Don’t do this – air drills (drills in the air)/ drill being completed in the air. The reason is that it loses its seriousness. It becomes theoretical as opposed to practical. Also, the guys in the back aren’t keeping their structure. Don’t do that, either.
After training for a while and getting your skill level up, if you want to get better at precise movements, then understanding and practicing specific actions is the way to go. However, practicing these actions will take up the entire class time. So the skill has to be relatively high in order to compensate for …
Ok. This is a good, short clip regarding 2 main points: 1) Center of mass. Increased relaxation results in greater sensitivity and awareness of the body. One internal method to utilize – move, manipulate – the body is to keep focus on the center of mass – located below the navel – and connect the …
[From the video]: So this is an interesting predicament. The concept is nice – it is correct, gives instruction on what to do and it is at quite a high level – meaning that this is not something that is readily found. The issue, however, is that the students are not able to understand the …
People usually think that in order to learn well, one needs a good or great teacher. That may be true in some cases, but there is a real difference in what people think they need and what they actually need. Generally, what is thought of as a good or great teacher is the ability to …
There are definitely different ways of teaching. There are some instructors want a relatively decent or high level of relaxation when they start teaching advanced forms such as Chum Kui. But from what I found is that the movements of advanced forms occur naturally and happen when one manages to maintain relaxation. Not just manage, …
Theory of internal 1) This is primarily what I focus on. Binary. There is only tension and relaxation. Tension refers to using muscular force. Relaxation refers to “dead” weight of the arms. Then the mind comes into play, directing attention to various points of the body to: a) fill that particular area with energy, b) use …
Ok, in this post I am going to really get right into it. If there are any thoughts, I would suggest re-reading this post and then practicing what I mentioned (the concepts, not the techniques). If there is further doubt, shoot a comment and I will attempt to answer as best as I can (based …
