johnwang wrote:Does IMA = Taiji to you? What if there is difference between XingYi attitude and Taiji attitude?
Interloper wrote:Bao,
IMO, one of the first things a good IMA student has to be able to do, is to put aside any past training and martial arts experience, as they will get in the way of the necessary processes for developing the "internal" method. It's a completely different and separate practice, using the body in a very different way, so it has to be given its own space.
johnwang wrote:Does IMA = Taiji to you? What if there is difference between XingYi attitude and Taiji attitude?
Bao wrote:The question was mostly for learning and being a student. Here I see no difference. But in general, there are sure differences. XY has a very different mind-set. XY practice is very rewarding, but I stopped practicing it when I understood that I just turned it into Tai Chi. I think most people who practice both of them tend to turn one of them into the other. I can not separate them properly.
Bao wrote:Interloper wrote:Bao,
IMO, one of the first things a good IMA student has to be able to do, is to put aside any past training and martial arts experience, as they will get in the way of the necessary processes for developing the "internal" method. It's a completely different and separate practice, using the body in a very different way, so it has to be given its own space.
I agree for most of it and well... I am not sure that it’s always a completely separate practice. But that’s for another discussion. Thank you.
Peacedog wrote:Mainly because the ones who don't just stick around, but continue to practice on their own and really improve are so rare.
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