mixjourneyman wrote:I met some Austrailians who told me that rooting means to have sex in Aus.
Reading this thread through that interpretation has been a blast!
ninepalace wrote:this came up in the ben lo thread but i think it's worthy of it's own thread.
have you ever met anyone w/ a very strong root who did not do a lot of standing? i haven't yet. but if you have, please tell me how.
Bao wrote:Some interesting points here from Dmitri and Lars.
in SC you try to lift each other around. .
wiesiek wrote:Bao wrote:Some interesting points here from Dmitri and Lars.
in SC you try to lift each other around. .
is it really "lift"?
not " let them fly over u"/
Andy_S wrote:So what is the point of "rooting?"
This idea of being "immovable - like a tree" strikes me as being martially ridiculous; it's only use is in push-pull type PH games, which, I think, completely lead people up the wrong garden path.
IMHO, rooting is designed to be used offensively, not defensively.
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Ian wrote:Following Andy's question, how do you suddenly become nimble in footwork and adept at 'changing' if you spend most of your time learning how to be immovable?
Andy_S wrote:This idea of taking an external force and channeling it into the ground is useless against some of the most common forms of striking - have you ever seen a master who could 'root' a face punch, or 'root' a groin kick?
Even in grappling, I suggest rooting is only very, very momentary. And as for stability...there are times when you yield when you actually give up stablity.
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