Personally speaking , I love to practice rooting. :EG:
No root, no power.
Rooting is good....incorrect rooting or being double weighted is bad.
Sounds like T.T. Liang........
When most people speak of rooting, they think downward... but that is only part of the story. sure roots of a tree go down, but they do not go straight down. in addition to going down, the roots spread out underground wider than the exposed branches of the tree.Hi ladies and Gents
I remember in my early eagle claw period where we learned rooting. I always wanted to know what people always felt about rooting in self defence vs trying something more fluid.
There are few things more important than rooting.
Rooting is not opposed to being fluid.
one can even be rooted in mid airj
In Okinawan goju, rooting is learned in Sanchin. Rooting is aligning the skeletal structure, stacking if you will, with gravity. It is a connection with the ground, that allows a free exchange of force down through the skeletal structure to the ground and also backup from the ground to your opponent. Some arts stress it, others don't, so it is conceivable that you could be doing it as part of your daily practice and not even give it a second thought, or be aware of it. Is it essential, no, you can still kick someones butt without it. Is it useful, I feel it makes the difference between a newbie and an advanced practitioner. Rather then labor your techniques and make them happen, rooting helps the flow of energy which in turn allows you to be fluid yet powerful at the same time.