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Old 04-23-2010, 10:29 PM   #11
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Re: Training/sparring versus who can kick butt

i think we can find out what we need to know by answering a few questions.

"how can this person play on touch?"

if the person can ONLY play soft, even if they can talk in depth about what they are doing it probably doesn't have much to do with martial arts.

if the person can ONLY play hard on touch, then they probably don't have much in the way of a discreet skill set outside of their own natural talents and or habits built through training, which most likely they can't teach that to you.

we can disregard both of these people.

if the person can play BOTH hard and soft on touch, the next question is;

"can they discuss clearly and in depth what they are doing?"

if the answer is yes, then;

"what type of jin did they display, ming, an or hua (obvious, hidden or "mysterious")?"

if their skill on touch seemed mysterious to you and they can tell you HOW they achieved that result then you've found someone you can really learn from.

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