Phalanxpursos wrote:.......... paradox means opposites.
paradox, n. something apparently absurd or incredible, yet may be true; a tenet contrary
to recieved opinions.
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Phalanxpursos wrote:.......... paradox means opposites.
There is a common idea that Yin will defeat Yang, but is this really true?
Josh Young wrote:I used to skateboard.
The ground is about as Yang as you can get.
When you fly towards it at very fast speed you have two basic options, be Yang too, or be Yin.
With being Yin you roll and the force is not met directly, you get up and walk away.
I've seen a lot of broken bones from Yang on Yang in this approach.
wpgtaiji wrote:My point is, the other side of that coin is, Yang overcomes Yin (and it has to, by law)! Personally, i prefer my teacher's idea: if you are attacked by Yang, be MORE yang than them. This literally turns their Yang into Yin! LOL It isnt easy, and i am not there yet in my training, but it makes a ton more sense than the alternative.
Yin and Yang are ALWAYS relative to each other.
wpgtaiji wrote:Josh i know you cant understsnd this!
wpgtaiji wrote:Mate, it puzzles me when you read anger in my post. I will look into that.
edit* i was ONLY refering to Josh. When i am quoting someone, i am REFERING to that person. It is interesting that people on here take specific statements as general comments about everyone! Read what i wrote:wpgtaiji wrote:Josh i know you cant understsnd this!
What is interesting is that you read your name or anyone else.
There are many other schools of boxing arts besides this one. Although the postures are different between them, they generally do not go beyond the strong bullying the weak and the slow yielding to the fast. The strong beating the weak and the slow submitting to the fast are both a matter of inherent natural ability and bear no relation to skill that is learned. Examine the skill of “four ounces moves a thousand pounds”, which is obviously not a victory obtained through strength. Or consider the sight of an old man repelling a group, which could not come from an aggressive speed.
Sudden Violence is an apt name for the eclectic martial arts or self-defence system that I now teach. It has come mainly from the Internal Martial Arts of Taijiquan and Baguazhang.
He WAS an animal which is why street fighters have so much power and aggression which far outweighs any logical 'martial arts' training you might have received.
Monsoon wrote:The fact that Mr Montaigue taught the principle of more yang overcomes yang speaks volumes about his real understanding of tai ji quan, although in the general public this approach is often what transpires in street fighting among unskilled but aggressive people.
Monsoon wrote:The fact that Mr Montaigue taught the principle of more yang overcomes yang speaks volumes about his real understanding of tai ji quan, although in the general public this approach is often what transpires in street fighting among unskilled but aggressive people.
Josh Young wrote:http://brennantranslation.wordpress.com ... hiyong-fa/There are many other schools of boxing arts besides this one. Although the postures are different between them, they generally do not go beyond the strong bullying the weak and the slow yielding to the fast. The strong beating the weak and the slow submitting to the fast are both a matter of inherent natural ability and bear no relation to skill that is learned. Examine the skill of “four ounces moves a thousand pounds”, which is obviously not a victory obtained through strength. Or consider the sight of an old man repelling a group, which could not come from an aggressive speed.
The above is core theory of taijiquan. I know wpgtaiji that this is not how the WTBA works or what it teaches. I appreciate the ideas of the WTBA, but for me they are not taijiquan. They teach being stronger and faster in your attack as a way of defeating the opponent, overwhelming them with your attack. This is why the system was not called Taijiquan by its creator but was called Sudden Violence.
http://www.taijiworld.com/sudden-violence.htmlSudden Violence is an apt name for the eclectic martial arts or self-defence system that I now teach. It has come mainly from the Internal Martial Arts of Taijiquan and Baguazhang.
It certainly draws from taijiquan, but it is not taijiquan and it does not use taiji theory in a conventional way. I will admit I think a lot (not all) of that article is misconceived and entirely wrong. I'd like to stress that I share it here because it illustrates that Erle did not teach Taijiquan, did not call his system taijiquan, and you (Gord) coming here and sharing it as such is odd and against the very teachings of Erle, who got along very well with me, and I with him, I should add.
Sudden Violence is an apt name for the eclectic martial arts or self-defence system that I now teach. It has come mainly from the Internal Martial Arts of Taijiquan and Baguazhang.
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