everything wrote:bouncing a tennis ball on your racquet or a football on your foot also does nothing on its own, but if you can't even do that I'm not sure how you can play tennis or football is all i'm saying.
otherwise anyone can just hold a good structure and instantly have peng.
Steve James wrote:Um, I thought it was specifically "It has to be Felt." And, the point was that if any teacher said he had "peng", that he should let you physically put your hands on and feel --particularly the dantien. As I recall, there was little of the feeling that it was a matter of sharing. It was a straight out test, no friendlier than the debates on the discussion boards of the time.
oragami_itto wrote:I haven't actually watched this yet, I just think that according to the name it will be something good to continue arguing about.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDDlzV4rUWg
That is not to be confused with the "Teacher Test", a simple, crude, means of determining if a teacher had "internal" mechanics, rather than just using localized force generated from the arm itself.
Steve James wrote:Actually, I was referring to alt.rec/martial arts
I recall distinctly that it was suggested that anyone who couldn't pass the feeling test was not teaching "real" tcc..
Bhassler wrote:Regardless of the original intent, the main usage of IHTBS/F was to weasel out of a conversation when the self-proclaimed experts found themselves faced with ideas or questions which they were unwilling and/or unable to answer.
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