In the other thread Hendrik wrote:
"The reason one would not be able to grasp it because one has not yet develop the body to do what I do in the video"
First we have this clip, starting at the 30 second mark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMoGslryWzc
And this clip starting at the 1:30 mark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcT4wqkLRxA
Hendrik comments that there is nothing secret, there is no mystical “woo woo” about this. It is simply two different power generation methods. As I noted above, one of the primary differences between these two methods is that one is “up close” and short range with short power compared to the other which is further out with more extended punches and "long arm" power. Hendrik states this explicitly in the first clip.
So again, I invite anyone to please go back to my video in the OP at the 12:30 mark and tell me if I am not showing the “up close” and short range version of these two models? Am I not showing the EXACT same thing that Hendrik is showing in the videos above?
Now, I will say this. After starting my study of Chu Sau Lei WCK and learning more about the “Force Flow” methods from that, I am missing something in what I am showing in my video. But this something is not seen or explained in Hendriks videos either. So again, to the observer that knows no difference, what I am showing and what Hendrik is showing on video is the same thing.
So what am I missing? I don't think I am totally off, as Hendrik wants to suggest. I show using the Kua to generate power up through the spine and out through an elbow structure coupled to the hip. I am connecting to the ground and punching from the ground up. But I am missing a few elements and it can be done better. Now I realize that I can sink and load more into my lower body, like compressing a spring. This engages the “bows” of the lower body better. Then I can rise a bit as the “spring” releases and get even better power. I know now that in my video I was putting a little too much emphasis on the hip. A smaller motion is better because it couples better with the lower “bows.” If you watch Hendrik in his clips he is sinking a bit into his stance as well before releasing the force into the dummy.
But rather than acknowledge that anyone else may be on the right track, I’m sure Hendrik will continue to deny that anyone other than someone that has experienced this directly from him could have any inkling of what he is doing!
I get very frustrated because I know there is value in what Hendrik is saying. But the way he presents it just turns too many people off. I try to help him out, and since I haven't visited him directly he denies anything I would say in support.
Is Hendrik a "snake oil" salesman? Absolutely not! Just go through his posts! He is NO kind of salesman! ;-) Is this a "marketing" thing? If it is, it isn't a very successful one! No, I think Hendrik is more like the physics professor who thinks he has discovered something new. He tells all his colleagues that he has found something very important but they just can't understand it because they don't know his math. He hasn't published yet, so no one really knows what he is talking about. They tell him "but it sounds like your new physics theory is just a variation on "X"! He tells them "no, it uses a different formula." He shows some results of his theory, and other physicists say "but that looks like the same result when I use "X" application! He tells them "no, your math is different." They say "I think I know where you are coming from because I also use "X" formula." He tells them "no, you couldn't possibly know what I am talking about." But until the professor puts his full theory with all the math, explanations, and applications out there in publication for all to see, no one is going to just accept it at his word. I think that's where Hendrik is at.
