chenyaolong wrote:Thanks. He is a unique teacher.
Does anybody know the Wu Taiji 13 palms? From what I've seen so far, it kind of feels like how I imagine Mantis started off... a set of simple techniques that through slight variations open up myriad possibilities for application. It's encouraged me to go back to my Mantis and dissect Luan Jie (the "mother" form) more.
nicklinjm wrote:I for one would be very interested in the taiji throwing seminar Jay - could you PM me with details?
Shanghaijay wrote:chenyaolong wrote:Thanks. He is a unique teacher.
Does anybody know the Wu Taiji 13 palms? From what I've seen so far, it kind of feels like how I imagine Mantis started off... a set of simple techniques that through slight variations open up myriad possibilities for application. It's encouraged me to go back to my Mantis and dissect Luan Jie (the "mother" form) more.
If Shen is teaching you 13 palms you are a very lucky man. He usually starts people with the 5 fists training.
As far as I am concerned, you are learning the bomb! He considers it the most advanced and dangerous of the methods to learn real fighting. He likes in better then Xinyi because it is more stable and powerful and in addition to the striking and kicking of Xinyi has the pushing, Qinna and throwing.
Jay
Shanghaijay wrote:Don't be afraid to ask him to repeat it over and over.
He is one of these guys that can see something one or two times and do it perfectly. I understand that Sakias could also to this so he tends to think everyone is that way. I just tell him I am physically challenged so I need to see it again and again. Some people don't have the patience for that. It depends on the individual.
Jay
chenyaolong wrote:"the left arm goes up, the right down, then vice versa".... thats pretty much the first drill he has taught me - in Taiji mantis we have it too, but done with more complex shen fa and more hard power (we call it tiao za - raise and smash). Master Shen's is done much more relaxed and natural, you literally just walk and lift your arm then drop it casually. then you start to do different kind of steps and thats where all the crazy applications come in.
grzegorz wrote:We actually just set up a Shen Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shens-Wu ... tos_stream
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