johnwang wrote:Ron Panunto wrote:John, are you a professional martial artist, or do you have a day job?
I don't have job for the past 13 years. CMA was my full time job for the past 13 years. I can get all my health benefit from my running, bicycling, swimming, and weight training. I did Marathon, triathlon, iron men training for "health".
Ron Panunto wrote:So maybe that's one of our differences. I have a full-time day job that leaves me little time for practice. What practice time I do have is primarily for strength training, aerobics and Taiji form practice. Too damned old to duke it out anymore.
johnwang wrote:Fighting can be in different levels.
1. battle field.
2. street.
3. tournament.
4. unfriendly challenge.
5. friendly challenge.
6. spar/wrestle.
Ron Panunto wrote:johnwang wrote:Ron Panunto wrote:John, are you a professional martial artist, or do you have a day job?
I don't have job for the past 13 years. CMA was my full time job for the past 13 years. I can get all my health benefit from my running, bicycling, swimming, and weight training. I did Marathon, triathlon, iron men training for "health".
So maybe that's one of our differences. I have a full-time day job that leaves me little time for practice. What practice time I do have is primarily for strength training, aerobics and Taiji form practice. Too damned old to duke it out anymore.
taiwandeutscher wrote:
Using MA in any public circumstances has become illegal in Taiwan, so Master J. Wang, you better do your fighting in the US of A, lol!
johnwang wrote: Just 3 months ago, I wrestled 2 wrestlers in the park.
Franklin wrote:taiwandeutscher wrote:
Using MA in any public circumstances has become illegal in Taiwan, so Master J. Wang, you better do your fighting in the US of A, lol!
its illegal in taiwan to use martial arts in public..
does that mean illegal to fight in a general sense?
or illegal if they find that you used martial arts in a fight?
public/private?
wondering what the actual law is here...
MaartenSFS wrote:Over the years in China I've met and learned from many teachers, some of them masters of traditional arts, both short and long term. Some only for a few sessions. In most cases they imparted some sort of wisdom on me. The Youku video in the post about Che style Xingyiquan got me thinking about my three months of intensive study with a Xingyiquan master last year
He had great power to be sure. He looked like Yoda and was about the same height. His Gongli was quite incredible. He was over seventy years old, but still going strong. But he wasn't a fighter. Rather, over time, I came to find out that he was a really fucking stubbourn form fanatic. Still, he grinded Wuxingquan for God knows how many years and his master before him was a master.
So, I grinded mostly Piquan for three months for four hours per day, most days. I ended up quiting because he wouldn't let me work on my own things and there were very few people to spar with in that park, but it really solidified my footwork and increased the power of my other techniques. I also learned some cool Gongfa exercises.
In conclusion I think that it's very important to learn from a master that can fight and either regularly spars with you or has you spar with his other students regularly. You should study with this master long term and try to absorb as much of his hands-on knowledge as possible. After you can already fight, if you meet other masters that have skills you want it is definitely worth it to learn a thing or two from them. Gongfu should not be learned in a vacuum. It never was in the past either. Ancient fighters learned from whoever they could, even their opponents! We should do the same. Train hard!
taiwandeutscher wrote:In any conflict, private or public, if you use MA skills, you can be sued and tried for "using weaponry on body", rather expensive (1,5 - 2 mil for a few strikes or kicks).
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