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[Buka]

Mud is big out here, too. Never could figure that out.

 

[granfire]

Mud is big out here, too. Never could figure that out.

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you have to search for it on the pristine white beaches...

 

[Xue Sheng]

mud walking?
Remember your allergies!
Or you have to stomp a mud hole into a posterior first, then you can mud walk til it's dry

Not to worry, there is no actual mud involved

 

[Xue Sheng]

Mud is big out here, too. Never could figure that out.

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Not actual walking in mud, this is Baguazhang mud walking

See no actual mud was injured during the making of this video

 

[AngryHobbit]

Bruce Lee believed, that of all the athletes out there, that dancers would make the best martial artists

That's a very generalized statements. What type of dancers? There are tons of different types of dance and all of them have their unique traits. Some dancers have trouble going between styles. For example, ballet dancers have trouble with Zumba, because in ballet you lock your core in, whereas in Zumba, your core is very loose, and there is a lot more emphasis on strong movement rather than graceful movement.

 

[granfire]

well, the story goes Bruce Lee traded dancing lessons for Karate lessons. Hos instructor complained Lee picked up the martial arts so quick, he never got the base steps down good.

 

[_Simon_]

Very disappointed. A local fitness gym added a room with a full boxing ring, mutiple heavy bags of various types, speed bags, double end bags and other cool equipment. I was there to sign up and was being shown around when I saw a sign. " NO ELBOWS, KNEES, OR KICKING. BOXING GLOVES REQUIRED ON ALL EQUIPMENT " the employee also said there shall be NO SPARRING .
So disappointed, I didn't join. It's was like holding out a chocolate bar I couldn't eat.

Wwhhaaaaat? No sparring in a boxing ring? Only punches on a bag? Golly gosh!

I'm guessing they wanted it just for "fitness-based" stuff (kicks and knees double your fitness repertoire anyways..), but wowza that's odd!

 

[_Simon_]

hmmm....I have to ask myself.....if I feel like going to my basement and doing some Baguazhang mud walking..... why am I sitting here posting...... later

Love it XD

 

[AngryHobbit]

The ring is set dressing...

The no knees/no elbows/must use gloves stuff is about the gear and liability. Otherwise, you'll have people with little or no training kicking and "MMA"ing the bags with street shows. They'll tear up the gear, they'll get injured and bleed on it and not clean it up.. so you have more problems. Honestly... I'm surprised they didn't lock the stuff away...

No sparring is the result of a couple of other things. Liability and staff training (their instructors are probably going to be from a one-weekend seminar on how to use "boxing" in their fitness training package, or using a packaged program that doesn't include actually applying any of it outside of pure exercise), gear costs and clean-up, and I'll bet a lot of their clients are not going to be interested in sparring. They want the exercises, maybe actually hitting enough to feel like they're "really" boxing... but they don't want to risk a split lip or black eye...

What a waste of space and equipment.

 

[AngryHobbit]

Mud is big out here, too. Never could figure that out.

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Good for your skin.

 

[AngryHobbit]

Not actual walking in mud, this is Baguazhang mud walking

See no actual mud was injured during the making of this video

Ahhh! I see. His gait looks like he is trying to make his way over slippery mud. Interesting. But jokes aside, it's actually not a bad exercise to try and do your kata or basic walks (like our hanmi walk for instance) on different surfaces with different resistance. @gpseymour and I both had a chance to try that on sand and in water - VERY different experience. We also knew an instructor in Seattle who regularly took his students to train on the beach. So, trying mud walking on actual mud wouldn't be such a bad idea.

 

[Xue Sheng]

That's a very generalized statements. What type of dancers? There are tons of different types of dance and all of them have their unique traits. Some dancers have trouble going between styles. For example, ballet dancers have trouble with Zumba, because in ballet you lock your core in, whereas in Zumba, your core is very loose, and there is a lot more emphasis on strong movement rather than graceful movement.

Well I would ask him but....

I believe he was referring to Ballet

 

[Xue Sheng]

Ahhh! I see. His gait looks like he is trying to make his way over slippery mud. Interesting. But jokes aside, it's actually not a bad exercise to try and do your kata or basic walks (like our hanmi walk for instance) on different surfaces with different resistance. @gpseymour and I both had a chance to try that on sand and in water - VERY different experience. We also knew an instructor in Seattle who regularly took his students to train on the beach. So, trying mud walking on actual mud wouldn't be such a bad idea.

its Chinese.... there is nothing called a kata...... and I think I might be highly offended that you are applying Japanese terms to Chinese martial arts........ APPARENTLY.... you never watched the Bruce Lee movie "Fist of Fury" or the Jet Li and Donnie Yen Remakes...... HARRUMPH

All kidding aside, I am a big proponent of taking your forms outside, have been for years. I have done many of my taijiquan form, and Xingyiquan forms, in various environments and outside, on uneven ground is quite a learning experience. As is doing forms, outside, on uneven ground, in the dark. A beach is also a very different experience as well, but I am kind of short on beaches in the Adirondacks.

 

[AngryHobbit]

its Chinese.... there is nothing called a kata...... and I think I might be highly offended that you are applying Japanese terms to Chinese martial arts........ APPARENTLY.... you never watched the Bruce Lee movie "Fist of Fury" or the Jet Li and Donnie Yen Remakes...... HARRUMPH

All kidding aside, I am a big proponent of taking your forms outside, have been for years. I have done many of my taijiquan form, and Xingyiquan forms, in various environments and outside, on uneven ground is quite a learning experience. As is doing forms, outside, on uneven ground, in the dark. A beach is also a very different experience as well, but I am kind of short on beaches in the Adirondacks.

I was referring to the kata in our art. Which is Japanese. So, in your art, whatever facsimile you have thereof - forms, shapes, poses, stands, whatever you choose to call them. I haven't seen a single Bruce Lee movie in my life. I don't really like martial arts movies all that much.

 

[Xue Sheng]

I was referring to the kata in our art. Which is Japanese. So, in your art, whatever facsimile you have thereof - forms, shapes, poses, stands, whatever you choose to call them. I haven't seen a single Bruce Lee movie in my life. I don't really like martial arts movies all that much.

don't like martial arts movies......and you give me a hard time for not jumping in mud.....

 

[CB Jones]

For any Game of Throne Fans...

 

[Xue Sheng]

For those that are not fans of Game of Thrones

Don't ask me why, its just I am not a fan of G.O.T. and it is all my demented brain came up with almost immediately after just reading the post before watching the video

ok, this actually makes more sense...for the non-G.O.T. fans

 

[CB Jones]

@Xue Sheng

Dont like bacon....dont like GOT....I'm starting to worry about you.

 

[Xue Sheng]

@Xue Sheng

Dont like bacon....dont like GOT....I'm starting to worry about you.

I don't like bowling either....and I don't eat hamburgers or hot dogs...... unbeknownst to me, I may be an alien from another planet....possibly planet X

 

[CB Jones]

I don't like bowling either....and I don't eat hamburgers or hot dogs...... unbeknownst to me, I may be an alien from another planet....possibly planet X

I dont care for bowling either so....