Drunken Monkey Posted June 25, 2004 Posted June 25, 2004 ...which highlights one of the reasons why you need to have a 'live' instructor... post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite."
SevenStar Posted June 25, 2004 Posted June 25, 2004 hey, i'm curious now, Seven, you've mentioned several time before about your chinese style training. would i be rude to ask what style? (cos um, you seem a bit reluctant to go further most of the time...) Do I? I hadn't noticed. I just don't really mention it since I do bjj, judo and thai boxing now - most of what I post relates to those in some way. I did four years of longfist. I still work with a group of shuai chiao guys when I visit chicago. acsca - david lin's lineage. I've been doing that for about three years. That was actually how I got into judo - the two arts share a few similar principles, and there is no SC near me, so I took up judo. when I work with the SC guys, they will make corrections as per shuai chiao methods, show me different techniques, etc.
White Warlock Posted June 25, 2004 Posted June 25, 2004 Always had an interest in shuai chiao "When you are able to take the keys from my hand, you will be ready to drive." - Shaolin DMV TestIntro
Drunken Monkey Posted June 25, 2004 Posted June 25, 2004 oops, sorry. my wrong, you have mentioned it before.... i guess i just wasn't paying attention. post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite."
sAtelitte Posted June 25, 2004 Author Posted June 25, 2004 Thanks for the advice guys Just heard tonight from my sifu that the exam for my next belt has been moved to the end of september. This gives me extra time of course to experiment with these training methods. My first priority will be finding the best position (going to give it a week or two max) and then the endurence using the advice you gave me again, thx, if i reach 2 or 3 minutes i'll let you know https://www.shaolin.be
aefibird Posted June 26, 2004 Posted June 26, 2004 Good luck with your belt testing sAtelitte. Keep on working on the horse stance & I'm sure you'll get it! Practice a little every day - if you stand in it whilst doing something else at home then you'll concentrate more on the 'something else' rather than on how much it's hurting your legs! My karate instructor always tells newbies at my club to practice horse riding stance whilst they're brushing their teeth or eating their breakfast... hey, maybe you could give it a go! If you can hold horse riding stance for three minutes whilst brushing your teeth it will do your teeth good as well as your stance! lol Good luck with it. "Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My CologneSheffield Steelers!
Drunken Monkey Posted June 28, 2004 Posted June 28, 2004 hey, just cos i'm curious now, can everyone describe their horse stance? y'know, how you are positioned, how your structure is/works. stuff like that. it seems like most styles have a form of horse stance; i'll be good to see how eveyone does it. cheers. monkey. post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite."
tommarker Posted June 28, 2004 Posted June 28, 2004 - 1.5 shoulder width. - Feet straight ahead - knees bent and turned outward. - Hips NOT rolled forward, but butt not sticking out either. - Weight supported on outside edges of feet. - Head straight up as if held by string. Practice horsey stance by holding the super fun "embracing the tree" posture. I'm no longer posting here. Adios.
DLopez Posted June 28, 2004 Posted June 28, 2004 I'd say tommarker's description also fits how we are taught to do horse-riding stance in Kuk Sool Won. DeanDahn Boh Nim - Black-Brown BeltKuk Sool Won"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die tomorrow." - James Dean
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