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It has been awhile since I last made a post. The activities still continue: rising, doing the forms, kicking practices and practicing on a heavy punching bag. The heavy punching bag is quite good for…
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Reflections on Wing Chun, internal martial arts, and the training path.
It has been awhile since I last made a post. The activities still continue: rising, doing the forms, kicking practices and practicing on a heavy punching bag. The heavy punching bag is quite good for…
Read more →There are three main things I have noticed. They work in conjunction with one another and allow for a better understanding of rising. They are: 1) Rising and falling (relaxing) together. Rising is done only…
Read more →This is a follow up to my previous post of the same name. I have not done it as intensely since my last post. I have done it consistently but not constantly and not always…
Read more →1) Why does the arm feel light when focusing on the spine? The arm feels light because the muscles aren’t holding it. When you are holding the arm up, or when you are holding any…
Read more →Here are ideas I complied of MWC. They are based on the responses the instructors gave. Paraphrased – I cannot recall everything so correctly… Seb: Doing only localized decreases effectiveness (versus focusing on rising and the spine…
Read more →My training is going half-way nowadays. I figured that after a Vipassana session, I could get back on track with relative ease. That and I could move to more impressive measures such as isometric kung…
Read more →I think for this month, I am going to try to rise “tremendously”. Having spoken with Nima, I’m getting more of an idea of what I have to do and how to do it. My…
Read more →I did another Vipassana course. This has been my 6th one thus far. I did not get as much as I had previously because I did not work as hard. One thought kept coming to me: it…
Read more →(1) Is there concentrated effort to rise up or does it occur naturally due to no blockage in the spine? “Yes, there is a concentration or an intention of rising up but it’s very light.…
Read more →This post’s title may mislead. I do not wish to speak of fighting per se but rather it’s nature. And specifically – a question as to the rationale people give for fighting; learning martial arts. Now,…
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