wayne hansen wrote:Why is everybody blaming a teacher they don’t know
I studied with two of his teachers in the mid '90's in their home and do know them. One of them was my first Chen teacher.
wayne hansen wrote:Why is everybody blaming a teacher they don’t know
Quigga wrote:Why is it so hard to teach?
First you need to be a decent person to begin with. That will mean wildly different things for many different people. Staying out of trouble and being respectful of others are good signs imo. Not holding extremist views, nor judging people in a shallow way.
There are many good baseball, basketball and singing coaches. The outcome of correct teaching is easy to observe. You get good at your sport. Hit the ball harder or score points easier or play your position better. In singing, your voice sounds better according to the genre and style you're learning. Or it sounds closer to someone you want to imitate. You have better control.
So what is the goal of one's training?
1) get better at fighting - competitions, types of sparring, 'on the streets cliche', bouncing / security, military drills that result in better weapon handling and mobility
2) increased health and well being - feeling more vital and clear headed, balanced emotions, healing from trauma, getting sick less often, helping with lifestyle changes aka abstaining from drugs, feeling more ready to take on life and it's challenges, sense of ease and not constant struggle, increase in love and building healthy relationships that pour back into you, increased stability
3) get more wisdom - what's the place of a single human on this Earth, reflecting one's attitude and stance on all things, cultivation of humility respect and love, being able to discern right from wrong action, get insight into why the world and the existence on it is the way it is, continuously growing as a person, reducing personal biases to best of one's ability, how to live a peaceful prosperous life without getting into mischief
4) esoteric / psychic abilities - knowledge about their wise and proper usage so as not to harm yourself and others, satisfying one's curiosity, discerning the reasons why one would certain skills in the first place
5) being better equipped for one's own journey of growth and personal development in all aspects
So if you want to know if you have a good teacher, you need some kind of metrics to measure your progress. Else you might end up chasing dragons and wasting a lot of time and effort. Not in a way that your Kung Fu will suck, but just in general.
charles wrote:The SRE are too simple and people without the practical knowledge of moving their abdomen have added in all sorts of junk.
I agree that lots of people have added all sorts of irrelevant junk. I don't agree that "silk reeling exercises" are too simple. If they are, one is doing them wrong. They are an encyclopedia of how the body is used in Chen Taijiquan, just as forms are.
Appledog wrote:My teacher taught me one of the moves from Hunyuan qigong...he gave me a type of intention to think of during the exercise, breathe in through this point, fire shoots out from that point, etc. -- So, two weeks later I ask him a question about the move and he says I am doing it completely wrong and teaches me another way. he said he never taught me the first way.
Appledog wrote:My problem is easy enough to understand, I don't think it is my teachers, it is just me. My teacher told me, 'you must do this movement 10,000 times before you will understand it' so, that has been my goal. The problem is I only did it 5,000 times. Sure, I got some results, but looking back I surely cannot blame anyone but myself. I am sure I will feel better in another six months of training.
As a learner I am always interested in learning new stuff....F
The one fear, perhaps irrational fear I have, is that I am doing one little thing wrong which will spoil everything. ....
So what is the goal of one's training?
1) get better at fighting - competitions, types of sparring, 'on the streets cliche', bouncing / security, military drills that result in better weapon handling and mobility
2) increased health and well being - feeling more vital and clear headed, balanced emotions, healing from trauma, getting sick less often, helping with lifestyle changes aka abstaining from drugs, feeling more ready to take on life and it's challenges, sense of ease and not constant struggle, increase in love and building healthy relationships that pour back into you, increased stability
3) get more wisdom - what's the place of a single human on this Earth, reflecting one's attitude and stance on all things, cultivation of humility respect and love, being able to discern right from wrong action, get insight into why the world and the existence on it is the way it is, continuously growing as a person, reducing personal biases to best of one's ability, how to live a peaceful prosperous life without getting into mischief
4) esoteric / psychic abilities - knowledge about their wise and proper usage so as not to harm yourself and others, satisfying one's curiosity, discerning the reasons why one would certain skills in the first place
5) being better equipped for one's own journey of growth and personal development in all aspects
So if you want to know if you have a good teacher, you need some kind of metrics to measure your progress. Else you might end up chasing dragons and wasting a lot of time and effort. Not in a way that your Kung Fu will suck, but just in general.
Quigga wrote:...only knowing what you can practice in a single day seems pretty stupid to me. I don't have to practice everything in a single day.
Quigga wrote:Also, Charles, not being careful about your teacher's morals is very bad advice. Leaves you open to all sorts of exploitation and abuse.
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