greytowhite wrote:I need a place to buy those things... Where?
MaartenSFS wrote:I looked into Naginata-do again, but my instinct was confirmed. Totally different weapon, usage and most likely, training methods. Unfortunately has the same silly rules as Kendo as well..
Bob wrote:Aside from Guo Laoshi's quest for quality control, there is a real little gem that is in that clip - he shows the da qiang thrusting and then quickly shows the open hand punching that corresponds to the da qiang. Many of the da qiang movements correspond to the open hand postures and executions of the baji forms - sort of why there is a predisposition in baji to move away from forms and more initially emphasis on single moving postures - very similar to the wu xing of the xing yi - in fact that is how xing yi was shown to me after the 5 elements - corresponding da qiang exercises - a hint of that is shown in Miller & Cartmell's Xing Yi Nei Gong book.
There may be many ways to achieve structural alignment and power for open hand forms but the da qiang practice is almost enzymatic in producing this.
taiwandeutscher wrote:If somebody comes to the Far East:
In Taiwan, there are and have long been several groups of Daqiang people.
In Taibei there is a Baji group, with comps.
In Taidong (southeast), I just heard from another Daqiang group.
In Gaoxiong, there is a Wangbaoqiang group.
greytowhite wrote:I need a place to buy those things... Where?
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