Snakeeel

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"Another profound benefit T’ai Chi provides is a gentle massaging of the internal organs. Because T’ai Chi moves the body in about 95 percent of the possible motions it can go through, it not only clears the joints of calcium deposits, but it also gently massages the internal organs. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), this is a powerful therapy for optimum health. TCM recognizes that the body is an integrated whole whereby all the parts are connected by the flow of Qi. In fact, the Chinese system of medicine is built upon a Zang Fu graph, which shows how organs interact with and depend on one another for good healthy function. The Zang Fu system uses a memory model, applying each organ to one of the five elements of the earth. The Chinese see the world as made of Earth, Metal, Water, Wood, and Fire. The energy flow affects different organs through the Sheng Cycle and the Ko cycle. Therefore, because T’ai Chi massages all the organs through its gentle full rotations, it helps to balance all the integrating activities of the Zang Fu systems."

Jimmy H. Woo

I truly worry about this generation.

Kung Fu San Soo

No, it has never influenced me. I find the posts interesting and do enjoy the differing views but I'm to old for new tricks and pretty set in my ways.

Yes, within reason. Being small I don't think I would fare to well against a 300 lb gorilla, although I do believe I could outrun him! I've never trained to fight anyone but a street fighter so, I do think that my chances of success would be very good.

I learned the old school Kung Fu San Soo, which is almost entirely an offensive, street fighting art, so yes, a pre-emptive first strike is just fine with me.

Yes it's still going, but into the twilight zone, where apparently they use swords and spears.

I have learned many ways of killing someone but never have. I have learned to break bones, tear out throats, gouge out eyes...even tear off noses and break the soft pallet in the roof of the mouth, but I've never done it. Does that mean that I'll never be attacked by someone with the intention of killing me, my wife or one of my children? In any of those cases I will do whatever is neccesary, including any and all of the above. If my life or the life of any member of my family is in jeopardy, the last thing on mind will be what the cops are going to think about it. Again, the possibility of needing to use deadly force is very remote but I train for it and given no other choice, I would do it.

I have to agree with Shorin Ryuu. While the possiblity of the situation ever arising is remote we still train for it. Every single time I work out it's part of what we do. I too have not seen much about it on the net.

Str33t Guy wrote: If I were a boxer then the Championship belt of wherever but I'm not, so my brown belt that I worked my butt off to get would mean more to me.

Str33t Guy wrote: . So, what you're saying is that only MA practitioners that practice their art as a sport and compete should advance through the belt ranks. Fairly narrow minded outlook in my humble opinion. I don't know how they do things in your part of the world but putting in your time and paying your dues was not how we advanced. I'd change my school if I were you. Snake

Tigerheart wrote: 1. I don't need to visit Thailand to do an Internet search on the history of Muay Thai. 2. I don't do San Shou...I do San Soo. Totally different arts. and know nothing about San Shou so your point has no meaning to me. 3. I respect all the other arts and do not believe that one is inherently better than the other.

I'm sorry but I don't see 4000 years of history here.

I'm sorry but I ain't blocking anything with my chin.

A good quality first aid kit.

You're probably right...tit for tat. How many head of sheep do you have in your flock?

I guess we have the right to read anything we want into any post thats made. I didn't realize I had written so much between the lines of that post.

Sorry you have that pet peeve.

In that case we're probably going back to the historical roots of martial arts which in the beginning were designed for combat. I'm a traditionalist doing a traditional art that was developed for combat. I'm not sure that watered down versions of our various arts or combinations of these arts render the originals obsolete. On the contrary, I think that the cycle will turn and folks will return to the "Old School" arts and find that they are way more complete thanthey are thought to be today. In a time of instant gratification and students "finding the faults" in a system after a few months of training what else can we expect but the so called McDojo? As a society we are lokking for the newest, the greatest, the fastest...sad commentary.

Shorinryu Sensei: Again, it depends on how one defines reality based. Sport fighting, show, combat fighting, war, self defense. Any art designed for those specific purposes are "real" for someone. They may not be real as far as defending ones life but that, in and of itself, does not make it any less of an art. Plus, neither the Dojo...nor the instructor make an art...although they can sometimes break it! I'll agree that some arts have no specific correlation to self defense and I'll agree that many are poorly taught but until we get his definition of "reality based" we're just guessing at what he means.

NineTailedFox: Give us your definition of reality based. All MA are reality based IMO but I'm nor sure what you're trying to get at here.

In my city the cops are a pretty raucous bunch themselves. If you are attacked you can pretty much do what you want except kill the man. Street fights that don't end up in a stabbing or shooting are basically ignored. We are a town of about 35,000 people with a bar on every corner (seems like it anyway). If they arrested everyone for fighting on a Saturday night the jail would have to be way bigger! Guess it pays to live in a small town in West-by God-Virginia.

Eye gouging, throat crushing, neck breaking, back breaking, knee breaking...all that fun stuff. Of course I could be a little biased here:)