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You Cannot Go To A Western School and Learn Stuff Like That

PostPosted: Sat Apr 21, 2018 10:32 pm
by Strange


heh ;D

Re: You Cannot Go To A Western School and Learn Stuff Like That

PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2018 7:25 pm
by Finny
Yep - I personally love a good dash of racism with my MA training..

Re: You Cannot Go To A Western School and Learn Stuff Like That

PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 1:05 am
by RobP3
Is Australia western? Only Erle Montaigue was teaching stuff like this 20+ years ago

Re: You Cannot Go To A Western School and Learn Stuff Like That

PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 1:51 am
by GrahamB
Image

Re: You Cannot Go To A Western School and Learn Stuff Like That

PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:02 am
by Trick
World Wide Web patched Gi for photo sessions only

Re: You Cannot Go To A Western School and Learn Stuff Like That

PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:51 am
by Giles
GrahamB wrote:What I actually look like: ....


Hey, nothing that some eyeliner won't fix...

Re: You Cannot Go To A Western School and Learn Stuff Like That

PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 12:58 pm
by aamc
I thought Chen Zhonghua lived in Canada...

Re: You Cannot Go To A Western School and Learn Stuff Like That

PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:36 pm
by wayne hansen
RobP3 wrote:Is Australia western? Only Erle Montaigue was teaching stuff like this 20+ years ago


The question should be is England western Erle is English

Re: You Cannot Go To A Western School and Learn Stuff Like That

PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 6:10 pm
by Strange
i took it to mean that a good part of ma is based on intuition, as opposed to logical reasoning.
... but of course, we are all free to make our own misconception and misunderstanding.

Re: You Cannot Go To A Western School and Learn Stuff Like That

PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:43 pm
by Bhassler
Strange wrote:... but of course, we are all free to make our own misconception and misunderstanding.


Nothing like leading by example, eh?

Re: You Cannot Go To A Western School and Learn Stuff Like That

PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:58 pm
by Strange
chinese say you need to close the coffin, to make final judgment
let me know before they close yours and we shall see

you see there's no need to be defensive, if you know your shit's real
so you know, perhaps consciously or subconsciously you know it's really
all crap inside

Re: You Cannot Go To A Western School and Learn Stuff Like That

PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 10:07 pm
by C.J.W.
It's very easy to look at this demo and dismiss it as nothing but qi-hippie-voodoo non-sense, but this sort of "intent" training is actually very crucial in terms of developing the body awareness needed to generate power and stability in IMA.

Re: You Cannot Go To A Western School and Learn Stuff Like That

PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2018 1:47 am
by RobP3
wayne hansen wrote:
RobP3 wrote:Is Australia western? Only Erle Montaigue was teaching stuff like this 20+ years ago


The question should be is England western Erle is English


Nope, he was an Aussie

http://www.taijiworld.com/erle-montaigue.html

Re: You Cannot Go To A Western School and Learn Stuff Like That

PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2018 1:54 am
by RobP3
Strange wrote:i took it to mean that a good part of ma is based on intuition, as opposed to logical reasoning.
... but of course, we are all free to make our own misconception and misunderstanding.


It certainly is. But that is not exclusive to anywhere or anyone

Re: You Cannot Go To A Western School and Learn Stuff Like That

PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2018 2:07 am
by Strange
before anyone misunderstand me, i am not saying that logical reasoning is not important.
i am a commercial officer in a engineering dept, just to you know where i am at
i'se in the deep end of logic all day long
just saying