chicagoTaiJi wrote:DeusTrismegistus wrote:I think master Su has more knowledge of the classics in his little finger than most of us will ever have.
so, why is it that why do you look up to this guy?
Su Dong Chen is widely considered one of the best fighters in the IMA world. Right up there with Wai Lun Choi. I see a lot of stuff I don't practice or I don't understand. However when some of the people in my class watch me do a form I do things they may not like or understand either. What I do isn't wrong, it is simply different. It is usually combining various movements that they practice separately or moving my body differently, having my foot in a different position. My hips open very readily but don't close well. I can throw a side thrust kick with my toes on my standing foot at about 200 degrees from the angle of the kick, However it hurts if I try to hold my foot at 90 degrees which is the "ideal" position.
So quite simply, this man makes his shit work and can has internal power in spades, who am I (or anyone else except his teacher) to tell him he is doing it wrong? I don't think so highly of myself to think I can tell what a master with decades more experience than me is doing wrong. To the uneducated eye the "principles" you hold so dear may seem violated, but you honestly can't tell for sure because you are not Su Dong Chen, you don't have his experiences or his understanding of the art.
You are free to not like it. I am not sure I like it myself. However I respect the man's knowledge and experience which is far greater than my own. To think you can tell what someone like master Su is doing wrong is simply arrogant. A better thing to do would be to ask yourself why he can do it differently and still get results? Perhaps his way of doing it is better than your own? Without feeling him you will never know.