dspyrido wrote:Tom wrote:I wasn't particularly interested in the lin kong jin, but I like grappling, because I can sense certain things about the person I'm working with.
This and many other threads are all about LKJ with WW being the most emphatic supporter of them. Ww has signed off more than once with - come to China you & need to feel it.
So you did.
You get half way around the world, meet with the master and decide the that it is not particularly interesting?
For the record, I may have said you need to feel it .
I cannot recall ever saying go to China or finding any particular teacher to do so, "exception": if a teacher advertises and
invites others to try their work I may suggest those looking for it to contact them.
I have said whether touched or not the process by which it works is the same.
Tom, did feel this.
Others from RSF have stopped by over the yrs,, I've always asked them to respect zhang, shifus privacy
they have. Most of them no longer post here.
The LKJ is part of this work but not directly, the process of how it works is something I've spent awhile studying and doing my own inquires into for a while.
My own history is from other CMA arts and taiji styles that I've practiced with for some time,,I do have both perspectives from which to draw from and can understand many of the questions asked here but not really what seems to be the closed mindedness that most have concerning this that they dont have on other things that this is based on...
zhang, shifu, has had many long term CMA artiest that stayed long term after feeling something quite different.
Some leave after having stayed for a while 5 or more yrs understanding that they can't get it..or feeling he wasn't teaching them enough
really not the case...He is just "old school" and did not explain things much. It was all doing, not much talking...
There is two parts to the process, one is gaining the skill, the other is learning how to use it...Its not the same
some teachers/ students, having some skill feel they know how to use it, try publicly..In most cases a bad mistake doesn't end well.
The many clips brought here are all all things I've either felt or can do at my level, just try to offer
a different perspective. Yes I do agree some of the demos look cheesy, but one should remember in most cases its done in China,
for a Chinese audience. If one teacher shows something the others tend to show the same things.
They are all "demos" its a small aspect of a much lager process at work..many teachers use this aspect to demo a concept.
FWIW at 94 he no longer teaches actively, and doesn't make it to the park so often these days.
Its really only very recently have I mentioned him or his work directly..he is known in Beijing , by many there.
They respecting his privacy never mentioned him publicly.
https://journeytoemptiness.com/2017/01/ ... yongliang/