RevIV
Black Belt
Put that sword down.
how am I going to cut my butter?
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Put that sword down.
You aren't this guy, are you?
No, but did you notice how his horse stance held up well against the bean bag bullets and the water hoses.
I can appreciate the perspective, having been subjected to similar training myself under both Chinese and Japanese Instructors. However, those training methods are culturally influenced and date back to a time when warrior training was intentionally hard, and also designed to build strength and endurance in those whose very survival depended upon it.
More specifically, you could be taught how to do this from the get-go by a qualified teacher, or you "self-teach" it if you are dedicated enough through trial and error how to find that structural stability.
I also had another observation about "feeling" weight etc. Is it my understanding that it is a combination of strengthening rarely used muscles and becoming more conscious of the processs? I watched a show (human weapon I think) and they had a series of poles of various heights that were slightly wobbly. They had various people and atheletes hooked up to muscular sensors and attempt to jump from one to another. No one was successful, but there was a "ninjutsu" person who practiced that type of thing all the time and was able to jump from one to another successfully, and the tests showed that many more small muscles were activated around the ankle area that aided in balance. What would the muscular/mechanical mechanism be in this?
how am I going to cut my butter?
Just a clarification of standing in the horse stance. I have read that the purpose of standing in the stance was to fatigue the muscles to get the skeletal structure to align and help support the body instead of just muscle alone. Does this have merit?
Alas my friend, science has found no better way. The dept of defense spent 3 billion dollars over the last five years doing studies and concluded there is nothing more effective than standing in a horse stance all day. (just kidding).perhaps modern sports science has discovered more efficient ways of finding and training that alignment?
well, maybe, but who has the time for that?
my program works out to about $9 per hour of class time. I would seriously not want to spend $36+ / month on standing in a horse stance so tht my legs can get tired... perhaps modern sports science has discovered more efficient ways of finding and training that alignment?
Officer Shoots, Kills Man With Samurai Sword
January 12th, 2009
A police officer shot and killed a man armed with a samurai sword in downtown Modesto early this morning, authorities said. The officer, who has been identified only as a woman, was not injured.
A Fire Department official called dispatchers to report a man with a sword who was acting "bizarre and unusual." An officer arrived soon after and "within minutes" encountered the man holding a sword that was 2 to 3 feet long.
Encountering someone with a knife or other "bladed" weapon can be terrifying. "It's a fear of many officers. And your bulletproof vest is not going to help."
Officers learn in training that someone with a knife or sword can cover more than 21 feet before an officer can draw a weapon. And, if shot, a suspect with a knife can continue to approach. It's not like you shoot someone and they drop down to the ground.
The officer was stabbed in the back with a 6-inch screwdriver at the downtown bus station in 1997 while trying to take someone into custody.
Findlen said investigators are trying to determine why the man had the sword, what he was doing downtown or what led the officer to shoot.
It was reported he was trying to cut some "butter," and the female officer was a recent dyslexic poster on MartialTalk.
"I'm just sayin'"
Too many look for the lucky 'tag' and can gain no real control over the aggressor or themselves due to underdeveloped stance training, little knowlegde of the purpose or most useful application of a stance, underdeveloped ability to transit from stance to stance and ability to fight from a given stance logically and effectively, knowing that the base although mobile is still your base. SK states that you can fight from anywhere, yet you still need to be strong and to root as you transit
Respectfully,
Marlon
A quick time out from the topic to answer this. You can go to the MT main page, click on the forum you want to start the thread in (e.g. Ken/mpo Technical), and when it shows the list of threads, at the bottom of the list is the button to Start New Thread. Hope this helps.Actually it would be good to start a new thread, but for the life of me I still don't see any link for me to click to start a new thread. Maybe I don't have the right member status to do so.
Hello Marlon, your post brings up an interesting subject. Seeing as we are talking stances and transitions how about doing some posts on why we use particular stances and transitions. I'll just kick off with a couple seeing as there so many stances and transitions. Actually it would be good to start a new thread, but for the life of me I still don't see any link for me to click to start a new thread. Maybe I don't have the right member status to do so.
Half-moon stance - Designed for offense as all 4 limbs easily attack. Disadvantage is many targets are left open compared to other stances.
Side horse stance - Designed for defense. Only 2 limbs attack easily. Targets are much more defended compared to a 1/2 moon stance.
Tiger stance - Same as the half-moon except the back foot is on the ball of the foot. Designed for offense. It is easier to push off the back foot in order to move forward faster than from a 1/2 moon. Disadvantage is less ability to move backward.