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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 9:21 amPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2018 6:47 pmPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2018 8:26 pmchenyaolong wrote:I really dont understand the need to do demos in fancy dress. Standard silks are fine... but Taoist robes just look silly.
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2018 5:01 am
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2018 5:12 am
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2018 5:35 amwiesiek wrote:however,
westerners like to wear easterner outfit,
it gives them misty very traditional feeling.
Something what reminds me back to school days, when wearing gi and belt ranking was as important as martial ability
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2018 5:36 amPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 1:10 amfrom the Reiki threadchenyaolong wrote:I really dont understand the need to do demos in fancy dress. Standard silks are fine... but Taoist robes just look silly.
Could be a case of ancient Daoist master(entity) possessionSome traditions, mainly Taoist out of Maoshan and shamanism in many forms from what I've seen, even go a step further and provide certain gifted lay practitioners with specific training designed to permanently implant deceased lineage masters within the system into the practitioner. The practitioner is usually not informed about this happening. Sometimes this is referred to as "preparing the vessel" in older texts. Jerry Alan Johnson's lineage is one of these. There are others.
