which is more important
are you fast enough?
are you powerful enough?
how do you develop your power and speed?
comments?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX95daYgmdA
at the end of the clip, the teacher said wow very fast heng kuai
but not enough bu gou kuai?
It is not about speed. Very small and slow movements can be extremely disruptive.
I donāt savvy with the OP. 
martial arts should develop both and not one to the detriment of the other.
whole machine, not just a couple of itās parts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40DykbPa4Lc&feature=related
so mountain dew gives you speed?
and pepsi gives you power?
in the first clip, you only see the teacherās right hand moving up a bit
what we did not see is the part that his right hand was holding the can close to his mouth and he drank the whole canā
wow shadowlessā
we need to know what goals we are trying to reach first.
what would be power enough
and fast enough for what you do?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX95daYgmdA
from the first clip,
there are 2 things to be done.
avoid the hitting
hit back
the time frame or speed would be to do both before the opponent finishing hitting you.
in practice, we simply move our palms toward the side and flip them downward
if we just pull our elbows backward, there is no time to counter attack
so we like to travel the shortest distance between 1 and 2.
in short, we have to finish move 1, 2, ā while the opponent is still doing move 1.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40DykbPa4Lc&feature=related
power issue
at first we need to practice a balance of posture
balance of power distribution
we hit a focused point, when we land that, we should have a balance posture and distribution of power
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we want to strike the soft spots
it has to be focused or consolidated.
comment away whatever your thoughts about speed and power
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4-s8TBB6dw
breathing exercise
relaxation, and stretching
gradual hard hitting
2 hours of za ma
what would be your regime of developing power?
[QUOTE=SPJ;1010090]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4-s8TBB6dw
breathing exercise
relaxation, and stretching
gradual hard hitting
2 hours of za ma
what would be your regime of developing power?[/QUOTE]
these are the questions you would ask about a professed kung fu academy
and not what forms you haveā
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDCmizKTXUI&feature=related
without (balanced) speed and power
we all be dancing.
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[QUOTE=SPJ;1010097]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDCmizKTXUI&feature=related
without (balanced) speed and power
we all be dancing.
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If Iām going to send you to the mat, I would rather accomplish this with a slight tap to your noggen rather than use New York City kilowatts. If that is dancing, Iām a dancer.
how do you blow the candle out?
[QUOTE=kfson;1010119]If Iām going to send you to the mat, I would rather accomplish this with a slight tap to your noggen rather than use New York City kilowatts. If that is dancing, Iām a dancer.[/QUOTE]
what if he is wearing a cup?
with my nasty morning qi
Kung fu is about power. BRAIN power!
[QUOTE=Lucas;1010186]with my nasty morning qi[/QUOTE]
And Lucas has plenty of itā¦
You may only look at this from a striker point of view.
Kung fu is not only about power and speed. Kung Fu is also about āfind the right key to open the right lockā. You try to solve problem with minimum effort and not by your brute force.
For example, your power and speed will not be able to help you to counter a āleg liftā throw. That ākeyā is different from other keys that you used to solve other problems.
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Kung Fu is about āfind the right key to open the right lockā.
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this +1
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97 1/2 percent
Iād say that speed and power constitute 97 1/2 percent of it though. But speed without power is useless and power without speed is useless.
Judo speed + power: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFaNsAABJXw
Striker speed + power: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v0vl6iTlC4