Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
I was not sure exactly where to post this, but since the separation between Internal and External martial arts seems to be a Chinese martial arts issue I figured here was good a place as any.
I came across these definitions in an old book of mine and I was wondering how others felt about them or if they were complete, needed something or were just plain wrong.
External Stressed the regulation of breath, training of bones and muscles, ability to advance and retreat, and unity of hard and soft
Internal Emphasized training of bones and muscles, exercise of chi-kung (Qi Gong) subduing the offensive by stillness, and had the aim of defeating the enemy the instant he attacked
[Asian Martial Arts Donn F. Draeger and Robert W. Smith]
I came across these definitions in an old book of mine and I was wondering how others felt about them or if they were complete, needed something or were just plain wrong.
External Stressed the regulation of breath, training of bones and muscles, ability to advance and retreat, and unity of hard and soft
Internal Emphasized training of bones and muscles, exercise of chi-kung (Qi Gong) subduing the offensive by stillness, and had the aim of defeating the enemy the instant he attacked
[Asian Martial Arts Donn F. Draeger and Robert W. Smith]