YouTube - Tai Chi Taiji Kung Fu Fan This is very close to the fan form I learned...
Superb stuff. Makes a change from the usual "line dancing" nonsense:)
As somebody famous once said "When you believe in nothing you'll believe in anything"
Back from a long time away from MAP. Anyway I want to say I couldn't agree more, too much emphasis on form and not enough on practical...
I've never heard the term percussive style before...what does it refer to? Karate, kempo kind of styles? Unless of course it's the fighting...
sacred cows make the best hamburgers
We have little or no interest in the spiritual side of things... there is enough to learn in just the martial aspects of TC. Nor do we feel any...
While not directly answering your question this piece is interesting: http://www.aikidojournal.com/?id=2610 There has been a lot written about...
Right so, both of these points need some quick addressing. You dismiss qi because there is no evidence...or that this stuff which doesn't exist...
Well ignoring the elephant in the room while going off on a tangent isn't really helpful. I repeat : your belief system is not any better/worse...
My religion is better than your religion? That has never been a solid basis for winning an argument. Anyway that is the stuff that wars are...
Funnily enough this equates to how I think about chi and is a very good explanation of my understanding of it and how my teacher explained it to...
http://www.venganza.org/
damn those hard floors, they should make floors out of candyfloss
Sorry the question was just information for me. I honestly wasn't trying to troll. I had no idea it was one of those discussions, apologies.
I've no idea if it's a spoof or not but I thought it was hilarious :) Dare I say it...it shows the type of bs/misunderstanding that surrounds ki....
I thought I'd throw this in as a demonstration of bs in the extreme: taiji - YouTube It's not Aikido but highly amusing and clearly...
I found this : http://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=-5231835166570890125 and was looking for opinions on it... Seems a bit of an antidote...
Well, whatever happened the results are still echoing on into the present... Just because there was a bitch fight does that mean there is...
Most of the techniques start well and then degenerate into farce...
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