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Deep stances, in my opinion, and experience, are a relic of the dangerous old days.
wpgtaiji wrote:Holy dren! Has pete finally coming around to qigong???
pete, i know you think you are safe, talking about ma bu holding, but mate, its a qigong! There is really no other reason to hold ma bu for 10 hours at a time. Oh wait? Only 10 minutes? My mistake!
I know the externies tell you its to build muscle strength, stamina, and posture, but all of that is just code for "na na we got you to do qigong without you knowing it!" Gotcha!
yat_chum wrote:Hi wpgtaijiDeep stances, in my opinion, and experience, are a relic of the dangerous old days.
could you please explain this statement.
yat_chum wrote:Hi wpgtaiji
I was more interested in the "relic of the dangerous old days" bit.
wpgtaiji wrote:Well, in the "old" days, they told us to do a lot of insane things that actually hurt the body
Josh Young wrote:If you hand the sack of grain to a man, he can stack it, but...
wpgtaiji wrote:Well, in the "old" days, they told us to do a lot of insane things that actually hurt the body
if you give it to an infant it will be crushed.
Pete, I did ma-bu training with my lower legs very close to perpendicular, from the front view.
Josh Young wrote:It means that absolutes lack wisdom.
That certainty, is the sign of ignorance...
wpgtaiji wrote:
Then Josh, you is in TROUBLE! Almost everything you have ever posted on this forum has been "I KNOW THIS 150%" or some variant of that, despite my attempts to maybe, loosen up some of those beliefs!
wpgtaiji wrote:yat_chum wrote:Hi wpgtaiji
I was more interested in the "relic of the dangerous old days" bit.
AHH!
Well, in the "old" days, they told us to do a lot of insane things that actually hurt the body (not build it up like the lies they tell you it is supposed to do).
When i refer to the old days, it is this false information that is passed along as gospel....
If you speed up the training you may cause serious knee injury
Josh Young wrote:If you hand the sack of grain to a man, he can stack it, but...
wpgtaiji wrote:Well, in the "old" days, they told us to do a lot of insane things that actually hurt the body
if you give it to an infant it will be crushed.
Pete, I did ma-bu training with my lower legs very close to perpendicular, from the front view.
mansao wrote:Josh Young wrote:If you hand the sack of grain to a man, he can stack it, but...
wpgtaiji wrote:Well, in the "old" days, they told us to do a lot of insane things that actually hurt the body
if you give it to an infant it will be crushed.
Pete, I did ma-bu training with my lower legs very close to perpendicular, from the front view.
lol this statement is very true
@ wpgtaiji
If you compare their techniques of training with your techniques of training, I'm sure there will be differences and those differences is what probably caused you knee pain
this is how I see it, the knowledge that has been passed down for hundreds maybe thousands of years wouldn't be passed down unless they worked right?
of course, now a days, there are many teachers out there spreading the superficial knowledge but at the end of the day isn't it up to you to decipher (using the common sense you have accumulated) what is good/works for you and what isn't/doesn't?
pete5770 wrote:A quick question on peoples preferences. Ma bu stance. Do any / all people perform this stance with the LOWER legs perpendicular to the floor(as a column) or do you simply allow the legs to fall into whatever natural slope they take as they go towards the hip? The former being a concsious thing and the latter being, well, not so much?.
brer_momonga wrote:pete5770 wrote:A quick question on peoples preferences. Ma bu stance. Do any / all people perform this stance with the LOWER legs perpendicular to the floor(as a column) or do you simply allow the legs to fall into whatever natural slope they take as they go towards the hip? The former being a concsious thing and the latter being, well, not so much?.
my calves usually make about a 45 degree angle. I sink, but not too much. If the knee compains at all I adjust. I love mabu.
pete5770 wrote:brer_momonga wrote:pete5770 wrote:A quick question on peoples preferences. Ma bu stance. Do any / all people perform this stance with the LOWER legs perpendicular to the floor(as a column) or do you simply allow the legs to fall into whatever natural slope they take as they go towards the hip? The former being a concsious thing and the latter being, well, not so much?.
my calves usually make about a 45 degree angle. I sink, but not too much. If the knee compains at all I adjust. I love mabu.
Are you talking viewed from your front or viewed from your side???
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