote: I don't do Taijiquan, but
but you will speak on the subject as if you are an authority.
Words reveal the truth and depth of our own understanding, nothing more.
I speak with "some" authority on a "few" subjects.
Example: I can speak on Prowess, having experienced it and shown it. I can say with no exaggeration I have (over the 29 yrs of doing and teaching Hubei Xingyiquan) taken the art and subjected it to other styles for prolong periods. " that's 29 yrs of "show me the proof" and when in doubt "we fight the question out" Teaching Xingyiquan out of the same YMCA as a disciple of Yang Zhenduo, I observed over time, the Quan being practiced. I can think of a few disciples of Chen Fu that never lacked in the martial dept... practicing that very same quan.
I delved into the history of Yang Style with skeptical eyes. I came away with the opinion many claimed to practice Old Yang Style for the sake of machismo, believing YCF, HAO or Wu styles to be mere shells of there former selves do to their culture ambassadorship, That notion is something I think is nonsense... and I have to admit sometimes I grin pointing out the lack of evidence of any "OLD Yang Style, or Original Yang Lu Chan style to people who believe what they are practicing to be the real deal.
Just about every Martial art has some form of cultural ambassadorship going on. It's the Instructor and practioner that make the art what it is...