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ChadTower:

Hell that is a good deal.  I haven't run into anything like that around here.  I have seen combo discounts for multiple people but the lowest that has become is around $75/month/person.  I have not seen any schools that allow you to take an all you can eat approach, or if they have, they have not mentioned it during the sales pitch.

I'll check our Y schedule just in case but every time I have looked at it the adult schedule is very heavy with womens' classes and not much else.

shmokes:
Shrug . . . I grew up in a fairly poor area.  Maybe the dynamics are different around there because of financial difficulties or just bad parenting.  Or maybe my sample is simply too small and not representative.  I still think that if you're only going to put your kid in one sport, martial arts is bad because I think learning mainstream sports is important.  And I think the idea that most people have of what is possible with martial arts is unrealistic and a bit goofy (thanks to fight choreography in movies).  If you're putting your kids in martial arts in addition to other things, it's fine.  If you're putting them in martial arts exclusively, that's too bad.  And if you're putting them in to protect them from bullies or kidnappers, that's just naive. 

Xiaou2:

--- Quote --- I still think that if you're only going to put your kid in one sport, martial arts is bad because I think learning mainstream sports is important.
--- End quote ---

 Why the heck is a mainstream sport important?!  Its a darn game.  Its not a career move.
There are plenty of people who put way too much value in a game which has a ball in it.



--- Quote --- And I think the idea that most people have of what is possible with martial arts is unrealistic and a bit goofy (thanks to fight choreography in movies).  
--- End quote ---

 Considering how little experience you have, its no doubt why you think martial arts is
unrealistic.   There are plenty of artists that will prove you wrong any day of the week.


--- Quote --- If you're putting them in martial arts exclusively, that's too bad.  
--- End quote ---
I would have gave Anything to have went into a martial arts class earlier in life, instead of the
crappy little league experience I had.

 I could have actually developed good skills, and spent more time in my later high school
years being Decent at gym sports.. instead of being the last picked kid.



--- Quote ---And if you're putting them in to protect them from bullies or kidnappers, that's just naive.

--- End quote ---

 My buddies kid who is learning Akido, has been approached by bullies a few times.  Both times,
he made the bullies look like fools... and they no longer mess with him.

 As for stalker/kidnappers... thats a whole other ballgame.  All I can say, is that a kid with
martial arts training and spirit, will stand a better chance to get away, than one who does not.
It will also lead to them having a better awareness of the dangers, as well as a better
awareness of the people around them, and the surrounding environment.

 
--- Quote ---BTW, do you know the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique?  I would pay good money if you could teach me that.
--- End quote ---

 I know the closest thing to it.  It called  "FaJin" ,in English:   "Explosive Power".

 Bruce Lee popularized it via a demonstration called the " One Inch Punch ".   However, it was the
highest secret of most Chinese arts.  Most especially, Tai Chi & Wing Chun.  (Although, not all
WC people develop this to very extreme levels)

 I had developed it to the point were I could easily knock a person out (a person who
deserved it)  with less than 6" distance from my fist to their forehead, with mma gloves on, and maybe only 30% power level used.  I could do this at Any time I chose, Easily.  (unlike a boxer
who "Might" score a KO once every 90 shots)

 Most people see the 1" punch, and imitate the movement as a push.  However, the real
power version will not move the person back much at all.  Instead, his internals will be
rocked with so much force... that it can rupture organs.
 
 The technique itself is more like a sneeze.  A controlled spasm of loose muscle, tightening
in certain sequence, all done in Fractions of Seconds.  Off by a fraction, and you may lose up
to 3/4 of the power output.  To the spectator, they may not even see it happen... or not think
much happened from it.  However, the person who is hit, will tell a different story.

 Fajin  is probably where the "Death Touch" myth came about.   As to the outside observer,
it would look like the master simply poked the opposition lightly.   When instead, the masters
entire body mass, traveling at like 400mph, will travel from foot, to hip, to arm, to finger... and
deep into the opponents organ or vein.   The force causing a rupture... which either killed the Op
instantly... or within a few days (depending on the severity of the internal bleeding).

 Most people would never believe this possible... And for most, thats true... As developing
good levels of Fajin takes a lot of dedicated and specialized training efforts.  Its not simple and
intuitive like a typical punch.

 You can get a slight idea of the power from watching a master like Chen Xiaowang  perform.
Watch as when he tightens... his whole body ripples with extra powerful waves of energy.
His legs even rippling from the forces generated.

 Ive been told that this Master has done a Zero inch demo to a guy once... with merely his
shoulder touching a person.  With a quick twitch, he managed to break the ribs of the
person being demo'd on.


 Also, I have read that certain Shaolin practitioners used a method called Poison Hand.  Where
they soaked their hands in something like Scorpion venom.  They supposedly had been given an
antidote - to keep the stuff from effecting themselves.. but a few strong pokes to an attacker...
could be really bad.   I have no idea if this is true.  It could have been trickery, such as they
merely attached a poison needed to a finger... or a poison soaked cloth..etc.  Or, it could be
entirely fabricated...    However, Fajin is the real deal.  It can turn an 80lb woman, into a lethal
machine, capable of taking out anyone, of any size.

shmokes:
Saint?  Surely you don't think that I'm coming completely from left-field on this?

Xiaou2:
 I believe Saint would investigate before making a blind assumption...

 There is information available about Fajin, and people who have developed or
felt it from a master.

 There are also hints of it, and its training methods in Bruce Lees writings.
And some more revealed by one of his students After lee passed away:

http://www.amazon.com/Bruce-Lees-Inch-Power-Punch/dp/0918642027/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257215976&sr=1-1


More?
"His volunteer was Bob Baker of Stockton, California. "I told Bruce not to do this type of demonstration again", he recalled. "When he punched me that last time, I had to stay home from work because the pain in my chest was unbearable."[61]"


http://www.martialtaichi.co.uk/articles/fajin.php

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