Zone Trooper Posted September 29, 2008 Howdy: Being relatively new to the internal martial arts and the Taoist concepts associated with them, I have a question regarding conditioning. Does the bodyweight conditioning advocated by Matt Furey and boxing/MMA workouts a la Ross Enamait enhance or take away from the goals in Tai Chi/ XingYi/ Bagua? Any advice or opinions would be much appreciated. ZT Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
h.uriahr Posted September 29, 2008 (edited) Howdy: Being relatively new to the internal martial arts and the Taoist concepts associated with them, I have a question regarding conditioning. Does the bodyweight conditioning advocated by Matt Furey and boxing/MMA workouts a la Ross Enamait enhance or take away from the goals in Tai Chi/ XingYi/ Bagua? Any advice or opinions would be much appreciated. ZT If you are physically and mentally drained by any exercise then stop the exercising and change to something new but if not, carry on. Edited September 29, 2008 by h.uriahr Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zone Trooper Posted September 29, 2008 Thanks for the advice. The exercises are typical cardio, resistance and flexibility but I didn't know how they might affect internal energy development. Probably won't hurt, from the sound of things. ZT Share this post Link to post Share on other sites