johnwang wrote:TMA training can give us enough "depth". But we need to explore more "breadth".
Someone told me that in China there is a book "81 different ways to apply single leg". So far I still have not found that book yet. I then start to analysis myself. How many different ways can I apply my single leg? My teacher taught me N different ways. Can I find some more ways?
When I started to do that. My MA training is more than just to copy whatever my teacher taught me. I'm no longer a "copy machine".
Have this kind of thinking ever happen to you?
Bao wrote:I don't think of variations as breadth.
johnwang wrote:...
My MA training is more than just to copy whatever my teacher taught me. I'm no longer a "copy machine".
Have this kind of thinking ever happen to you?
dragonprawn wrote:Hi John,
I just watched that short tree hanging doc of you yesterday. At the end you expressed doubt that traditional CMA would survive in modern society. But you have done well more than your share to help it live on. I agree with your approach. who wouldn't? Preserving the past is part of it. But innovation is another part.
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C.J.W. wrote:Perhaps due to my upbringing as a Taiwanese-American, I've always found the idea of respecting one's teachers 尊師重道, when taken too far, is actually one of the main reasons which has caused the decline of CMA in the past century.
For many CMAists with traditional mindsets, respecting one's teachers means training in the exact ways as you have been told and taught, and NEVER question or change what your teachers have shown you.
I've lost count of how many times I've heard old CMAists with decades of experience saying (proudly), "I haven't changed anything I learned from my teacher at all!"
But we really need to ask ourselves, is that necessarily a good thing? My answer is .......no, not at all.
johnwang wrote:How many different ways can I apply my single leg? My teacher taught me N different ways. Can I find some more ways?
. . . When I train this combo, I need to
1. Twist my opponent to my right.
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