To answer no know, the stance is very good for balance and sheer leg strength development. It is advanced because, well..try it..now hold it a while.
As for orange… the original colour was “saffron” which is a yellow/red (orange)colour when used as dye. It is very difficult to harvest (look it up) and is also very $ valuable. It has several meanings in buddhist cosmology and is worn primarily by higher order monks and priests in buddhist orders.
As for Gene, I wish you great prosperity and happiness and health, you folks at kfqg are doing great work for the Chinese martial arts and other asian cultural treasures. Keep it up and keep it coming! that sounds weird…you know what I mean:D
Originally posted by Chang Style Novice Don’t worry, Diego. I can hook you up with one of the outfits I mentioned in the “Opinions Please” thread.:eek:
I missed that one!. LinkIt…and i didnt get that job so i didnt answer you back on that shipment!!? "Throws on best Pacino-Scarface Impression;) "
Peace
But it’s still on the first page of the main board as I type this, so I don’t really see why you’d need a link. [/B]
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shaolin stylee
Registered: Dec 1969
Location: Denver, CO
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Err, lineage from The`…
Well, I’ve seen some of there stuff, never been too impressed with a lot of it. If you want “real” Shaolin, I would recommend somewhere else. I am not a SD hater necessarily, however, I’ve had discussions with some of their students, it seems some can be very arogant about all things kung fu. I’ll not discus my lineage, however it had been questioned by one of their students I talked to, didn’t make me happy, my friend actually made the wookie comment, then that was pretty much the end of the conversation. The Shao-Lin centers tend to annoy me, however, I don’t know the full story of it, but I do know a bunch. There have been several threads about this in the past. As far as my “real” Shaolin comment, I’d just have to say I’m speaking of Northern Shaolin, Bak Sil lum, or the southern animals, etc… A friend of mine often refers people to a southern school instead of the shao lin center for that type of style if they don’t like our long fist.
I agree about the book KC
You can make a “contribution” to get one of those stones.“Qoute”
Didn’t expect all the anniversary well wishes. You all are too nice.
Here’s some more robe thoughts -
In Buddhism, monk robes were originally made from clothes discarded on dead bodies. Monks would gather bits of clothing from the dead until they could assemble a patchwork quilt of sorts. This is why many traditions have long robes with a design made up of little squares. Additionally, in many Zen traditions, you must sew your own robe from scratch when you are indoctrinated as a priest as part of your initiation meditation.
In the Chinese tradition, these became rather ornate, often made of the finest silks and heavily embroidered. It’s the exact opposite from the original intention really. Venerable Shi Guolin has a spectacular one - you can see it the cover story I wrote on him in AUG 2000 - http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=122 . At Shaolin, they make a big point that the red color of this part of the long robe symbolizes the blood that came from Huike’s arm after he cut it off to show his dedication. That’s why it’s worn off the shoulder as such, but this style is pretty common for all Buddhist monks.
“To answer no know, the stance is very good for balance and sheer leg strength development. It is advanced because, well..try it..now hold it a while.”
I thought that the leg under the thigh was something. Well, well, I like my well! [ribbit] And not that I Can’t do that stance,I ,I ,well, I just don’t want to.
Do what? Stand in horse stance, wearing an orange robe, and support some dude’s balls with my hand while he stretches his leg up?.. Depends on how much he payed me. :eek:
I missed that one!. LinkIt…and i didnt get that job so i didnt answer you back on that shipment!!? "Throws on best Pacino-Scarface Impression;) "
