Real CHI KUNG martial arts!

[Guest guest]

Imagine going to your first day of training in a martial arts school

that carries the reputation of turning out students who not only

have a well-developed set of physical skills but also

that " something extra " often heard about in the fighting arts.

You go through the usual exercises and learn a few basic skills

before being dismissed.

However, instead of going home, you stick around and watch some of

the more experienced students work out.

 

 

*

 

The first thing you might notice is the ease and relaxation with

which they move around. That is, they make it all look easy.

However, as you watch, you notice something strange.

Often they seem to move at exactly the right time and the right

distance without seeming to exert much effort. And they do this

regardless of whatever surprises are thrown at them.

The longer you watch, the more uncertain you become as to whether

their training partners are just being cooperative with them - or if

you are seeing some kind of weird magic.

[Guest guest]

Nice description, Doc. It's amazing and hilarious when someone that

thinks that the " relaxed " state (the " Song " body) means no power and

tries to " show the practitioner a thing or three " . I got to....er,

um I mean HAD to....throw someone down the stairs of my school about

once every three months.

 

I remember when I first started studying Internal martial arts I

thought that my training was going nowhere. No matter how much I

thought I was " getting it " my teacher (who I outweighed by 50

pounds) would toss me around like I was a bag of potato chips and

told me that I was doing about 25 things wrong. That was until I

engaged in some " spirited jousting " with a couple of karate teachers

from a commercial school not far from when I was living. I simply

concentrated on maintaining my structure and being " relaxed " . It was

pitiful. It felt like I was a hot knife and they were the butter.

 

I never bugged my teacher (Zhang Liu Ping, God rest his soul) about

fighting after that. Actually, when we finally got to the point of

doing drills that really resembled fighting, trying to hit him was

like trying to hit fog. And on the rare occasions that he " tapped "

me, I felt like I'd been struck by lightning.

 

Even though I studied a handful of other styles extensively (mostly

Karate styles) and believe that all of the secrets fighting are

contained in several of the " external " styles, the keys to unlocking

those secrets are contained in the " internal " styles and the

fundamental lessons that they teach about how to breathe, stand,

walk and move and maintain the right frame of mind.

 

I don't know; I guess the way you phrased your post brought me back

to the " good ole days " and I developed this case of keyboard

diarrhea. Sorry to drone on so...

 

Ron

 

 

 

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essentialskills , " docspeed2001 " <docspeed2001>

wrote:

> Imagine going to your first day of training in a martial arts

school

> that carries the reputation of turning out students who not only

> have a well-developed set of physical skills but also

> that " something extra " often heard about in the fighting arts.

> You go through the usual exercises and learn a few basic skills

> before being dismissed.

> However, instead of going home, you stick around and watch some of

> the more experienced students work out.

>

>

> *

>

> The first thing you might notice is the ease and relaxation with

> which they move around. That is, they make it all look easy.

> However, as you watch, you notice something strange.

> Often they seem to move at exactly the right time and the right

> distance without seeming to exert much effort. And they do this

> regardless of whatever surprises are thrown at them.

> The longer you watch, the more uncertain you become as to whether

> their training partners are just being cooperative with them - or

if

> you are seeing some kind of weird magic.