HKV
Sounds kinky!!!
Fu-Pow
3 hours of practicnig solo sets in the rain: kinky indeed.
HVK: what is “GIS”?
I was just curious what martial style(s) you practice that motivate you to spend three hours training in the rain. Must be good stuff.
When I do rockclimbing, usually for 2-3 hours, I usually do 2 hours of taiji when I get home after that to loosen up the muscles and relax the body as it is often tense, especially the back muscles. Rock climbing seems to be great for giving the body some nice defintion without bulking you up, and it doesn’t seem to be difficult for me to generate internal power.
I feel that if you really enjoy doing something like rock climbing or even weight lifting, if you do it with moderation then it should be ok with your internal training. Although I can’t say that weight training is productive to your internal practice.
- Nexus
This is a good topic.
bamboo leaf, super.
My thoughts are that some kind of resistance training is useful for developing more power. I just don’t think that metal plates provide very good resistance, they are too inert.
I train in the Chen Fake lineage of Chen style and we have some very specific power training drills. Taiji ruler is an important one, using a whole body wringing motion.
There is another using a sand-filled pipe 3.5 feet long (affectionately referred to as the “bazooka”). Several spiral movements are done holding it.
There are some aspects of the push-hands that are done with resistance specifically for more strength (as well as the more familiar sensitivity drills and patterns).
The most important power training to me is the long pole. A 10 foot piece of waxwood that is used for spear drills. Its heavy but springy. It provides plenty of resistance but is a live-weight in the hands
“The heart of the study of boxing is to have natural instinct resemble the dragon” Wang Xiangzai