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i do not want to make a new thread every time i have an interesting article to share with you, so i have made this one and will post it here. i hope you will enjoy the articles (and pardon the bad English, as me and other contributors are not native English speakers)
Thank you for posting the story, and don't worry about your translation, it is excellent.
Over dinner in Olso during the Wintercamp we were talking with Sigung about the old times and stories of the past masters, it seems that nowadays so much is on offer that the appreciation and value of the arts is not the same as it was.
This is an excellent story that perhaps will help remind some of the sacrifices and hardship some of the past masters endured. I look forward to the next instalment.
Chinese martial arts are often called Kyun Seut (lit. "Art of the Fists"), and translated as "Chinese Boxing". However, Chinese martial arts arsenal is much broader - we strike not only with our fists, but palms, claws, elbows as well, use various kicks, sweeps, throws and locks. Let s not forget the use of various weapons - long and short, single and double, blunt and bladed, "hard" and soft. As for the bare-handed fighting, the classical Chinese phrase goes: Tek - Da - Seut - Na, ie. Kicking, Striking, Wrestling and Holding. Below is a nice article about these 4 basic attacks of Chinese Kung-Fu, written by Wong Kiew Kit Sifu of Shaolin Wahnam Kung Fu.
"Original", "traditional", "orthodox"... Those are the words how (traditional) Chinese martial arts are often described. What does it mean? Same as hundreds years ago? Dated? The word "traditional" comes for a latin word tradere, "to hand over", "hand down", from the Master to the apprentice, from one generation to the other - not only the techniques and sets, but concepts, principles and training methodology, often unique to a specific system or family. Does it mean that the students be the exact copy of their teachers? I remember my sihing giving me once a very wise advice: "Hey, look, Sifu is not teaching you to move like him, but to move like YOU".
Thanks Sifu Pavel, as usual a very interesting and beneficial reading.
Best regards and hope to meet you soon in person somewhere in Europe. It would be nice to have a healthy, friendly exchange. If you agree I would love to PM you soon.
Best regards,
Roland
"From formless to form, from form to formless"
26.08.17-28.08.17: Qi Gong Festival with 6 courses in Bern:
Qiflow-Triple Stretch Method-12 Sinewmetamorphisis-Bone Marrow Cleansing-Zen Mind in Qi Gong
yes, i also have Chinese originals of some of the articles. my knowledge of Chinese is limited, so the translation was done by other persons and friend of mine. i have loads of interesting stuff in my archives which waits for the translation. maybe we will also publish the original texts as well in the future for the Chinese native speakers and more educated students.
Chan Tat Fut sifu of Choy Lay Fut Kung-Fu, presenting some fighting applications with the Chinese tobacco water pipe. Chan sifu is well known to many of us Hong Kong visitors - almost everybody has visited his famous Kung-Fu weapons shop in Sham Shui Po.
Wow that one takes the cake! Thank you for posting Sifu Pavel!
I would love to see the bowl and chopsticks set, that would really help around dinnertime with my family
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