I am training in Chow Gar Mantis at the moment and wondered about differences and training methods, do you do lots of sparring ? weapons fighting rather than forms ? Any info on the training really
Thanks Adrian
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Re:Hi All
Date: 2006/12/03 20:40
By: Damien
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Hi Adrian, thanks for your interest and post. As you are probably aware different Chow Gar masters have different ways of expressing and teaching the art. The way in which we train does not differ greatly from that in HK. Breaking down what we train in each lesson probably will not help you understand the thinking behind it which is more important than just giving you a list of individual drills.
The way I see it is that training has a few key aims. The first is to build power, the second is to develop internal linking to develop body-oneness with that power. Having developed body-oneness with power the next step is to develop correct expression of that power and then finally understanding of its use and application. If you look at training in this respect you will soon see that every drill you learn or do has various levels within it depending on what stage in your development you are. It is not simply learning a drill or exercise and then saying right, whats the next thing. Chow Gar Mantis is a thinking art, to truly get the most from it you need to use your mind. If you just want mindless techniques and something to apply pure brawn to, Chow gar is not the right art to be in and you will not get the most from it. If someone does think like that they've probably missed the point of most styles of kung fu and to be honest would be better of going to a purely technique based art.
I hope the above gives you a better understanding in the way we percieve training. In answer to your questions, we do not do lots of sparring and we do not do weapons fighting rather than forms.
Edited for typos
Post edited by: Damien, at: 2006/12/03 20:45
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Re:Hi All
Date: 2006/12/07 19:09
By: Edward
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Damien's right, training SM is a complete paradigm shift - it was for me anyway. It turns the whole concept of what Kung Fu is completely on it's head.
Not difficult for me though, I'm largely confused at the best of times
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