thats what i was "trying" to say, that wang thought too many got stuck in the xing and never got the Yi part working, so he focused his teaching on that part, the Yi part......yes that part is where the neural system is "cleansed" and sharpenedTrick - I am not sure if YQ can be characterized as having a heavy emphasis on "xing"; in fact i think most would say the
opposite. but i do agree that many practitioners get stuck on "xing", this is very true.
Stuck on "xing" meaning, insisting on having/moving in a certain form without understanding the actual/full meaning.
if emotions should play a large part in MA
suckinlhbf wrote:I think call "Xin" as "Brain" is wrong.
suckinlhbf wrote:if emotions should play a large part in MA
I don't know whether it is a large part but for sure is the fun part. The taste and feeling of moves differ every time and every moment. Where is it come from? I guess it is the emotion at THAT moment. So, Does emotion start with the "Xin" or from the "brain"?
Bao wrote:suckinlhbf wrote:I think call "Xin" as "Brain" is wrong.
Yes I do agree, I think so. ‘Xin’ is the character for heart. It is often used as “mind”, but can also mean heart, emotions and feelings. Sometimes it’s translated as heart-mind, often meaning The emotional “mind’. In Chinese tradition, thought and emotion is connected. And breath has a connection to this relationship. Using mind, or “Xin“, in Chinese arts doesn’t mean “to think” as in using the brain, but it means to control and regulate both thought and emotions.
C.J.W. wrote:In my experience, one of the goals of ZZ is learning how to recruit/activate muscles that are not normally under our control, which produces phenomenal power.
Trick wrote:We have the saying - being big hearted which could mean being generous, however in xinyiquan i believe as i said it stands for something as being brave courageous - strong hearted. Which also work in the west.
Even the dictionary has it so https://www.merriam-webster.com/diction ... onghearted
Then we also have being “hard hearted”
Bao wrote:Trick wrote:We have the saying - being big hearted which could mean being generous, however in xinyiquan i believe as i said it stands for something as being brave courageous - strong hearted. Which also work in the west.
Even the dictionary has it so https://www.merriam-webster.com/diction ... onghearted
Then we also have being “hard hearted”
TCMA in general speak about calmness. Even the samurai adapted the chinese concept of "wu xin" (mushin in jap.) which means "no mind", or maybe "no heart-mind" which means and empty state with no deliberate thoughts and no emotions. This is warrior's mind-set which is IMO the very key to braveness and courage. If you worry or have fear, you cannot be courageous. If you control fear and thoughts, you can be courageous. Personally, I see no difference between what you speak about XY compared to other IMA as TJQ, BGZ, XYLH, or TCMA in general. They all originated from battlefield warfare and they all teach that emptiness is the highest mind-state. Courage might be expressed in different ways though. Waiting for the right moment, creating the right moment or running right through an opponent without caring about a right moment are all different strategies, but IMO, not different degrees of courage or the absence thereof.
"hard hearted" in Swedish at least means coldhearted. Emotionally cold, no sympathy, cruel.
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