by Dai Zhi Qiang on Tue May 13, 2008 6:01 am
Hey Brothers,
Good to see everyone on the new board, I hope it brings all of us luck in whatever ventures we aspire to.
I am still here in Qi Xian/Shanxi, I have 2 more days of training and I will be heading back to NZ.
I hope to get my ass to Australia soon as my wife has never been there (neither has my daughter) and I want to go and check out the bro's stomping grounds (Melbourne).
Training in Dai Xin Yi Quan is not something to be taken lightly, it is a very hard and sometimes tedious journey. Today I had a shit of a day as I was finishing up (definitely not finished) the San Gun (3 Stick) form. The thing was driving me fucking insane as I have no translator here at the moment, I almost throwing the stick up on the roof, haha.
All I can say to anyone wanting to learn Dai Xin Yi Quan is to find the right instructor is very important, the you need persistence and the will to drive yourselves, especially if you do not have a instructor in your area to train with. There are times where you think you are going nowhere or you think you are going backwards in your training, but you need to keep your chin up and maintain focus and staying power.
The most important thing's of all is Shen Fa (Body Method), Bu Fa (Stepping) and Bang Fa (Shoulder Method). If you cannot form some type of foundation in these, then forget about Dai Xin Yi Quan. Because without these 3 gem's what you are practising is a dead art. Every technique in Dai Xin Yi Quan have these as a foundation.
First develop Shen Fa, now how you develop this? practice "dun hou shi" relentlessly, once you have ingrained some of the principles in your posture, then you start the footwork and after footwork you develop (shoulder skill).
Don't be in a rush to learn the forms or movements, they are useless without the foundation.
Got to go, if anyone wants to talk more about this stuff, I am more than happy to help (not that I profess to know much)
Jon. aka Dai Zhi Qiang
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