JEM618 Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 well, open minded is accepting without thinking. saying you must be open minded to new/unknown things is all well and good in concept but in practice, it doesn't really work. i'd rather listen. then listen some more. i'd reserve judgement when i feel i'm better qualified to do so. i'm not going to be open minded about things just because i don't know about them. if i don't know about it, then i should go and find out more, not just accept it with an open-mind. No, open minded is simple allowing yourself to take in all informantion and rationalize, then form an opinion. Thirty spokes share a wheels hub it's the center hole that makes it useful shape clay into a vessel it's the space within that makes it useful cut doors and windows for a room it's the holes that make it useful therefore benefit come from what is there usefulness from what is not.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryLove Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 It could be, Jerry. Still, I don't see the "hard to bend" arm as anthing more than a trick. I don't see nuclear power plants as more than a trick. I suppose it depends on how one defines "trick". https://www.clearsilat.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
47MartialMan Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 [quote="Drunken Monkey Thirty spokes share a wheels hub it's the center hole that makes it useful shape clay into a vessel it's the space within that makes it useful cut doors and windows for a room it's the holes that make it useful therefore benefit come from what is there usefulness from what is not.... Pull a coin from a kids ear and tell its "magic" Shine a window so clear, a bird hits it. Magnets help in curing illness. Skip a pebble across the pond, and so can you. Urinate on a blind man and tell him its raining. Yes, "Superman" CAN fly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaiboxerken Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 It could be, Jerry. Still, I don't see the "hard to bend" arm as anthing more than a trick. I don't see nuclear power plants as more than a trick. I suppose it depends on how one defines "trick". A trick is somethind done for the sole purpose of impressing people. Nuclear powerplants actually do something useful, it was not designed merely to impress people. You can have an unbendable arm, and a good armbar will still break it. Just kick 'em, they'll understand.- Me Apprentice Instructor under Guro Inosanto in Jun Fan Gung Fu and Filipinno Martial arts.Certified Instructor of Frank Cucci's Linxx system of martial arts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
47MartialMan Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 I liked what Drunken Monkey posted about "open mindness". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEM618 Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 You can have an unbendable arm, and a good armbar will still break it. I have to ask, as others have when we post do you actually read the post? You’ve been pounding away on the Internal Arts forum for a while now and posting replies to my threads, but when I read this I have to wonder. Less than a week ago, I explained that the ‘unbendable arm’ is not a technique. I won’t bother expounding on its value; you can search my posts and reread them. I have been at my dojo for over nine years, and my sensei has never said, ‘OK, now when uke has you in jujikatame make sure you use the unbendable arm’. Even with all respect due to him, we’d laugh in his face. Simply put: In your dojo, I’m sure you do some type of warm up exercises, I don’t know what they are but to make my point, let’s say jumping jacks. Now, imagine your sensei is demonstrating some attack and you say, ‘OK, sensei, when that happens what’s my best defense?’ Your sensei replies, when your opponent does this, you do jumping jacks!’ It’s not a technique. It’s not a technique! To say it is a technique is pure ignorance. To even wonder if it’s applicable in a fight is laughable. However, the concept it teaches does have practical application and that’s where the confusion lies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
47MartialMan Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 Ok, what is the "practical application"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEM618 Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 The ‘unbendable arm’ is not a technique nor is it a ‘trick’. It is a simple tool, for some, to grasp the concept of static and fluid tension, period, end of story. When, and if you can grasp that simple concept, you can then apply it to your techniques to improve upon them. Why can't people read and retain information. You've been following the threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEM618 Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 [quote name="Drunken Monkey Thirty spokes share a wheels hub it's the center hole that makes it useful shape clay into a vessel it's the space within that makes it useful cut doors and windows for a room it's the holes that make it useful therefore benefit come from what is there usefulness from what is not.... Pull a coin from a kids ear and tell its "magic" Shine a window so clear' date=' a bird hits it. Magnets help in curing illness. Skip a pebble across the pond, and so can you. Urinate on a blind man and tell him its raining. Yes, "Superman" CAN fly![/quote] IGNORANCE IS BLISS - Keep up the research 47MartialMan; I feel pity for the man who mocks Tao Teh Ching for a laugh... Suprised you didn't recognize it and have some respect for the point made... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
47MartialMan Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 Ignorance is bliss, there are some extremely happy people out there. And anything could be used for a mockery or humor. I feel pity for a man without a sense of humor. Respect? Respect for whom? This is a open forum. If I had offended you, so sorry. Now, getting back to statci/fluid tension, I cannot seem to locate this in a medical journal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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