the rum soaked fist: internal martial arts forum

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but its true, can take very very long time to understand
fortunately, some seem to be manage well enough
Chinese way/philosophy is the way of middle and balance,
i really should not need to say this to seasoned martial arts practitioner

Strange wrote:
Time 1:50
but its true, can take very very long time to understand
fortunately, some seem to be manage well enough
Chinese way/philosophy is the way of middle and balance,
i really should not need to say this to seasoned martial arts practitioner

Agree, the time investment can be significant and if one doesn't have access to the right teacher, the right foundation will likely never be developed.

So it's sort of like saying,' is "calculus" real that important?' I use it in my job, but only know a few other people who do. One can make an incredible amount of money and have no math skills beyond addition and subtraction.

ctjla wrote: if one doesn't have access to the right teacher, the right foundation will likely never be developed.

So it's sort of like saying,' is "calculus" real that important?' I use it in my job, but only know a few other people who do. One can make an incredible amount of money and have no math skills beyond addition and subtraction.

I can understand that everybody want to develop strong foundation. But what kind building that people want to put on that foundation?

- The calculus is only the beginning, there will be differential equation, modern algebra, category theory, ... after that.
- The power generation is only the beginning, there will be toolbox development, entering strategy, finish strategy, defense and counter, ... after that.

What will be the final goal of someone's "internal" development. I'm sure it's not just "power generation". What's the final product?

for such question(s), one would normally check with one's teacher/master/shifu.
but i can understand, ppl can do things differently though...

Strange wrote:for such question(s), one would normally check with one's teacher/master/shifu.
but i can understand, ppl can do things differently though...

Your teacher can only bring you inside the door. You have to do the rest yourself.

... do you mean the rest like promoting SC and demoting "internal", saying there's no time for it?
John, your SC teachers from whom you learn from taught this to you in the beginning?
Or did you come up with this by yourself?

no offence you understand, i'm just trying to understand where you coming from
i personally have no experience with SC community

Just to share: my teacher, when asked, talks about the strong points of other arts;
telling us, his students, that we must be careful/mindful of this and that...
every school and arts have their high hand

Just to share: my teacher, when asked, talks about the strong points of other arts;
telling us, his students, that we must be careful/mindful of this and that...
every school and arts have their high hand

Playing around with people from different communities would get us into the understanding much quicker and better. The teachers are not always there. Which tool to use is situational and on our own responses and movements. Like putting the hand on the Judo guy's waist can restrain his movement when he tries to throw. MA learning is from hand talk. Your main form has a lots of SC techniques in there, just need to explore. Losing is the best way to learn as we would search hard in our toolbox and foundation training needed to get better.

Please notice that the SC (Chinese wrestling) is the oldest CMA ever exist in China. All CMA systems inherited DNA from the Chinese wrestling. To compare the Chinese wrestling with CMA is normal and not foreign.

This thread is not discussing striking (such as XingYi punch vs. boxing punch). This thread is discussing the difference between "internal" guys train the throwing skill vs. SC guys train the throwing skill. We started from "foot sweep" and get into "Dao Guo - knife hook", "trunk hitting - diagonal fly", and ....

I assume we all agree that the technique training is the same (or similar). The difference is the foundation development. What kind of difference in foundation development is where people's opinion can contribute into this discussion.

After you have developed your solid foundation, what kind of "final product" do you plan to construct? I don't believe my teacher or your teacher can tell us what goals we want to achieve. In this thread, we can all share our different goals.

My goal is:

foundation + toolbox development + defense and counter + entering strategy + finish strategy.

What's yours?

In these clips, how to use Kua to enter is explained. Is it more fun to see many concrete examples that how people may use their Kua in combat?

Is Chinese wrestling that much difference from "internal"?

johnwang wrote:In these clips, how to use Kua to enter is explained. Is it more fun to see many concrete examples that how people may use their Kua in combat?

Is Chinese wrestling that much difference from "internal"?

Some things are a little different. Why gives Mifune his ability to recover and counter? What's the relationship between internal and 'unthrowable'? Well, mostly unthrowable, or really hard to throw. People compare rolling with RIckson to rolling with a bag of wet cement. Rickson says it's yoga. Result is the same sort of flexible immovability. Are they tapping in to something internal, that may look almost exactly the same on the outside but is different on the inside?

johnwang wrote:Please notice that the SC (Chinese wrestling) is the oldest CMA ever exist in China.

Yes that’s true, it was the first civilized organized hand to hand ‘pugilism’, it seem to have been an universal thing, since this(wrestling) seemingly was the case in any ‘civilized’ cluture around the globe.
It was also used as an ‘quick and safe’ body and fighting spirit conditioner for soldiers.

Many throws with leg skill exist in the CMA form. When we talk about CMA, it's impossible not to talk about Chinese wrestling. IMO, it's very interested to identify those leg skill.

Example of "切 (Qie) - front cut". Do you kick your leg back in your form?

johnwang wrote:Is Chinese wrestling that much difference from "internal"?

The question is a bit confusing. Is it because people say things like "SC is external and TC/xy/bagua etc. is internal"? That someone who does karate, MMA or whatever can never be internal?

If so then I think this separation of internal and external styles is short sighted.

Do we not agree that
- training to be "soft" should be evolved to develop the body through repetition (steel wrapped in cotton)
- training hard should be evolved into leverage, whole body connection, timing (flexible steel)

Both require technique. If both ends are trained then it's natural they meet.

Can someone explain to me how it is possible to train external or internal in complete separation anyway?

John, appreciate your response.
for me SC is not the oldest chinese ma, though it may have a long history

When internal person do SC, do not need leg to trip the opponent's leg
using the hand is enough the make the opponent trip himself

As for what teachers can tell or not tell to do:
let's just say that I can see plainly what you have developed for yourself;
i think what you demonstrate is clearly impressive
for me, i would not come to a public forum to discuss what i should develop
this would seem rather uncertain of oneself....do you think?

My Brother, the main form surely have many techniques
enough to make one study for a few lifetimes (measured by me own limited intellect only)
but my view is, not letting your opponent grab your neck (or other places) is better than putting hand on waist.
better than that is to not go a place where you might need to use your technique

Strange wrote:When internal person do SC, do not need leg to trip the opponent's leg
using the hand is enough the make the opponent trip himself

Can you explain in more detail on this?