The concepts of yang to yin, hard to soft, Shaolin to Wudan, striking to grappling have been with us a long time. Many people have compared the argument to the yin yang turning over and over. In the end, however, there is no contest between the two principles, merely a progression, an evolution if you will, of art within individual.
A child starts out with karate style hard arts. Heads out to the trophy windowed store and has fantastic contest with the other kids. Generalknowledge is attained, and the beginnings of the martial path are laid out.
As the child develops, he might come across a Wudang style art, like tai chi chuan or pa kua chang. He begins to understand that bashing is not all, and that there might actually be something to learn. He begins to look at principles, concepts, and apply them to his life.
As the child grows unto middle age, his youthful vigor wanes, and he begins looking for easier ways to do things. Maybe he has injuries, maybe the muscles are just not working as well as they might, whatever, he starts relying on technique as opposed to brute force. And, he has begun the final step into the True Art.
The True Art is based upon the use of intelligence, and intelligence is had by comparing and contrasting those things. A punch is more than just hitting, and can he look at guiding with flow, manipulating with intelligence? Or is he just going to be stuck where he is, a large child using only brute force?
Thus, he begins searching for easier ways to move, a way to move that won't tax the body, and rely only upon the muscles. He explores Wudan style arts seriously now, searching for the key to effortless movement. And, even if because of age and injury, he finds those effortless techniques.
Yet, wouldn't it be smarter for him to just search for more gentle techniques in the beginning? The answer, interestingly enough, is no. For a man to truly learn the soft he must have abase in the hard, he must have something to gauge it against, to compare and contrast it against, so that he might truly begin the thinking evolution.
Yet, how much hard art must a man absorb before he becomes intelligent? I hold forth that he should learn three or four years of karate, or at least a year of matrix karate, or, if he doesn't like Karate, then a matrix influenced art like Shaolin Kung Fu, the Shaolin Butterfly would be one very good art. To make the leap to the intelligent techniques of the Wudan, or similar arts one must see both sides of the spectrum, this is the only way for the dog to cross the field. - 16887
A child starts out with karate style hard arts. Heads out to the trophy windowed store and has fantastic contest with the other kids. Generalknowledge is attained, and the beginnings of the martial path are laid out.
As the child develops, he might come across a Wudang style art, like tai chi chuan or pa kua chang. He begins to understand that bashing is not all, and that there might actually be something to learn. He begins to look at principles, concepts, and apply them to his life.
As the child grows unto middle age, his youthful vigor wanes, and he begins looking for easier ways to do things. Maybe he has injuries, maybe the muscles are just not working as well as they might, whatever, he starts relying on technique as opposed to brute force. And, he has begun the final step into the True Art.
The True Art is based upon the use of intelligence, and intelligence is had by comparing and contrasting those things. A punch is more than just hitting, and can he look at guiding with flow, manipulating with intelligence? Or is he just going to be stuck where he is, a large child using only brute force?
Thus, he begins searching for easier ways to move, a way to move that won't tax the body, and rely only upon the muscles. He explores Wudan style arts seriously now, searching for the key to effortless movement. And, even if because of age and injury, he finds those effortless techniques.
Yet, wouldn't it be smarter for him to just search for more gentle techniques in the beginning? The answer, interestingly enough, is no. For a man to truly learn the soft he must have abase in the hard, he must have something to gauge it against, to compare and contrast it against, so that he might truly begin the thinking evolution.
Yet, how much hard art must a man absorb before he becomes intelligent? I hold forth that he should learn three or four years of karate, or at least a year of matrix karate, or, if he doesn't like Karate, then a matrix influenced art like Shaolin Kung Fu, the Shaolin Butterfly would be one very good art. To make the leap to the intelligent techniques of the Wudan, or similar arts one must see both sides of the spectrum, this is the only way for the dog to cross the field. - 16887
About the Author:
Al Case has analyzed martial arts for 4O++ years. A writer for the mags since 1981, he is the originator of Matrixing technology. You can pick up a free ebook which will explain matrixing at Monster Martial Arts.
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