pursuit of "art" and not getting there til old age?
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 2:21 pm
A lot of you have attained "art" status already at a young or middle age.
The rest of us at hobbyist level (unfortunately that's me) cannot really attain "art" level til a much later age. I'm not even really training MA (barely) right now. If I wanted to "understand" being able to "use" taijiquan, baguazhang, xingyiquan combo (hobbyist level ) maybe I can do that in my old age, but RSF would tell me I can't apply my knowledge under massive resistance, etc, etc. and it would probably be true to be realistic. Maybe I could post a video and get good marks for movement and that's it. Plus my physical fitness/energy level will be less than what it is now. But it still seems interesting so why not. As someone (Steve?) posted, life is all about hobbies in some sense.
What do you think about having "art" level much later in life? Do you expect to be more "technical" even if your overall physical/athletic state is less than now? If "use" is measured by technical + physical + mental + other, your overall level will be less even though your "technical" will be higher. How do you feel about it?
The rest of us at hobbyist level (unfortunately that's me) cannot really attain "art" level til a much later age. I'm not even really training MA (barely) right now. If I wanted to "understand" being able to "use" taijiquan, baguazhang, xingyiquan combo (hobbyist level ) maybe I can do that in my old age, but RSF would tell me I can't apply my knowledge under massive resistance, etc, etc. and it would probably be true to be realistic. Maybe I could post a video and get good marks for movement and that's it. Plus my physical fitness/energy level will be less than what it is now. But it still seems interesting so why not. As someone (Steve?) posted, life is all about hobbies in some sense.
What do you think about having "art" level much later in life? Do you expect to be more "technical" even if your overall physical/athletic state is less than now? If "use" is measured by technical + physical + mental + other, your overall level will be less even though your "technical" will be higher. How do you feel about it?