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Josh Young wrote:Awesome! Thank you!'
I started watching the first video and the first move he shows is a lot like Lu and resembles taijiquan to me. The soft touch, the use of fingertip contact, the use of meridans and cavities, elbow, diagonal stepping, spiraling, sinking, whole body movement, peng like energy, listening type energy
"eyes throat groin ankles knees"
Some distinctions and differences sure, but wow, I've yet to see anything close to taijiquan than this that isn't Chinese, except maybe Silat.
caesar wrote:It reminded me a lot of bujinkan also.
John the Monkey mind wrote:I thought it would be a good idea to create a thread on Indian and Vedic martial arts.
I was impressed by this guy Nihang Niddar Singh skill with distance, structure and footwork.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUeB-RlRX9o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLTcVJGMBkQ
Josh Young wrote:I started watching the first video and the first move he shows is a lot like Lu and resembles taijiquan to me. The soft touch, the use of fingertip contact, the use of meridans and cavities, elbow, diagonal stepping, spiraling, sinking, whole body movement, peng like energy, listening type energy
The gada, or heavy mace, was the weapon of choice of Hindu soldiers as well as the Hindu deity Hanuman, an anthropomorphic monkey who can lift mountains with a single hand. According to the book Encyclopedia of Indian Physical Culture, warriors during the Puranic age would engage in mace training early in the morning along with wrestling, archery, and swordsmanship. Besides dueling one another with gadas, warriors would swing heavier versions — usually made with a bamboo stick with a heavy stone at one end — behind their backs in order to strengthen their backs, chests, shoulders, forearms, and fingers. Because of their rigorous physical and tactical training, Hindu warriors were some of the fiercest of the ancient world.
Today, the gada is used primarily by Pehlwani wrestlers in northern India and southern Pakistan. The most famous gada afficionado was the Great Gama (pictured above), the only undefeated Pehlwani wrestler in history. By the looks of it, his mustache also trained with a gada. That thing is a beast!
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