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[PhotonGuy]

You don’t have to either…

Sometimes I don't respond, not if I don't consider a post or thread no longer worth responding to.

But I will say this, and this is just my opinion of course, life is too short to get all worked up over what people say on Internet forums.

 

[Xue Sheng128]

Sometimes I don't respond, not if I don't consider a post or thread no longer worth responding to.

But I will say this, and this is just my opinion of course, life is too short to get all worked up over what people say on Internet forums.

whose worked up?.... and with that... I shall stop responding .... feel free to respond as you like to this....ta-ta

 

[Kung Fu Wang137 168]

Well then they don't have to respond.

If one

- doesn't respond, people may think he tries to ignore other's opinion.
- responds, people may think he tries to argue.

IMO, online discussion can be a lose-lose situation.

When 2 persons have completely different ideas about MA, discussion will go to nowhere.

A: I train MA for health, self-cultivation, inner peace, culture study, world peace, ...
B: I train MA for combat.

A: Do you train on heavy bag to develop your kick/punch power.
B: Why do you need to develop kick/punch power for? If you hurt someone, you will go to jail.

A: I train how to "sink Qi in Dantain" daily.
B: What does "sink Qi to Dantain" has anything to do with combat?

A: Do you train self-defense?
B: I train how to make my opponent to defense himself.

A: Does your MA teacher teach you how to run away from conflict?
B: No! My MA teacher teaches me how to stand on my ground and help good to fight against evil.

A: MA training has 3 levels, the physical level, the mental level, and the spiritual level. During my training, my soul can float in the sky and look down on my own body.
B: After this many years of my MA training, I'm still at "fist meet face" physical level.

 

[PhotonGuy]

whose worked up?.... and with that... I shall stop responding .... feel free to respond as you like to this....ta-ta

Maybe not you, but there are other people on this forum who apparently do get worked up over posts, you just need to read through the forum to see what I mean.

 

[PhotonGuy]

If one

- doesn't respond, people may think he tries to ignore other's opinion.

Sometimes, but not always.

- responds, people may think he tries to argue.

Not always. What if they give a response where they say they agree?

IMO, online discussion can be a lose-lose situation.
When 2 persons have completely different ideas about MA, discussion will go to nowhere.

OK I just have to answer these.

A: I train MA for health, self-cultivation, inner peace, culture study, world peace, ...
B: I train MA for combat.

A sounds like Daniel Larusso and B sounds like Johnny Lawrence, I just had to say that.

But aside from that my response would be to each their own.

A: Do you train on heavy bag to develop your kick/punch power.
B: Why do you need to develop kick/punch power for? If you hurt someone, you will go to jail.

Not if it's self defense.

A: I train how to "sink Qi in Dantain" daily.
B: What does "sink Qi to Dantain" has anything to do with combat?

Martial arts isn't just about combat.

A: Do you train self-defense?
B: I train how to make my opponent to defense himself.

Defense himself?

A: Does your MA teacher teach you how to run away from conflict?
B: No! My MA teacher teaches me how to stand on my ground and help good to fight against evil.

All teachers are different.

A: MA training has 3 levels, the physical level, the mental level, and the spiritual level. During my training, my soul can float in the sky and look down on my own body.
B: After this many years of my MA training, I'm still at "fist meet face" physical level.

All arts are different.

 

[Kung Fu Wang137 168]

Not always. What if they give a response where they say they agree?

A: The blue color is the most beautiful color.
B: I agree with you 100%.
C: +1
D: +1
E: ...

This discussion will also go to nowhere. Without different opinions, one particular opinion will have no comparison. It may work in a communist country. But it won't work in the free world. The problem is someone may have difficulty to hear different opinions.

 

[windwalker099137 168]

B: After this many years of my MA training, I'm still at "fist meet face" physical level.

You're right online discussions can be lose-lose.

'level' framing can make it that way.

It's not that one has or hasn't reached this or that level... actually, there may be no levels to reach.
We could say there are experiences that may or may not lead to a different understanding.

The problem with the 'levels' framing is that it turns practice into a competition — and that's what makes these discussions go nowhere. Sinking qi is a practice. Floating in the sky is a belief. Lumping them together doesn't clarify anything; it just makes it easier to dismiss what you don't do.

Different experiences, different understandings.

 

[Kung Fu Wang137 168]

Different experiences, different understandings.

Different interest, difference focus.

In another forum, people talk about "Save Qi into Dantian". My opinion on that is if you do it, you will have it. If you don't train it, you won't have it. there is nothing to talk about there. When the container is full, water will overflow. Until then, just train and don't talk about it.

 

[Same Trick82 33]

A: The blue color is the most beautiful color.
B: I agree with you 100%.
C: +1
D: +1
E: ...

This discussion will also go to nowhere. Without different opinions, one particular opinion will have no comparison. It may work in a communist country. But it won't work in the free world. The problem is someone may have difficulty to hear different opinions.

F:Red color supposedly is the color a human first come to recognize
G:…