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Location: Adelaide, drift capital
Registered: May 2004
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Re: Martial Arts
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Thu, 18 November 2004 15:12
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RA28 wrote on Wed, 17 November 2004 22:37 | To call the Chinese arts "soft" may be true
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Alot of Chinese martial arts have a great emphasis on being soft. This has many benefits in that by learning things softly and slowly, you can truely understand the movements and applications of a form.
When learning fast, agressive martial arts it is very easy to overlook the essentials of a movement and which in both combat and even practice can cause a great deal of physical harm to yourself.
I began martial arts a few years ago with Tai Chi which has a good emphasis on breathing, posture and correct motion. Although tought very slowly, the martial art applications of the forms are very brutal and effective. This martial arts along with Chi Kung formed the basis of many current Chinese martial arts and are a both a good basis to develop skills and understanding for learning faster martial arts.
I have only recently begun learning some traditional Shaolin Kung-Fu sets and practicing them at a fast pace. Almost all Kung-fu applications require very minimal force and although performed at a very fast pace, the contact with an oppenent is not at all brute force, but can inflict very bad injuries and death to an opponent.
A similar 'soft' martial art is Japanese 'Aikido'. This has an excellent focus on staibilising and utilising your centre of gravity and unbalancing an opponent's motion.
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matt_84 | Wed, 17 November 2004 07:50 |
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SilverGhost | Wed, 17 November 2004 08:26 |
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Cool1 | Wed, 17 November 2004 10:00 |
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draven | Wed, 17 November 2004 10:34 |
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matt_84 | Wed, 17 November 2004 10:42 |
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justcallmefrank | Thu, 18 November 2004 00:48 |
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MFX_Neko_86 | Wed, 17 November 2004 10:39 |
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AE86slut | Wed, 17 November 2004 11:02 |
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RA28 | Wed, 17 November 2004 11:37 |
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draven | Wed, 17 November 2004 11:52 |
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Nark | Wed, 17 November 2004 22:50 |
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sated | Thu, 18 November 2004 14:05 |
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riceburna73 | Thu, 18 November 2004 00:49 |
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Nark | Thu, 18 November 2004 01:28 |
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ra23mad | Thu, 18 November 2004 02:15 |
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Nark | Thu, 18 November 2004 05:15 |
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AE86slut | Thu, 18 November 2004 05:19 |
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no_tofu_speed | Thu, 18 November 2004 03:07 |
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no_tofu_speed | Thu, 18 November 2004 03:13 |
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no_tofu_speed | Thu, 18 November 2004 03:17 |
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no_tofu_speed | Thu, 18 November 2004 03:27 |
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AE86slut | Thu, 18 November 2004 03:30 |
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riceburna73 | Thu, 18 November 2004 04:22 |
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no_tofu_speed | Thu, 18 November 2004 04:38 |
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no_tofu_speed | Thu, 18 November 2004 04:42 |
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Cool1 | Thu, 18 November 2004 07:09 |
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AE86slut | Thu, 18 November 2004 07:20 |
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Cool1 | Thu, 18 November 2004 07:22 |
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AE86slut | Thu, 18 November 2004 07:27 |
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no_tofu_speed | Thu, 18 November 2004 08:41 |
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Nark | Thu, 18 November 2004 12:05 |
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boris | Thu, 18 November 2004 12:30 |
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Cool1 | Thu, 18 November 2004 07:37 |
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AE86slut | Thu, 18 November 2004 07:44 |
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riceburna73 | Thu, 18 November 2004 11:16 |
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RA28 | Thu, 18 November 2004 12:38 |
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no_tofu_speed | Thu, 18 November 2004 12:55 |
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sated | Thu, 18 November 2004 16:27 |
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Nark | Thu, 18 November 2004 21:38 |
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b1gb3n | Thu, 18 November 2004 18:03 |
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Goose | Fri, 19 November 2004 00:32 |
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4ageeza | Fri, 19 November 2004 00:58 |
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Nark | Fri, 19 November 2004 01:49 |
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RA28 | Sat, 20 November 2004 07:55 |
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Goose | Fri, 19 November 2004 03:17 |
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Bill Sherwood | Sat, 20 November 2004 08:10 |
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The Untouchable | Mon, 22 November 2004 03:46 |
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Cool1 | Mon, 22 November 2004 04:41 |
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matt_84 | Mon, 22 November 2004 05:04 |
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boris | Mon, 22 November 2004 05:09 |
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matt_84 | Mon, 22 November 2004 05:13 |
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boris | Mon, 22 November 2004 05:14 |
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Nark | Mon, 22 November 2004 05:23 |
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Cool1 | Mon, 22 November 2004 06:19 |
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The Untouchable | Mon, 22 November 2004 10:55 |
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sated | Mon, 22 November 2004 14:37 |
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boris | Tue, 23 November 2004 00:27 |
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justcallmefrank | Mon, 22 November 2004 11:24 |
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Nark | Mon, 22 November 2004 12:39 |
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RWDboy | Tue, 23 November 2004 04:26 |
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boris | Tue, 23 November 2004 04:49 |
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The Untouchable | Tue, 23 November 2004 04:55 |
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Nark | Tue, 23 November 2004 10:21 |
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RWDboy | Tue, 23 November 2004 13:20 |
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RWDboy | Tue, 23 November 2004 13:38 |
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no_tofu_speed | Tue, 23 November 2004 15:38 |
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boris | Wed, 24 November 2004 00:32 |
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RWDboy | Wed, 24 November 2004 00:35 |
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RWDboy | Wed, 24 November 2004 00:39 |
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The Untouchable | Wed, 24 November 2004 03:27 |
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no_tofu_speed | Wed, 24 November 2004 18:20 |
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fOOZ86 | Fri, 24 June 2005 13:21 |
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no_tofu_speed | Sat, 25 June 2005 01:19 |
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Malicia | Fri, 24 June 2005 14:27 |
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RWDboy | Fri, 24 June 2005 15:53 |
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fOOZ86 | Fri, 24 June 2005 16:34 |
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Malicia | Fri, 24 June 2005 17:02 |
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fOOZ86 | Fri, 24 June 2005 17:10 |
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Malicia | Fri, 24 June 2005 17:15 |
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captain chaos | Fri, 24 June 2005 23:53 |
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RWDboy | Sat, 25 June 2005 02:10 |
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fOOZ86 | Sat, 25 June 2005 04:49 |
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no_tofu_speed | Sat, 25 June 2005 06:27 |
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fOOZ86 | Sat, 25 June 2005 08:49 |
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no_tofu_speed | Sat, 25 June 2005 18:38 |
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b1gb3n | Sat, 25 June 2005 10:25 |
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no_tofu_speed | Sat, 25 June 2005 18:44 |
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no_tofu_speed | Sat, 25 June 2005 18:54 |
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Nark | Fri, 01 July 2005 09:57 |
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no_tofu_speed | Fri, 01 July 2005 10:34 |
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no_tofu_speed | Sat, 02 July 2005 08:19 |
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Malicia | Mon, 04 July 2005 14:45 |
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no_tofu_speed | Sat, 02 July 2005 14:43 |
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RWDboy | Mon, 04 July 2005 16:12 |
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no_tofu_speed | Tue, 05 July 2005 01:06 |
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no_tofu_speed | Tue, 05 July 2005 08:28 |
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