I never met Mr. Parker but I've seen both the early 60's films of him with Mr. Sullivan and video of him from the mid 70's. Somewhere between the two films his body mechanics changed. He became looser and his power became more "wave like." The man I see in the film from the early '60's is very talented, very powerful and clearly impressive but somehow more ordinary, more like other talented martial artists that I have met. The movement that he demonstrates by the mid '70's is fluid, powerful and somehow more than what normal mortals achieve.
1. Did this change in motion come about just as a result of maturing or was it a conscious change on Mr. Parker's part?
2. Was he aware that he had changed how he moved?
3. Any suggestions for a method for ordinary mortals to learn this changed body mechanics?
Jeff
1. Did this change in motion come about just as a result of maturing or was it a conscious change on Mr. Parker's part?
2. Was he aware that he had changed how he moved?
3. Any suggestions for a method for ordinary mortals to learn this changed body mechanics?
Jeff