[QUOTE=lkfmdc;1059276]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkDBflFtPIw&feature=grec_index
listen to what he says at the end[/QUOTE]
I have to admit that’s one of my favorite short documentaries.
Like this one too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_zmL6BRCOA&feature=related
combination and repetition
you may combine 3 to 5 single moves and vary them, it is easy for one to defend one move at a time but quite a challenge to defend several moves one after another
repetition, left right mid
or the same move one after another, fast and faster, 3 to5 same moves in a row
or chained moves
I think all the arts have these 2 ideas.
it is a never ending fun to practice and vary.
[QUOTE=MightyB;1059245]So, let’s find out what some of those TCMA “kung” training methods are so that we can determine for ourselves which ones we’d like to try. Please refrain from using personal blanket judgements with saying “oh, that’s a bad one” or whatever. Just share, observe, and enjoy.[/QUOTE]
Both the “head lock” and “leg twist” Kung training are my favor. Here is a clip to share.
[QUOTE=YouKnowWho;1059387]Both the “head lock” and “leg twist” Kung training are my favor. Here is a clip to share.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqnQj1Lx02Y&feature=channel[/QUOTE]
a good use of a padded pole.
thanks for sharing.
[QUOTE=YouKnowWho;1059387]Both the “head lock” and “leg twist” Kung training are my favor. Here is a clip to share.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqnQj1Lx02Y&feature=channel[/QUOTE]
That was Awesome! I just put that in my favorites!!!
Plus- your invention will save me about an hour’s worth of time tonight while I’m editing my last HS football game for this season- so thanks for that too.
I used to read stories about your Master when I was in college. I believe it was in David Chow’s book on Kung Fu… but I can’t remember. I just remember his nickname and something about how he wrapped his leg around a rope while drawing water from a well because he had seen a martial monk do it that way.
This move was my teacher’s best move and also his teacher’s best move.
That’s awesome, I agree.
That’s the traditional approach, up and down.
It makes me think of the people who’s work demands, reinforce their Kung Fu.
My mate the waterproofer, who uses a brush with sticky goo all day. A grip you can’t break.
…and they say you should never get into a knife fight with a butcher…
[QUOTE=Yum Cha;1059462]It makes me think of the people who’s work demands, reinforce their Kung Fu.[/QUOTE]
When I used to do a lot of sheet metal fabrication, I had to handle a lot of greasy 80 lb 4x8 sheets of razor sharp metal.
I always cut and stocked the material by myself because my coworkers were clumsy and I didn’t want to get hurt by them. Also, it was more dangerous to wear gloves for some types of work, because you couldn’t get a good feel or grip for the metal.
Shearing the metal involved grabbing it at the middle of the long edge and lifting it vertically overhead onto the machines. I also had to do a lot of hand cutting with aviation snips.
During that time I got asked to be a subject in a research experiment that tested reaction time and grip strength. I got wired up to a bunch of electrodes and got strapped into a piece of lab equipment.
The researcher couldn’t believe the readings she was getting, and asked what I did for work etc. It all made sense to her after I explained about kung fu and my job.
[QUOTE=YouKnowWho;1059387]Both the “head lock” and “leg twist” Kung training are my favor. Here is a clip to share.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqnQj1Lx02Y&feature=channel[/QUOTE]
“mun mo seurng chuen” truly a scholar warrior.
I worked in a bakery for a bit, and the head baker had a grip of iron. All day long kneading and rolling dough.
[QUOTE=TenTigers;1059501]I worked in a bakery for a bit, and the head baker had a grip of iron. All day long kneading and rolling dough.[/QUOTE]
the best bagua guy I ever knew (long-time, in-door student of BP Chan’s) was a baker, used to work crazy long hours / shifts and attributed a lot of his bagua skill (which was not insignificant) to the sort of work he did (it also helped that he was a sociopath / possible psychopath, but anyway…)
does anyone find it amazing that neck bridging excercises from catch wrestling is identical to iron head gong training? and it has breathing excerses and “internal massage”?
catch wrestling is real kung fu.
Back when I was a young guy, and fighting a lot, I used to work in an Army warehouse. Everything came in boxes of 6x #10 cans, those big tins, size of a 5L petrol tank. If it were water, maybe 30L, =30kg, 66lbs? more or less. Filled with food. Pick up and throw to the next guy, 1000 times a day, maybe more. Food in, food out. Move it to another room and clean that one. Move it back. Afternoon load coming in… Evening meal going out…
The 25 and 50lb cases of rock hard frozen meat were even more fun…like stacking slabs of ice…
Good stuff, never had any training that compared to hard work like that!
I also reckon guitar playing and typing give you better grip and finger strength.
When I trained for my last tournament in 1984, I spent 3 months by moving a huge rock in my front yard. During that tournament, I moved myself from the heavy weight division (I weight 178 lb) to the super heavy weight division (200 lb and up). Since I knew I might be the strongest guy in that tournament, I had a lot of confidence when facing those big guys. Today I still have that hugh rock next to my driveway. Only one of my students could lift that rock off the ground.
We need to make our students do all our yard work and house chores
as an electrician, i find tons of exercises at work… esspecially on new towers… lots of stairs, lots of wire, lots of parts, lots of tools… all heavy… and then theres the task of sending 3 inch thick tech cable down a hole that is in exactly the same place on every floor all the way down 30 or 40 floors… after the 7 or 8th floor that sh!t gets real heavy but you do not want to lose control of that reel or youre fukced… not a task to do alone… absolutely awsome stance work… a whole body workout…