Flower Plum Posts.... Dangerous?

[Jodo]

Well I just wanted to know, if these flower plum posts were dangerous. I mean I think about it and wonder, if you slipped and fell is there a chance that you could fall on another post and get seriously injured...

Post replies on this topic, always fun to hear what you guys have to say.

[inic]

I take it this a pun towards someone?

[IronFist]

Well, you're not supposed to make really high ones like in the movies. I've heard training on ones that are only 3-4" off the ground will serve the same purpose as ones that are 3-4 feet off the ground, except if you fall off the 3-4 inch high ones you won't be hurt as bad.

IronFist

[Jodo]

Yeah, I was just curious and bored so you know how this question came into play lol.

[GeneChing]

Martial arts are dangerous. Sometimes you get hit in the head really hard.

[Guile]

Originally posted by GeneChing
Martial arts are dangerous. Sometimes you get hit in the head really hard. :D

[Judge Pen]

We use painter's buckets in class to accomplish the same purpose. You just to be careful that they don't slide out from under you.

[TenTigers]

Judge's pen-paint buckets are a great idea-fill them with cement-for greater stability. We had sawed off logs-about 10 inches high that worked for awhile, but we found termites in them and chucked'em. I am planning to build mui fa jong in my backyard, as well as 9 palaces, just trying to figure out how to make it look like a quaint oriental garden, rather than an unsightly mess. Also, does anyone know how to make a temporary moi fa jong for lion dancing?

[Guile]

Originally posted by Judge Pen
We use painter's buckets in class to accomplish the same purpose. You just to be careful that they don't slide out from under you.

Good idea for indoors.

[Judge Pen]

We probably would fill them with cement for stability, but we do class excercises with them and then stack them for storage. Plas its fun to guess who is going to fall in class because it will happen if you get lazy and don't focus on your balance.

[Shuul Vis]

My friend was practicing on those things and he just exploded one day, careful man.

[Guile]

Originally posted by Shuul Vis
My friend was practicing on those things and he just exploded one day, careful man.

What do you mean?
He kicked arse or tipped over?

[chen zhen]

I saw a bagua book once where they used bricks to practise footwork on. That would be something to choose when you need to raise the difficulty level.:)

[Judge Pen]

Originally posted by chen zhen
I saw a bagua book once where they used bricks to practise footwork on. That would be something to choose when you need to raise the difficulty level.:)

My sifu says that his father practices PA Kua that way. But that's all hearsay.

[chen zhen]

I saw it pictured in a book, so I can't call that hearsay:)
But I guess only few does it anymore

[IronFist]

That book is the Bagua book by Yang Jwing Ming.

IronFist

[GeneChing]

I just remembered that we recently ran an ezine article that discussed post training. Check it out here. (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=329)

[chen zhen]

Nice article, gene.

ironfist: that's the one:)