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47MartialMan
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 Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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| North wrote: | Hmm, in the off chance you are refering to the demonstrations done where things like a sharp knife is used to cut bok choy against the skin or a monk balances on top of a spearpoint that is obviously not a needle point, I wanted to offer my opinion.
These demonstrations often get missinterpreted in the west as the monks saying no spear can stab them or they are invincible. The truth is that they are trying to show how far they have progressed in their training by doing something a great majority of people would be terrified to attempt. Anyone making the foolish claim their skin cannot be cut or they cannot be stabbed or shot needs to review their history and see what happened to other like minded martial artists during the Boxer Rebellion in China.
(For those who don't know.... Guns > Iron skills as per Boxer Rebellion.) |
I am pleased that you gave reference and notation on this. I was about to.
But as far as how they progressed, it still isnt a area of martial arts that I considered warranted, pure, or best represented. |
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North
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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Well, we certainly shall have to agree to dissagree to some extent.
I think Iron Skills have their place much like Chin Na has it's place. Alone it would be next to useless, but when accenting the rest of a person's training they are in my opinion valuable.
I hope that you come across some better representatives in the future. The fraudulant "iron" shirt fellow you punched certainly has reinforced a certain belief in you.
Cheers.
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47MartialMan
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| Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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| I agree that martial art training, within its own sense, is conditioning of the body (& mind). I agree that so far, not just upon this situation in this thread, but many others, I havent found any of the hardcore gungs, like Tie Chen Yi to be of actual worth. |
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