Comments on: In Yo Face! http://www.obeymyblog.com/in-yo-face/ the truth and nothing but the truth, so help me Blog Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:33:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Fa-Jing Chuan—Explosive Energy Boxing | Real Taijiquan http://www.obeymyblog.com/in-yo-face/comment-page-1/#comment-1465 Fa-Jing Chuan—Explosive Energy Boxing | Real Taijiquan Sun, 11 Apr 2010 07:09:21 +0000 http://www.obeymyblog.com/?p=1301#comment-1465 [...] —In Yo Face! [...] [...] —In Yo Face! [...]

]]> By: Robin http://www.obeymyblog.com/in-yo-face/comment-page-1/#comment-1089 Robin Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:09:09 +0000 http://www.obeymyblog.com/?p=1301#comment-1089 Wow, thanks! You do the same! Wow, thanks! You do the same!

]]> By: Shindo http://www.obeymyblog.com/in-yo-face/comment-page-1/#comment-1088 Shindo Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:17:39 +0000 http://www.obeymyblog.com/?p=1301#comment-1088 No, it doesn't look easy! I practiced Kung-Fu for a while which seems similar in many ways.... Btw... I added your blog to my page! Keep it up! No, it doesn’t look easy! I practiced Kung-Fu for a while which seems similar in many ways…. Btw… I added your blog to my page! Keep it up!

]]> By: Robin http://www.obeymyblog.com/in-yo-face/comment-page-1/#comment-1084 Robin Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:45:29 +0000 http://www.obeymyblog.com/?p=1301#comment-1084 Hi Shindo! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I had a chance to check out part of your blog - very cool! I look forward to reading more! Yes! And apparently the Tai Chi masters taught the slow movements to the elite (I believe because they were forced to) and concealed the faster, more dangerous movements. Which is why Tai Chi has developed this reputation for being slow and boring (and resembling a grateful dead concert). But really it's power comes from being slow and then fast, fast and then slow. Not an easy thing to learn! Hi Shindo! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I had a chance to check out part of your blog – very cool! I look forward to reading more!

Yes! And apparently the Tai Chi masters taught the slow movements to the elite (I believe because they were forced to) and concealed the faster, more dangerous movements. Which is why Tai Chi has developed this reputation for being slow and boring (and resembling a grateful dead concert). But really it’s power comes from being slow and then fast, fast and then slow. Not an easy thing to learn!

]]> By: shindo http://www.obeymyblog.com/in-yo-face/comment-page-1/#comment-1080 shindo Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:19:56 +0000 http://www.obeymyblog.com/?p=1301#comment-1080 That's what I love about Tai Chi! When you see it at first, it looks like a bunch of people doing really weird slow motion trippy movements, (like a grateful dead show) but when you speed it up.... it's really a form of self defense. I also learned that back in the day... They practiced Tai Chi like that because Martial Arts were banned in public. So they just slowed it down and no-one knew WTF it was! Cool blog by the way, I found it off of Trevor's site... -Shindo That’s what I love about Tai Chi! When you see it at first, it looks like a bunch of people doing really weird slow motion trippy movements, (like a grateful dead show) but when you speed it up…. it’s really a form of self defense.

I also learned that back in the day… They practiced Tai Chi like that because Martial Arts were banned in public. So they just slowed it down and no-one knew WTF it was!

Cool blog by the way, I found it off of Trevor’s site…

-Shindo

]]> By: Robin http://www.obeymyblog.com/in-yo-face/comment-page-1/#comment-1073 Robin Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:05:30 +0000 http://www.obeymyblog.com/?p=1301#comment-1073 Thanks Emma! :) Thanks Emma! :)

]]> By: Robin http://www.obeymyblog.com/in-yo-face/comment-page-1/#comment-1072 Robin Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:04:43 +0000 http://www.obeymyblog.com/?p=1301#comment-1072 Hi Matt! Excellent point, thank you! I'm hoping through more practice I'll gain the awareness that's needed to recoil properly. I don't really do that well right now...poop. Hi Matt! Excellent point, thank you! I’m hoping through more practice I’ll gain the awareness that’s needed to recoil properly. I don’t really do that well right now…poop.

]]> By: emma http://www.obeymyblog.com/in-yo-face/comment-page-1/#comment-1071 emma Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:44:26 +0000 http://www.obeymyblog.com/?p=1301#comment-1071 Congratulations, both for achieving this moment and for having the patience to pursue it for two years. Brava! Congratulations, both for achieving this moment and for having the patience to pursue it for two years. Brava!

]]> By: Matt http://www.obeymyblog.com/in-yo-face/comment-page-1/#comment-1070 Matt Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:34:15 +0000 http://www.obeymyblog.com/?p=1301#comment-1070 Congrats on the punching progress! Fajing is an important concept, and something I've tried to integrate into my karate training (believe it or not). I first read about it through Montaigue Sensei's materials. One thing I'd like to submit from a karate perspective - be careful not to only punch air all the time. Fajing looks explosive in the air, but unless you hit things for real and learn how to transfer that power into something while retracting your body away from the recoil, it can still be an ineffective way to strike. Congrats on the punching progress! Fajing is an important concept, and something I’ve tried to integrate into my karate training (believe it or not). I first read about it through Montaigue Sensei’s materials.

One thing I’d like to submit from a karate perspective – be careful not to only punch air all the time. Fajing looks explosive in the air, but unless you hit things for real and learn how to transfer that power into something while retracting your body away from the recoil, it can still be an ineffective way to strike.

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