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08-20-2007, 09:05 AM
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Re: Baseline skillset
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Good points, Budd. I'll usually prod people a little bit who already claim expertise to see exactly what their motivations are.
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Man, Mike, you hit a nerve on that one. I don't think I've ever really come up with a good answer to my motivations. As some older martial artists have said in interviews, to be strong, is aptly answered. But, I think that speaks to a lot of people who study a martial art. Are there other motivations than that?
And working on some of these basic exercises, my mind still screams why am I doing this. Well, after the mind quits trying to do the exercises, it screams that question. During, my mind doesn't have the time or extra neurons to do anything but concentrate on the exercises.
So why? heck, I can continue in Aikido without the internal stuff. But I want to put it into my aikido. It's my opinion it was there from the start. And I don't want to get close to Ueshiba's skill. I don't want to be like Ueshiba or have his skill. I want to be better than Ueshiba. I want to stand on his shoulders and go further. Maybe that is a motivation ...
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Only a few people are really interested in exploring an art to these depths unless they have a reasonable body of their peers doing the same thing. In other words, the herd instinct is one of the main factors at work.
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Seems that way.
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The second thing is that there is an IQ threshold to all of this. Not everyone can get it (have the day-to-day insights from smarts and hard work) or would be willing to devote the time and effort.
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Heh. I may prove you wrong on the IQ thing. LOL. I've never been the brightest bulb in the house. Just the most stubborn.
Mark
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08-20-2007, 09:50 AM
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Dojo: Taikyoku Budo & Kiko - NY, PA, MD
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Re: Baseline skillset
You know, if I had to provide an answer as to why this stuff is of interest - it'd be that (to borrow Dan's phrase - which nails it IMO), "It makes you a better you."
Of course, there can be all sorts of examination and pseudo-scitheophilologicontific analyses of what the word "better" means, but for my purposes and goals for training - it really fits.
Now, as for answering the question as to exactly "where" it fits . . . I don't know, yet . . . still working on that one.
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08-20-2007, 10:16 AM
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Location: Durango, CO
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Re: Baseline skillset
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Mark Murray wrote:
ManAs some older martial artists have said in interviews, to be strong, is aptly answered. But, I think that speaks to a lot of people who study a martial art. Are there other motivations than that?
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Well sure. There's status, wannabelieve-something-esoteric, social, ritual, pecking-order, and a number of other reasons. Generally speaking (i.e., there are exceptions) some of the nicest martial artists (true Wu-De/Bu-Do) I've met tend to be the ones who are purists and always looking, regardless of the other stuff. There's a common feeling that is usually pretty recognizable.
Best,
Mike
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08-20-2007, 10:30 AM
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Re: Baseline skillset
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or would it be better for those imaginary students if you simply worked to keep Justin out of the teaching ranks of various arts?
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Mike,
What are the "teaching ranks" and how would you go about working to keep Justin out of those ranks?
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08-20-2007, 10:53 AM
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Re: Baseline skillset
Let's stay away from discussions of a personal nature here, folks.
Last warning before thread gets closed.
-- Jun
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08-20-2007, 09:36 PM
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Re: Baseline skillset
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Thomas Campbell wrote:
You'll stay where you are. That circular piece of sky up above you must be fascinating.
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I'll stay where I am asking for evidence of amazing claims? Yes, I will.
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A secret of internal strength?:
"Let your weight from the crotch area BE in his hands."
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08-20-2007, 09:39 PM
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Re: Baseline skillset
The discussion of who should show whom what will be a topic on QiJin since obviously it won't fit into AikiWeb.
Mike Sigman
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08-20-2007, 09:42 PM
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Re: Baseline skillset
Super! I can't wait to read it on QiJin.
Justin
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A secret of internal strength?:
"Let your weight from the crotch area BE in his hands."
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08-21-2007, 08:54 AM
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Re: Baseline skillset
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Mike Sigman wrote:
The discussion of who should show whom what will be a topic on QiJin since obviously it won't fit into AikiWeb.
Mike Sigman
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What's QiJin?
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08-21-2007, 10:36 AM
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Dojo: Doshinkan dojo in Roxborough, Pa
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Re: Baseline skillset
QiJin is a private list...invitation only, I believe.
Best,
Ron
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08-21-2007, 11:29 AM
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Re: Baseline skillset
If you restrict your membership to people who are really interested (and who post.... non-posters get the boot pretty soon), you can have some fairly good discussions. Of course, it's not a perfect membership (we even have some guy who surreptitiously sends Dan the QiJin stuff, apparently), but when you don't have to play to the general (i.e., heavily social, wannabe, role-playing, ritualisitic, New Age, the Nut Cases, etc., etc.) and can instead have discussions centered on the technical, etc., it can be very productive. AikiWeb caters to the general membership of Aikido and has a different protocol and focus than QiJin, which focuses on the body mechanics of qi/ki and jin/kokyu. Each to his own.
FWIW
Mike
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08-21-2007, 11:39 AM
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Dojo: Doshinkan dojo in Roxborough, Pa
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Re: Baseline skillset
Understood...and actually, I think it is a good idea. I would be a lurker there, and nothing more, so that's why I never took you up on your offer.
Best,
Ron
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Ron Tisdale
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"The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of his behind."
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08-21-2007, 11:56 AM
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Re: Baseline skillset
Some background reading is required here:
http://cattanga.typepad.com/see_otter_yiquan/
It's worth it, IMO. I think it's two pages, so nothing like this thread.
Anyway, the person's latest entry is about the "The Missing Basic" exercise to develop qi/ki. Is this "Missing Basic" something that is part of what we talk about here?
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08-21-2007, 03:10 PM
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Re: Baseline skillset
From the page
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No I'm not going to tell its name. Why should I, just to get all kinds of random shit blastback from every idiot out there on the net. Y'all don't pay me enough for that. But it's in there, and I got it.
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The Missing Basic is in there. If you can find it you can have it.
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What is up with the 'shroud of mystery' approach.
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A secret of internal strength?:
"Let your weight from the crotch area BE in his hands."
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08-21-2007, 07:21 PM
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Dojo: Taikyoku Budo & Kiko - NY, PA, MD
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Re: Baseline skillset
Well, it was a good discussion while it lasted . . . .
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08-21-2007, 08:15 PM
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Dojo: 鷹松道場|Takamatsu Dojo ATL
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Re: Baseline skillset
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Justin Smith wrote:
What is up with the 'shroud of mystery' approach.
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I think the answer is self contained, "Why should I, just to get all kinds of random shit blastback from every idiot out there on the net." I would also speculate that while the MB is basic it is not sufficient in and of itself.
The other question is will they feel the same about MB two weeks from now?
Last edited by Walker : 08-21-2007 at 08:21 PM.
Reason: I had another thought.
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-Doug Walker
新道楊心流の鷹松道場
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08-22-2007, 12:09 AM
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Re: Baseline skillset
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Mark Murray wrote:
Some background reading is required here:
http://cattanga.typepad.com/see_otter_yiquan/
It's worth it, IMO. I think it's two pages, so nothing like this thread.
Anyway, the person's latest entry is about the "The Missing Basic" exercise to develop qi/ki. Is this "Missing Basic" something that is part of what we talk about here?
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The thing about the "missing basic" is extremely suspect. He talks about just flicking "hunyuanli"/martial ability on like a light switch makes little sense when you are wading in and practicing it. It's a progression, where you must improve every step of the way, not something that just "happens". In yiquan you are reconditioning/overriding your habitual movement patterns that you have been practicing since birth with whole movements, and this is not something you just "trigger".
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08-22-2007, 05:14 AM
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Re: Baseline skillset
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Ron Tisdale wrote:
QiJin is a private list...invitation only
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Ahh...the secret soke council.
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08-22-2007, 05:35 AM
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Re: Baseline skillset
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The Missing Basic - the one practice method, a single basic drill that is The Most Ultimately Optimal for developing The Power Formerly Known As Qi...
No I'm not going to tell its name.
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OK, but...
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...I can say at this stage that if I had to pick the top three all-star practices, of what I've learned so far, it would be these three:
1. Control Tiger
2. Ping Bao Zhuang (flat handed 'combat post' standing practice)
3. Huang Rao Pi (spiral splitting practice)
I choose these not cause I like the names or they make me look cool or anything, but because the energetic effect/harvest of these three is the greatest. In terms of TPFKAQ (The Power Formerly Known As Qi).
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I think you can tell something about where is the pearl in the oyster of any art by clocking what the most senior students do in their own individual practice (rather than averaging over a syllabus or looking at the broad mass of average students).
So in that light, here are the results of my staggeringly unscientific survey of the more advanced shixoing types in the ZongXunWuGuan:
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70% of their time = basic Hun Yuan Zhuang (combative pose) standing! ... spiced with various subtle shili's directly based on that.
25% of their time = highly combative partner work: push hands, sparring, and related combative stuff
5% of their time = other kinds of "health" zhan zhuang's, walking shili's, mocabu's, fali of all kinds.
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I think we can infer what exercise he's talking about.
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--Timothy Kleinert
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08-22-2007, 08:17 AM
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Dojo: Doshinkan dojo in Roxborough, Pa
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Re: Baseline skillset
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Ahh...the secret soke council.
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Sour grapes, anyone???
Look, they don't hand out fancy belts or awards. It's a discussion group. And the reason it is private is responses like the I'm quoting above. And the fact that this is happening here is exactly the point of why these kinds of threads are better in the private venue, which in turn drives this information under ground. Counter productive, don't you think???
If we didn't have responses like these, maybe the information wouldn't be in a private discussion group.
Best,
Ron
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Ron Tisdale
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"The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of his behind."
St. Bonaventure (ca. 1221-1274)
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08-22-2007, 08:42 AM
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Dojo: Jiyushinkan
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Re: Baseline skillset
My dad, an old farmer and blacksmith, would've said, "You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear." another one... "Hogs' eyes weren't made to look at the moon." I grew up hearing these in context and I don't think he ever used these old sayings in a prejudicial manner. As often stated in threads on this site, working close to the land brings both physical development and a certain insight into human "stuff."
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08-22-2007, 09:30 AM
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Re: Baseline skillset
Yeah, well it's frustrating to be in the position of "just trying to work and train" things, start to get a decent discussion going and then see it get moved elsewhere (I'm used to derailing in public forums, even done it a time or two - so karma sucks ), but I'm not in any kind of position to really contribute anything substantive to this topic other than ask newbie questions and point at it to other people and say, "Yes, yes . . . is good, try!"
Course, I also think everybody should grow up having done hard, manual labor, participated in combat sports and contributed to a theatrical or musical production (we all have our own biases) . . .
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08-22-2007, 09:36 AM
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Re: Baseline skillset
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and contributed to a theatrical or musical production
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Yikes! nudge nuge, wink wink...
B,
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Ron Tisdale
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"The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of his behind."
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08-22-2007, 09:53 AM
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Re: Baseline skillset
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Ron Tisdale wrote:
Sour grapes, anyone???
Look, they don't hand out fancy belts or awards. It's a discussion group. And the reason it is private is responses like the I'm quoting above. And the fact that this is happening here is exactly the point of why these kinds of threads are better in the private venue, which in turn drives this information under ground. Counter productive, don't you think???
If we didn't have responses like these, maybe the information wouldn't be in a private discussion group.
Best,
Ron
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Oh settle down Ron. I didn't mean to offend you.
Me thinks people take themselves too seriously.
There are private, super-secret discussion forums all over the internet. Just not my cup of tea is all. After all, familiarity breeds contempt you know.
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08-22-2007, 09:55 AM
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Re: Baseline skillset
I'm not offended, and I certainly don't mean any offense. But I think my point stands...
Best,
Ron
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Ron Tisdale
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"The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of his behind."
St. Bonaventure (ca. 1221-1274)
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