Patrick wrote:I think the fascia get way to much credit in IMA.
+1
... But it gives a certain idea about the body is connected physiologically. Understanding might help. Might.
Patrick wrote:I think the fascia get way to much credit in IMA.
Hi Steve, I too am interested in the muscle tendon channels. In the beginning of the video you say "the person you think discovered this", this basic idea is documented in a Chinese book called the Ling Shu that is 2000 years old. In the Ling Shu there is a chapter entitled Jing Jin and that basically translates as muscle/tendon channel. The jing jin are groups of muscles and connective tissue that follow the pattern of the regular meridians. I think Tom Myers just repackaged this for westerners.
(notice there is little 'cross body' going on):
Every time you go for a walk or a run you are using the cross body, so i am not sure why we would consider it strange to look into and develop. It maps onto so many martial movements.
GrahamB wrote:For example, if there are no muscle tendon channels that go 'across' the body (say, from opposite hand to foot), it's pretty difficult to develop them...
But are you? Or is one side of the body opening while the other closes what is actually happening? It might seem inconsequential how you label things, but when you're dealing with developing connections that are gossamer thin initially, into something more real and tangible, where you direct your efforts is pretty important. For example, if there are no muscle tendon channels that go 'across' the body (say, from opposite hand to foot), it's pretty difficult to develop them...
Hey Chris,
I use "Muscle tendon Channel" because it's a translation from the Chinese (as stated above) for their name, but I personally think of them as 'lines of strength', rather than worry what they're made up of (presumably all sorts of bits and bobs). I'm not entirely sure what being pushed on your right shoulder and feeling something in your left hip actually proves, if anything. I'm sure I would also feel something in my right hip, or pretty much anywhere I put my awareness since the whole body is a unit.
When I think of opening one side of the body and closing the other, along the muscle tendon channels then this image comes to mind:
I think the theory is that the muscle tendon channels were the original basis of all these arts - healing, dance, yoga, martial art - and the 'way of moving' using the dantien as the central point from which to manipulate them. Mainly these days we have left over bits and pieces that point to the ancient origins.
Yes, that's why I posted it - it's a stretch on the same side of the body, rather than a cross body stretch - one side open, one side closed.
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