Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,
Sigung posted this on the front page, so in the absence of anyone else taking the lead I hereby start a proper discussion on it.
I had actually wondered what the Cotton Palm was and had thought about asking more details, but amusingly the thought escaped me several times before I could decisively act on it.
The set looks simple and beautiful, and certainly very interesting from Taijiquan perspective. To my non-expert eyes it looks even more flowing than the Cosmos Palm set, but I'm probably missing in the picture something that would clearly set the latter as the superior art. An educated guess is that the force training in the Cosmos Palm is much more versatile. I really would love to read a good comparison of the two sets, who else agrees?
The description of the "sucking in" skill is brief and remains a bit unclear to me, so I also thought to ask: does it mean capturing energy from an incoming attack (and possibly returning it)?
With sincere respect,
Olli
Sigung posted this on the front page, so in the absence of anyone else taking the lead I hereby start a proper discussion on it.
Some organizers asked me to teach Cosmos Palm again, but I mentioned before that the Cosmos Palm course at Hew Hampshire would be the first and last time. An excellent alternative is Wudang Cotton Palm.
I did not learn Wudang Cotton Palm though I learned Praying Mantis Cotton Pam in the 1960s. I also do not have the legendary art of Cotton Palm where a master could suck into his stomach an opponent's attack, like Pak Mei as reputed.
But I believe I know the force training methods of Cotton Palm My sifu, Sifu Chee Kim Thong, was an expert of Cotton Palm, though I was unaware whether he also had the "sucking in" skill.
Pleace click here to view the video of Cotton Palm and here to view the picture series.
I did not learn Wudang Cotton Palm though I learned Praying Mantis Cotton Pam in the 1960s. I also do not have the legendary art of Cotton Palm where a master could suck into his stomach an opponent's attack, like Pak Mei as reputed.
But I believe I know the force training methods of Cotton Palm My sifu, Sifu Chee Kim Thong, was an expert of Cotton Palm, though I was unaware whether he also had the "sucking in" skill.
Pleace click here to view the video of Cotton Palm and here to view the picture series.
The set looks simple and beautiful, and certainly very interesting from Taijiquan perspective. To my non-expert eyes it looks even more flowing than the Cosmos Palm set, but I'm probably missing in the picture something that would clearly set the latter as the superior art. An educated guess is that the force training in the Cosmos Palm is much more versatile. I really would love to read a good comparison of the two sets, who else agrees?
The description of the "sucking in" skill is brief and remains a bit unclear to me, so I also thought to ask: does it mean capturing energy from an incoming attack (and possibly returning it)?
With sincere respect,
Olli
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