the rum soaked fist: internal martial arts forum

This kind of drumming is different from Hung Gar or Hakka Lion Dance drumming. I think, that given it's repetitive rhythmic style it might be a good fit for Chen Tai Chi, Xinyi Liuhe, or something like that. What do you think? Do you do any drumming in your school, would you like to learn? Does it have a place? Could you forge a new tradition or is preserving the old way more important to you?

Me, personally, I think this drumming is cool. I might pick it up. I think it would make a great B or C type class in a kungfu or taichi school. Great for attracting some of the younger students?

The workout required for Taiko Drumming is harder than most people are willing to do
Good to do with FMA

http://www.historyofdrums.net/drum-hist ... ary-drums/

I like the Taiko drumming…..as a listener and spectator

Since I live in China I frequently hear the Chinese way of drumming combined with cymbals, often when there’s a new business open, an orchestra of Chinese drumming do their thing, annoyingly early in the weekend mornings mostly, followed or preceded by huge amount of firecrackers ablaze (actually they use compressed air to make the bang of firecrackers more and more nowadays, so there’s rhythm to that too)
The drumming ensembles consist mostly of elderly peoples, so I think the tradition dying out.

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Years ago while still in Sweden I studied Chinese swordplay(Qingping and Kunwu- jian) in one of the major parks in my hometown, there were an small ensemble of African-drumming doing there thing not far from our practice spot, although their drumming was not rhythmically in synch with our swordplaying it became a nice backdrop anyway.

Here in china training in the parks, there are not only other gongfu groups practicing almost next to one’s own training ground, but also other activities such as dancers, musicians, shuttlecock and badminton and so on players to.
If anything except from physical activity, it makes/forces one to train one’s mental focus.

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