windwalker wrote:@giles
Kudos for posting your work….
Makes it easier to understand your point of reference.
Some observations….
You back seems to be very stiff,,,
windwalker wrote: One of the central ideas of this is to allow the “Qi” to flow freely leading the movements initiated by intention controlled through the “dantien”
Your movement in many places does not appear to be originating from this point. Not connected isolated….
windwalker wrote:as it was said …ie “maybe it’s silk reeling”
Maybe it's not
Does it matter ?
Michael Babin wrote: Experience always shows and your time as a dancer certainly does [and that’s not meant as a snide insult of any kind either].
Giles wrote:
That's an interesting remark. One the one hand I do indeed have to be careful with my back nowadays due to past wear&tear (although that doesn't mean I can't run, jump, spar, fall, rock'n'roll...). On the other hand my back is, in principle, pretty flexible through all vertebrae.
Because if I don't keep it in this state, it starts to suffer pain. On what basis, i.e. on which videos or moments of videos, do you base your judgement?
Giles wrote:Michael Babin wrote: Experience always shows and your time as a dancer certainly does [and that’s not meant as a snide insult of any kind either].
Thanks, Michael, much appreciated.
Indeed, in our (broad and diverse) IMA circles it can be used as a dire insult: "You, you.... dancer!!" ... And in many cases with justification when critiquing empty, floaty, wavy-handy tai chi with no martial usefulness. Speaking myself as an ex-dancer who is nowadays much more into other stuff.
Michael Babin wrote: I had one student for a while who used to get a laugh out of grabbing the guitarist’s fingers in chin-na type moves and asking them with an evil grin “What are you going to do now!”
windwalker wrote:Not a judgement only an observation through the lens of my own work and experience of those I've practiced with in my teachers group...
windwalker wrote:[q
Not a judgement only an observation through the lens of my own work and experience of those I've practiced with in my teachers group...based on what seems to be a different idea not the subject of this thread
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