[QUOTE=anerlich;1173006]I’m 57, and myself and most of my nontraditional MA peers without access to the 1850s or 1600 “technology” (it’s highly debatable whether the concept of “technology” existed in either era) do not experience the symptoms you feel compelled to warn us about.
In my experience following a Western style healthy diet and sensible exercise program have resulted in more leaps in longevity and health into old age then those of TCMA masters. There are very few IMA or WC masters that lived as long as Helio Gracie or Jack LaLanne.
And despite “all” the anecdotal evidence presented, I think I’ll take my lifestyle advice from people qualified in related disciplines rather than a Buddhist engineer who dabbles in amateur history.
My advice to all - avoid unproven exotic diet plans and lifestyle practices based on
ideology promoted by the unqualified, passionate or otherwise.
Passion can be misguided.
Think for yourself. Question authority, especially the self-promoted kind.
I seek down paths other than that one, which I am confident goes nowhere I would ever want to be.[/QUOTE]
You can’t dawg it unless you try it. I’m a realist and my logic is result based. If I want to built my endurance I cross train, If I want to lower my weight I eat healthy food, If I want to understand more about internal wing chun I check out whatever is available.
Unfortunately there isn’t to much out there and 90% of that is garbage. But I agree with you that one should see their own path and try what works for them, but please keep in mind that the Yik Kam Transform at the end of the day is only a name.
If I wanted to I would rename it to something more western and less “exotic”. It’s not the name or the ego of the person preaching “My stuff works!”, the better question is “Will it work for me?”. What you’ve done so far has worked very well for you and that’s great.
If your content then more power to you. When you are finally not content then you will seek and that doesn’t necessarily have to be on this forum, right? To be honest sometimes I wonder why anybody would share one this forum in light of the constant backlash, but at the end of the day you only share something when you really want other people to have it as well, regardless of the criticism. Can’t please everyone. For those who don’t want it, they don’t have to take it and instead can get it from somewhere else. Nothing wrong with that at all. I do it all the time.