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Apr 19 |
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Choosing a Target When Cornered by Multiple Attackers Fair comment - I was primarily thinking of learning to take a punch and move fast. |
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Apr 18 |
answered | Choosing a Target When Cornered by Multiple Attackers |
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Apr 9 |
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What is Fa-jin? Good to see you here Mike. Rob Morton here. |
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Apr 9 |
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What is Fa-jin? @slugster No, it wouldn't it. Qi in chinese is a generic term for energy of all kinds. It's a very broad term. |
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Apr 7 |
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What is Fa-jin? Yes. It's the simplest path for the force to travel. |
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Apr 6 |
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What is Fa-jin? edited body |
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Apr 6 |
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Rule 1: Cardio. What exercises are worth doing to increase cardiovascular fitness? One of the best I've found is mae ukemi - as fast as you can, turn, roll back, turn, repeat. 3 sets of 3 minutes. Works your lungs hard as well as you stay curled while chasing speed. |
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Apr 6 |
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What do I need to keep in mind when picking a martial art as a bouncer? +1 Damn good answer. Geoff Thompson makes similar recommendations. Terry ONeill would add leg sweeps. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Thompson_(writer) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_O%27Neill_%28martial_artist%29 |
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Apr 6 |
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Did Karate really originate in the Okinawa region of Japan? My karate friends speak highly of this book amazon.co.uk/The-Bible-Karate-Bubishi-Martial/dp/0804820155/… |
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Apr 6 |
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Short leg issue and wide-soled shoe Chiropractors are charlatans (google Simon Singh BCA). A good suggestion otherwise. A friend benefited greatly from seeing a doctor associated with the Karate Union of GB who understood medicine and martial arts. A problem with his knees was actually too tight achilles tendons. |
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Apr 6 |
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Impact of being smaller(shorter arms) and how to overcome this Another vote for footwork drills. I'm biased but if you can find a Wu tai chi stylist near you their small frame pushing hands drills might be a useful add-on. No disrespect to wing chun - I like to borrow useful drills from lost of places. |
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Apr 6 |
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Thrusting Targets in the Leg You might also like to ask this on the ARMA forums at thearma.org/forum/index.php |
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Apr 6 |
answered | What is Fa-jin? |
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Mar 18 |
awarded | Critic |
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Mar 18 |
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Is practising techniques on both the left and right sides beneficial or detrimental to martial development? Wu sword form is mainly right-handed but you swap the sword to your left a few times. |
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Mar 6 |
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Tips for faster regeneration after training I gave my copy of Fit to Fight to a nephew. Really good if slightly scarey guide to being fit to fight amazon.co.uk/Fit-Fight-Manual-Intense-Training/dp/0953763803 |
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Mar 5 |
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What strength and conditioning exercises are used in tai chi? Why don't we both do so then take turns editing? My time's a little precarious as I'm on-call this week. As long as we credit David and point to the origin to help increase awareness of his books. |
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Mar 5 |
answered | What strength and conditioning exercises are used in tai chi? |
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Mar 4 |
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What strength and conditioning exercises are used in tai chi? Ish. Depends on the history you read and whether you go for the Chen family origin or the Chan San Feng route. But it seems to keep getting clearer that the Chen family developed tai chi as their family style. The whole idea of learning one style then another if, when you think about historical context, very unlikely. And if the history doesn't take account of Doug Wile's prodigious research be very suspicious. |
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Mar 4 |
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What strength and conditioning exercises are used in tai chi? The only school that I know of that has this porous teaching is Liu Hsi Heng. Most tai chi schools are stand alone. |
