Is there any use to train like this? Does it diminish us, or challenge us? The legs are gone... but is there ground connection present?
wayne hansen wrote:I agree seiza is better than lotus
One reason is you can stand from seiza it is harder from lotus
A chair or traditional Chinese bench is also a good option
Try some two man stuff
v_man wrote:Thank you Drifting for posting the video. It was so calming and relaxing watching the form and listening to the waves. I have to say, your maturity and progression of the art has taken another leap forward my friend. Really exhilarating to see your exploration of the 1 point, pulling your head up, it truly reduces the redundancy and idiosyncrasy of any excess thoughts; tucking the chin, using the rhomboids and serratus anterior muscles to retract and depress the shoulder blade, straightening out the spine, relaxing the kua, opening up the hips and so forth. It was fun just watching how you enjoy every moment of it.
v_man wrote:I agree that the 2 sit bones (ischial tuberosity) and the coccyx together, forms a natural and perfect triangle. Now the centre of that triangle is the centre of the body or the centre...
drifting wrote:But I guess any martial artist needs to know some anatomy and physiology right.
drifting wrote:But by all means lets get out of the head and into the body. Try and explore, your body will be your teacher, not the nerd explaining what happens when we walk!
v_man wrote:...the 2 sit bones (ischial tuberosity) and the coccyx together, forms a natural and perfect triangle.
drifting wrote:If you attempt to use it as a pivot or point of contact then you're guaranteed injury..
drifting wrote:not to mention you've already sacrificed your lumbar curve which directly strains your neck and cranial base!
drifting wrote:
But by all means lets get out of the head and into the body.
Try and explore, your body will be your teacher, not the nerd explaining what happens when we walk!
v_man wrote:v_man wrote:...the 2 sit bones (ischial tuberosity) and the coccyx together, forms a natural and perfect triangle.
Drifting, I will have to agree and disagree with you my friend. Yes, the coccyx is delicate. Yesdrifting wrote:If you attempt to use it as a pivot or point of contact then you're guaranteed injury..
What you say makes total sense for an efficient human being for everyday mundane activity or a person who practice Martial Arts just for health. However, we want to use this to get back to the original. We want to be able to fight efficiently, where the coccyx points or pivot is where we go to hug, to attack, to evade, or even to go peedrifting wrote:not to mention you've already sacrificed your lumbar curve which directly strains your neck and cranial base!
Same here my friend, we want to get back to the original. A straight spine and not a fuse or bamboo spine like AS (Ankylosing Spondylitis), an elongated spine (pulling the head up), permits an efficient flow of CSF (Cerebral Spinal Fluid), a more coordinated body movement, the ability to get the power out and to respond a half-step faster than your opponent.
windwalker wrote:Is it something you developed or part of the Liuhebafa practice itself ?
Sitting used in other arts, Aikido comes to mind.
Would you say its different or the same ?
drifting wrote:would constantly "fight with their own necks" as a result, which is exactly what happened to me
drifting wrote:When you force flat the lumbar the cervical
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