Earl Grey

Misleading video title and kinda funny. So in the spirit of good humor and Ru Paul: shantay, you stay, but for gerard and his link, sashay, go away.

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Not to mention that without the meditative state, intent can’t be used in martial application. His definition of meditation could be different from Xin Yi though, but we have zero intent that allows watching tv and heavy intent that can really demand a lot of concentration, which is a part of the development of power that is the phase called Hindrance.

Some people are streaming classes from Twitch.

Anyway, actions speak louder than words, @gatito: If you see weak skill or no skill here, then your perception of power and quality is laughable. If your ego matched your skill, you'd shut up. We've had plenty of people coming in from both internal traditions and MMA, almost as much certainty and self-importance as you. Ain't nothing new--talk is cheap. We put our money where our mouths are and fight with fists. Come over to Manila, Taipei, or Bangkok, and schedule a meeting with the main representatives and see if you really have what you think you have by demonstrating you have rooting--see if you even know the difference between rooting and grounding. Invite us over to your location if that works better for you to show you can handle resistance and hindrance from even being leaned on or pushed, but you will have to pay for all travel and accommodation as the burden of proof is on you if you truly have the skills and power you claim to have as a supposed indoor student of Lam. We're more than happy to test your mettle and teach some skills to prospective students if you're humble enough to recognize what you don't know. We're perfectly fine with you thinking what you do--it doesn't impact who comes and enrolls in our classes or not nor does it change our quality of learning and instruction. It is apocryphally attributed to Mark Twain who once said "It ain't what we don't know that will kill us, it's what we think we know for certain that just ain't so that will." The funny thing is, you were the one talking about assumptions--again, I never insulted LKC, so get over yourself.

Ad absurdo reductum. Up yours.

Speak for yourself. Good for you--you still have yet to demonstrate any level of skill aside from being a marvelously bold example of pettiness and self-importance. Indoor teachings with LKC mean nothing to me if your skills and understanding aren't worth anything. Besides: I have enough skill and my own lineage to not care much about him and what he knows--it's not a lot based on what he has publicly released in his book and video series, and if you think that those are perfect forms in that initial video, then the conversation is over because there are plenty of problems there from a Xin Yi perspective. While you are correct that I have not seen his Taijiquan and am only going based off of what is publicly available, there is nothing worth boasting about. You remind me of Paul Roberts and how great he thought he was in Liuhebafa before he met my teachers, who were personal students of both Wang Xiangzhai and Chan Yikyan(Yiren). Comprehension appears to be one of your weaknesses for a native speaker and projection seems to be your default interpretation. I never disrespected LKC--I said nothing compares to learning in-person from a teacher and the skills are worlds apart from in-person learning versus video and book learning. If you are advocating that he learn from the book and video to promote your teacher, your love for your teacher and system is admirable, but your childishness is certainly something that is hardly desirable. About as clear as New Delhi and Beijing smog given how dense you are acting, little kitten. Challenge our school any time and put your money where your mouth is--you would have to earn the respect you are demanding from anyone in our top five, and based on your obsessive and immediate response to discredit what you assumed that I said but never did, as I merely said I had seen better even if LKC is decent, you are not intimidating at all.

While it is possible to learn via distance, what is key is that you learned from the instructor himself, and nothing beats in-person guidance. He may have limited resources, and he'll have to accept that the level of skill he will develop is not going to be anywhere close to someone with formal instruction from a good teacher and lineage, though he will still reap some decent benefits. There are also dangers for jumping right into Zhan Zhuang too which the user @freeform has mentioned before in a couple other threads. Additionally, Lam's skill himself is decent, though I've seen better.

What do you mean “your teacher is an instructor”? I know English isn’t your first language but this makes no sense.

https://www.rappler.com/nation/254437-doh-confirms-new-cases-coronavirus-philippines-march-13-2020 total up to 64! but this jackass didn’t test positive : https://www.rappler.com/nation/254243-duterte-tests-negative-coronavirus

And he didn't even cite his source for where he got this!

We can be sure that the user Heartbreak doesn’t have this problem.

Remember that he considers the Internet his master as well as his dreams. Schizophrenic episode or not, I won’t fuel his fire nor will I allow others to fall for his self-serving logic that will only damage him in each thread, and them too if they follow his example, which sadly are a common group of misguided and self-certain individuals who are on reddit.

I misread that as “masturbating pervert” initially...

The feeling is mutual.

Of course he won’t listen. The point I made wasn’t just that specific technique—it’s that doing anything of this nature can cause damage, and lo and behold, he’s doing his own variation of techniques, which is even stupider because the original techniques are dangerous and modifying them is worse. Either he will have imperceptible damage at least or he will have unbearable pain and damage later. He won’t listen and my reply is only because others who read his endless posts will see our conversation and those with enough sense will see it while others can join him in the same pity party that is one step removed from wrist cutting. I suspect the user Lightseeker will become his friend fast too as one posts nonsense with how he offers and asks for help and the other posts bigger nonsense asking for help. Both ignore any advice and will continue to harm themselves irreparably, and no TCM or Ayurveda specialists can help, nor can any Reiki and mumbo jumbo.

It is very dangerous. One person on the forum who did this pressure on the perineum for a year ended up with near-permanent damage and constant pain when sitting, and couldn't get help from either TCM doctors or regular doctors. No one should ever try methods individually divorced from a complete practice and without the proper guidance, unless they have a good foundation and understanding, which the OP currently does not.

Announcement: here is a thread for supporting one another. If you need help, don't be a stranger and ask. If you have anything to offer, let others know!

I wonder if people accustomed to toilet paper will resort to doing what some cultures do instead, which is using their left hand and a bucket of water...

Yeah, remember how mad I got the other month? Thinking about Biden and Trump now is bringing me pretty close to that ... The only thing that is tempering me now is that at least a few of us here know Biden is a jerkass. I hope America wakes up when the next round comes up for delegates...Joe the Schmo and Trumpty Dumpty aren't interested in us (as Americans and as people of Earth), they're interested in themselves... I'll post this here to end on a lighter note before I go berserk...(not at you--angry about the oligarchs and demogogues).

It's a good book, but even the best student I've met who learned only from that book has skill that is worlds apart from people with formal training with a good instructor and lineage. Granted, I also tell people that the book itself is better than learning from unqualified people who think they are experts...

My view on it is this and what I heard from my cousin in Canada as well who said it so eloquently in 2016: Bernie is the president America needs, while Trump is the president America deserves. Sadly, he was correct when the tally came up and #45 came on top. I reaffirm that belief now because this nostalgia for good ol' times that the Dumbocrats crave never existed since there were so many people left out, as the crappy status quo and the urgency of changing the status quo was one reason #45 won and the Rethuglicans are hardly the party of Lincoln these days. If people give the nomination to Biden, and #45 gets another four years, I hope I don't have to join my crew of cynics and say, "We told you, you idiots!" because Biden doesn't have a strong message and his policies are nothing revolutionary, but most frightening is that it is the same setup that will return us to a constant state of diminishing returns that fuels the oligarchs and crushes the middle and working classes while giving lip service to the environment instead of actually prioritizing it. Also, the TPP is frightening as well given that people talk about how great it could be, but under Obama, I was already grinding my teeth because of closed-door meetings and not knowing what was on the damned thing. I will stop now before this becomes a (longer) rant because I am about to go to how much I loathe Hilary and her opportunistic campaign that ignored her voting history in favor of fake Progressivism rather than policy...

As of 15 March no one will be allowed to enter Metro Manila by land, sea, or air, nor can they leave it. Even nearby provinces. There are talks or community quarantine too. https://www.rappler.com/nation/254101-metro-manila-placed-on-lockdown-coronavirus-outbreak

Listening to solfeggio frequencies is also meditation itself!