JerryLove Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 Note that you should be rooted when the strike happens, not before. What I mean is, if you are always rooted you will not be able to move fast enough and in order to create a powerful strike you are going from unrooted to rooted.I'm guessing you don't do Xing-yi or Systema. https://www.clearsilat.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treebranch Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 I'm guessing you don't do Xing-yi or Systema. Explain. "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.""Lock em out or Knock em out" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta1 Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 Note that you should be rooted when the strike happens, not before. What I mean is, if you are always rooted you will not be able to move fast enough and in order to create a powerful strike you are going from unrooted to rooted.I'm guessing you don't do Xing-yi or Systema. Explain. Some styles, like Taiji, allways try to stay rooted. They are very fast and use different power principles than you are used to. And they are very effective. Freedom isn't free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryLove Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 Yes. If you are doing xingyi (for example) and are ever unrooting, then you are doing it wrongly. https://www.clearsilat.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripper Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 Why? René Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryLove Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 Because Xingyi is done always rooted. If you are boxing and not punching, you are doing it wrong. Why? Because boxing punches. https://www.clearsilat.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treebranch Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 So your heels or feet are never planted? You are constantly on your toes, even when striking? "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.""Lock em out or Knock em out" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta1 Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 So your heels or feet are never planted? You are constantly on your toes, even when striking? No. If you aren't "planted" (not the best term, but...), how can you be rooted? Moving on your toes is floating. It would take a book to explain the principles of internal CMA's. That's one book I don't have the time or the expertise to write. Movement, weight distribution, power generation, philosophy- just about everything is radically different to what you do or understand. Best thing I can tell you is what I was told when I first started looking into CMA's. Go to a good school or instructor and get them to show you first hand. But, be warned, that's how I ended up doing Taiji! Like Sifu Joseph Simonet told me, "Tai Chi will transform you!" He was correct. Freedom isn't free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryLove Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Delta, It's not quite as simple as "toes=floating, heels=rooting"; at least not in terms of how tohse words are used in CMA... oh I wish it were. I'm guessing you know that, but I need to write to the audience et'al. https://www.clearsilat.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta1 Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Jerry, you are correct, of course. But I've written my book for this thread already. Keepin' it simple 'till the my head stops acheing! By the way, I'm nowhere near an advanced student of Taiji. Still a begginer, so I'm not the one to go into that kind of detail any how. But the more I study it, the more ridiculous some of the misconceptions seem- and I had my share of them before also. Feel free to expound on it, though. I come here to learn (despite some of the b.s. we all throw ) Freedom isn't free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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