Dmitri wrote:
But there's also a high level of refinement that enables them to do things without employing as much of that physical fitness as younger (less skilled) people.
i think you've hit the nail on the head, here.
Dmitri wrote:
But there's also a high level of refinement that enables them to do things without employing as much of that physical fitness as younger (less skilled) people.
C.J.Wang wrote:I am raising the question because based on my experience so far, I haven't seen any old fighting masters (age 65+) without an excellent level of physical fitness for their age. Yet there are people who say that their masters find lifting a bowling ball and carrying a bag of grocery difficult, but can still kick ass.
My White Crane teacher is 90 years old, but looks 20 years younger than his actual age. When he does Babulien (our version of Sanchin,) his ab becomes so hard that I feel like I am touching a piece of rock when I put my hand on it. He can still put his arm out and allow me to push as hard as I can sideway without budging an inch.
When my Bagua grandteacher was in his 80s, he could still climb trees and jump over fences with ease. His fingers were so strong that he could stick the middle and index finger out in a V shape and challenge people to squeeze them together.
My own Bagua teacher, who's 57 this year, can still run faster, jump higher, bend lower, and lift heavier objects than I can. (I am not even half his age.) One time we were at a friend's office helping out with some heavy boxes, there was one so heavy that I couldn't even get it off the ground. He came over, picked it up like it was nothing, and walked all the way to the car parked outside without breaking any sweat.
Dmitri wrote:But there's also a high level of refinement that enables them to do things without employing as much of that physical fitness as younger (less skilled) people.
C.J.Wang wrote:
My White Crane teacher is 90 years old, but looks 20 years younger than his actual age.
DeusTrismegistus wrote:
If you have ever seen Daniel Weng at a demonstration or seminar you might now how these myths get started. He gets up from his chair, he looks like he is really stiff, he will make some small bending and stretching motions, he really plays it up, then he throws you around like you are nothing.
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