Barlow Xingyi and a question

[GrahamB]

Paul,

You're right. I'll delete my posts too, since my request to have the thread removed has obviously fallen on deaf ears.

[alexsuffolk]

Quote from Pandrews - 'Alex - your post was a thinly veilled attack on the validity of my skill and knowledge, don't act like it wasn't. Come on, you started your statement with "there are a number of errors" how would you react if I said your statement or your art is in fact chock full of crap without first asking for an explanation? People here are aware of your relatively high profile due to your publications and reputation whether or not that is valid I don't know as I don't know you but you turn up and say "hey that's a load of shit, you don't know anything" and there are others around here who will automatically think I know Alex he's supposed to be good hey he has a few books so he must be good and this guy I dn't know so Alex must know what he's talking about and this guy's shit must be fake'.

1. I have no idea who you (have never even heard of you) are or what skill you have, but your rudeness is a big, big shame. I have spoken directly and politely, no hidden agenda, leading to.......

2. Yes i see error as i said, in that your understanding , and Grahams Xingyi, is not the art i have ever seen from my teacher or from years of research in China.

3. My skill is very poor, my books are read by only a handful of people, and my reputation extneds no further than the futon i am sitting on. You are welcome to insult me any way you like, but please do not insult the art or my teacher.

4. If you dont want to discuss your teacher and his unique branch of Xingyiquan its fine.



i really wish you well Pandrews,keep cool because these are all just words on a screen....

Alex

[yusuf]

3. My skill is very poor, my books are read by only a handful of people, and my reputation extneds no further than the futon i am sitting on. You are welcome to insult me any way you like, but please do not insult the art or my teacher.

..actually Alex has a very good level of skill, has trained with several notable people, can demonstrate what he talks about, and his words are worth listening too because the intent is one to help and elevate the general level of IMA in this country.... even if his way of hinting is as as subtle as his pick up technique when there are groups of hot Japanese women around

[GrahamB]

Ah, I see we've reached that classic "I fear for the art" moment...

Beautiful.

Anyway, this thread is much too serious. Here's the most genuine LOL moment I've had all day. It needs sound turned on to watch, but it had me rolling around on the floor laughing

Thus Spake Zarathustra, the music to the title sequence of Stanley Kubrick's "A Space Odyessey" as played by a local school orchestra.



Now watch it again - it gets funnier on every listen!

[middleway]

hahaaha .... i think thats the music Jose hears when he is watching your Xing Yi.

only playin.

[GrahamB]

hahaaha .... i think thats the music Jose hears when he is watching your Xing Yi.

only playin.

Nah, the music in Jose's head is more like this:

[mrtoes]

Thus Spake Zarathustra, the music to the title sequence of Stanley Kubrick's "A Space Odyessey" as played by a local school orchestra.

Actually I think that's the Portsmouth Sinfonia.

Here's another one!



Matthew.

[GrahamB]

Thus Spake Zarathustra, the music to the title sequence of Stanley Kubrick's "A Space Odyessey" as played by a local school orchestra.

Actually I think that's the Portsmouth Sinfonia.

Matthew.

Nooooo! Don't ruin it!

[Josealb]

Hey huh...Chris...Your shit is fake and your teacher is just a kempo guy who got punked in china and learned from the wrong books.

Are you gonna delete all your posts too?

[middleway]

i dont have time to delete all my posts right now ... i am crying too much...

[Ian]

Alex - your post was a thinly veilled attack on the validity of my skill and knowledge, don't act like it wasn't. Come on, you started your statement with "there are a number of errors" how would you react if I said your statement or your art is in fact chock full of crap without first asking for an explanation? People here are aware of your relatively high profile due to your publications and reputation whether or not that is valid I don't know as I don't know you but you turn up and say "hey that's a load of shit, you don't know anything" and there are others around here who will automatically think I know Alex he's supposed to be good hey he has a few books so he must be good and this guy I dn't know so Alex must know what he's talking about and this guy's shit must be fake.

please DO NOT take it as a personal questioning of your skill as we dont know eachother ,and as i do not have a school it is not about 'i know more than you'

[Pandrews1982]

Maybe I was rash to delete my posts, I reget deleting all of them now and sadly I didn't save copies. I've tried to answer Alex's questions via PM and copied in most of the contributers to the thread.

As for the bit of heated discussion with Alex, without my original posts the context might be further misconstrued. But further to add, I have no arguement with Alex over his skill or art or teachers, I would be and am willing and have always been willing to listen to any constructive info he or anyone else may pass on (so far he's not given any of his own views on the original subject just dismissed mine). Hopefully he'll accept my PM as a hand of friendship to end any further arguement and maybe see where I am coming from.

Contrary to what you may think I believe that all the variations and styles and branches of xing yi, shanxi xing yi, dai xinyi, XYLH etc all have the same basis and though they may have evolved into very different forms over the years you shouldn't out and out dismiss the others as erroneous just becase it doesn't fit into the same box as what you've been exposed to.

[Wanderingdragon]

I'm sorry, but this must be said, and I'm sure it will fall on deaf ears , but an avalanche is scattered energy.