GrahamB wrote:I like anybody's efforts to make Internal Chinese martial arts more practical
(There's a great opportunity for the "they are already practical you just don't understand them!" mystical crowd - Wayne, I'm looking at you - to jump in here...)
Yes, I think they are already practical, but there are certain practical realities of fighting that are often not addressed in IMA. We're not talking about rocket science, just simple things.
So, in a case of Pao Quan - if you are working on the outside of their attacking arm, then a gap makes sense, but if you are attacking inside their attack then no gap makes sense. Our particular style of Xing Yi seeks to get on the inside a lot - attack within their attack, so you're hitting them at the moment they think they're hitting you.
Does that... make sense?
Trick wrote:The most basic and advanced teaching from the correctly practiced internal arts is developing reading/sensing forces directed toward you both upon touch and from distance,
It’s not about holding a specific external guard with one’s arms and similar technicalities, if one does such things then oneself becomes readable
Bhassler wrote:It's a good topic. I think answers will vary depending on an individual's specific goals.
Karate is different than IMA, but Iain Abernethy's approach is a nice addition to our cognitive toolboxes in terms of evaluating our own goals and practices.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I36exR ... katabunkai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvtsYnT ... katabunkai
(These skills will not prepare you for battle, but they can supply you with extra strength. Therefore they too should be a part of military training. On the other hand, civilians who do not have much strength can also learn much that is useful from these skills, which is why I have included this chapter at the end.)
Boxing arts do not seem to be useful skills for the battlefield, but they exercise the hands and feet, and accustom the limbs and body to hard work. Thus they serve as basic training. Therefore I have included this discussion of them as the final chapter, in order to complete this study [of military theory].
wayne hansen wrote:I like what Iain says
My teacher always stressed
Hands to fists
Not fist to hands
Don’t give away your intention by taking a stance.
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