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Post by yenchin on Apr 9, 2015 23:10:53 GMT
So far from what I've learned and understand the forms are really just a training version of some actual fighting move. Using a beautiful, low horse stance and punching during fighting is definitely inviting a kick to the groin. However, the horse stance is used to train the related muscles and sinews and eventually even when one is standing high these forces still work under the same mechanism. The stuff in movies is just a beautiful version of things. This can be seen in Karate Kata vs. Karate fights and various other forms of martial arts. Even in HEMA the demonstrations are beautiful but one needs to look closer to the fights to see the stances in there.
And therefore Chen vs Wu is embarrasing I think that due to lack of sparring they couldn't seem to translate whatever they have trained in well into application.
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Post by Admin on May 6, 2015 7:40:40 GMT
So far from what I've learned and understand the forms are really just a training version of some actual fighting move. Using a beautiful, low horse stance and punching during fighting is definitely inviting a kick to the groin. However, the horse stance is used to train the related muscles and sinews and eventually even when one is standing high these forces still work under the same mechanism. The stuff in movies is just a beautiful version of things. This can be seen in Karate Kata vs. Karate fights and various other forms of martial arts. Even in HEMA the demonstrations are beautiful but one needs to look closer to the fights to see the stances in there. And therefore Chen vs Wu is embarrasing I think that due to lack of sparring they couldn't seem to translate whatever they have trained in well into application. And I see that both of them seemed to be very reluctant to fight. They probably just saw it as a friendly sparring. Not a real fight! I can't see someone with fighting spirit will fight like that.
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Post by Admin on May 10, 2015 15:11:44 GMT
a month ago I got a very awful wrong pillow neck pain. it was so painful that I couldn't turn my head. Later on I went for moxibustion (灸) to heal my neck before I did stretching. It worked. It worked really well, but then I had to pay 350 yuan, which is around USD 60 for that moxibustion It was just a simple treatment!!!!! So later on I bought my own moxibustion tools, and tried to do it by myself, all the equipment plus the moxa, it's only 50 yuan And then a few hours ago I used that moxibustion to warm up my neck. it's really good,I could do it by myself! but now I smelled smoky sigh!!!!
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Post by chefying on May 10, 2015 15:40:49 GMT
a month ago I got a very awful wrong pillow neck pain. it was so painful that I couldn't turn my head. Later on I went for moxibustion (灸) to heal my neck before I did stretching. It worked. It worked really well, but then I had to pay 350 yuan, which is around USD 60 for that moxibustion It was just a simple treatment!!!!! So later on I bought my own moxibustion tools, and tried to do it by myself, all the equipment plus the moxa, it's only 50 yuan And then a few hours ago I used that moxibustion to warm up my neck. it's really good,I could do it by myself! but now I smelled smoky sigh!!!! I have been having this pain - also in the neck for the past week. I will give moxibustion a try. Thanks for the idea. I may have to do it in the balcony because of the smoke.
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Post by Admin on May 11, 2015 5:11:57 GMT
a month ago I got a very awful wrong pillow neck pain. it was so painful that I couldn't turn my head. Later on I went for moxibustion (灸) to heal my neck before I did stretching. It worked. It worked really well, but then I had to pay 350 yuan, which is around USD 60 for that moxibustion It was just a simple treatment!!!!! So later on I bought my own moxibustion tools, and tried to do it by myself, all the equipment plus the moxa, it's only 50 yuan And then a few hours ago I used that moxibustion to warm up my neck. it's really good,I could do it by myself! but now I smelled smoky sigh!!!! I have been having this pain - also in the neck for the past week. I will give moxibustion a try. Thanks for the idea. I may have to do it in the balcony because of the smoke. Just give it a try! that moxibustion kinda will soften your stiff neck. And then you can just do stretching for the next step. Yes, you can do it in the balcony, make sure you're not exposed to wind by then.
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Post by chefying on May 21, 2015 15:40:14 GMT
Recently, there was a gathering of beggars in the town of Dali, Yunnan, China. According to the newspaper, this was originally a festival celebrated by the minority tribe of Bai (White) at the Dong Yue (East Peak) Temple. This was the festival of Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha 地蔵菩萨, and on this day, the guardians of hell would open its gates, enabling the spirits to receive offerings from the believers. In Buddhism, it is deemed an act of merit to provide offering to these spirits. These offerings are often in the form of food. At the same time, the believers would extend their offerings of food to the beggars in and around the temple. In time, this grew into the gathering of beggars.
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Post by chefying on May 21, 2015 16:27:04 GMT
Has anyone seen this video clip? It is from a Mainland China TV talent contest. Someone sent it to me in via WhatsApp, so the copy is not as sharp as it can be. The names of the movements were definitely inspired by Jin Yong wuxia novels!
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Post by Lone Crane on May 27, 2015 6:23:00 GMT
Got my mom reading wuxia. Started with The Eleventh Son and she loved it. Didn't like Fox Volant, though. Translation problem (she hated the way the names were translated). She said that one felt like listening to the play-by-play of a baseball game, that is, boring. I guess she's a Gu Long fan.
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Post by Admin on Jun 2, 2015 8:52:29 GMT
Got my mom reading wuxia. Started with The Eleventh Son and she loved it. Didn't like Fox Volant, though. Translation problem (she hated the way the names were translated). She said that one felt like listening to the play-by-play of a baseball game, that is, boring. I guess she's a Gu Long fan. So you got your mom reading wuxia that's awesome. I tried to influence my nephews and nieces to read wuxia, or to watch wuxia. None of them interested. Only one niece interested in ROCH 2006, and that's because of Huang Xiaoming and Liu Yifei My mom was a wuxia addict when she was young, but she's not that happy when I read wuxia, cause when I read wuxia, often times I forgot my lunch, dinner, and stayed up very late.
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Post by Admin on Jun 2, 2015 8:52:52 GMT
Oh..my random thought of the day : physically and mentally tired
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Post by siuyiu on Jul 4, 2015 7:16:05 GMT
i finally took the plunge and tried out some k-dramas. i've resisted for years because i really, really hate subtitles. i still do, but i'm starting to adjust. the handful of k-dramas i've watched have left a very disquieting feeling: i thought that the streak of anti-feminism running along the hollywood and hollywood-esque productions (films/tv series) was bad, but it's nothing compared to the blatant misogyny found in k-dramas--and perpetrated by both sexes! this is really not the right stuff to brainwash impressionable young girls with. the reviews and comments i've skimmed online seem to ignore the problem entirely, but, of course, this is the english-speaking audience's viewpoint. i wonder how the korean women react to the misogyny.
can anyone tell me if korean women are aware of this issue? are the mothers teaching their daughters properly about self-respect and independence and that the sky's the limit? or are they spoon-feeding the same crap about needing a man, needing to be married before age 30, needing to stay beautiful and youthful, etc.?
maybe i'm irked for no reason. maybe korean women are completely aware of the folly of the morals of these shows and the producers and writers purposely exaggerate the gender disparity so that their audiences can laugh and mock the characters on screen. well, i hope that's the case 'cause otherwise...
and don't get me wrong: other than the misogyny, these shows are very successful at the melodrama and sucking an audience into the complicated sob stories and love triangles. you are forced to care about the characters and their plights. but for me, the misogyny leaves a very nasty aftertaste. so, overall, i have to say i don't care for k-drama. i definitely would prefer to spend my time watching something else.
and it's getting ridiculous how the korean and chinese celebs/movie stars resemble anime characters rather than human beings.
/grumble
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Post by yufeng on Jul 6, 2015 6:59:44 GMT
i finally took the plunge and tried out some k-dramas. i've resisted for years because i really, really hate subtitles. i still do, but i'm starting to adjust. the handful of k-dramas i've watched have left a very disquieting feeling: i thought that the streak of anti-feminism running along the hollywood and hollywood-esque productions (films/tv series) was bad, but it's nothing compared to the blatant misogyny found in k-dramas--and perpetrated by both sexes! this is really not the right stuff to brainwash impressionable young girls with. the reviews and comments i've skimmed online seem to ignore the problem entirely, but, of course, this is the english-speaking audience's viewpoint. i wonder how the korean women react to the misogyny. can anyone tell me if korean women are aware of this issue? are the mothers teaching their daughters properly about self-respect and independence and that the sky's the limit? or are they spoon-feeding the same crap about needing a man, needing to be married before age 30, needing to stay beautiful and youthful, etc.? maybe i'm irked for no reason. maybe korean women are completely aware of the folly of the morals of these shows and the producers and writers purposely exaggerate the gender disparity so that their audiences can laugh and mock the characters on screen. well, i hope that's the case 'cause otherwise... and don't get me wrong: other than the misogyny, these shows are very successful at the melodrama and sucking an audience into the complicated sob stories and love triangles. you are forced to care about the characters and their plights. but for me, the misogyny leaves a very nasty aftertaste. so, overall, i have to say i don't care for k-drama. i definitely would prefer to spend my time watching something else. and it's getting ridiculous how the korean and chinese celebs/movie stars resemble anime characters rather than human beings. /grumble Japanese drama is better xD
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Post by siuyiu on Jul 6, 2015 9:30:51 GMT
Japanese drama is better xD i've had enough of drama for now.
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Post by caiyi on Jul 7, 2015 10:46:57 GMT
i finally took the plunge and tried out some k-dramas. i've resisted for years because i really, really hate subtitles. i still do, but i'm starting to adjust. the handful of k-dramas i've watched have left a very disquieting feeling: i thought that the streak of anti-feminism running along the hollywood and hollywood-esque productions (films/tv series) was bad, but it's nothing compared to the blatant misogyny found in k-dramas--and perpetrated by both sexes! this is really not the right stuff to brainwash impressionable young girls with. the reviews and comments i've skimmed online seem to ignore the problem entirely, but, of course, this is the english-speaking audience's viewpoint. i wonder how the korean women react to the misogyny. can anyone tell me if korean women are aware of this issue? are the mothers teaching their daughters properly about self-respect and independence and that the sky's the limit? or are they spoon-feeding the same crap about needing a man, needing to be married before age 30, needing to stay beautiful and youthful, etc.? South Korea is a very patriarchal country even though women's status has improved of late. So, maybe what portrayed in the series is actually more feminist than reality already. So, how could the korean women be 'aware' when it's actually the norm and accepted view of society?
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Post by chefying on Jul 7, 2015 16:08:17 GMT
South Korea is a very patriarchal country even though women's status has improved of late. So, maybe what portrayed in the series is actually more feminist than reality already. So, how could the korean women be 'aware' when it's actually the norm and accepted view of society? I presume the writers of the Korean Drama are men, and I presume they write their ideals of a woman into the drama. I think more Korean women are asserting their rights, and wanting to be able to act and do as any woman in the west. I do not mean that women in Korea has no status, some do and would assert their powers quite openly, as did the daughter of the Korean Airline chairman. You might remember the case of the nut rage.
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