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Yan Zhangs performers were hanging out at the temple today. I saw one of them smoking. I think I asked you something similar ages ago [about Shi Su Goong I think], (how) is it possible to achieve high levels of gong fu while adopting a habit like smoking. Especially after a longish period of time. Doesn't it really **** up your lungs and in turn your gong fu?
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P.S. How do you pronounce 'Zhang'?
The whole premise of smoking. I really hate that habit. But the appearance of "monks" smoking kind of makes us wonder. It doesn't fit the "perception" we all have. Then again, some people can't understand monks using cell phones either.
Two points here. Some of these performers might be just that. Performers. Students at the school. Coaches. And not monks. Not monks who have taken the vows under their master, at the temple. Remember, and we've talked about this before, lots of people get monk names, in fact, Shi Heng Jun's school gives all foreigners a monk name and makes them a "monk". Well, that's kind of nonsensical. And in some schools, all students get monk names, given to them by the monk headmaster. That doesn't make them monks. It may make them disciples, but it doesn't make them monks. At least by what I perceive as the definition, from my repeated journeys to Shaolin. So, more than likely, these performers are just that. Some of the better students. Some of the coaches. But not Shaolin wuseng.
Second point. So what? Shi Su Gang, Shaolin's greatest Chin Na master, smokes like a god damn fiend. Older guy, I've known him for a while. He's demonstrated to me a whole new chain smoking technique, one which I hadn't seen before. When his cigarette gets low, close to the filter, he rips the filter out, and plugs it onto the end of a new cigarette. I guess his body has figured out that all the nasty chemicals and nicotine kind of hang out in the but end of the cigarette; he's taking full advantage of what he can get. His skin reeks of nicotine now, far more than before. And his teeth are really rotting badly. How in hell he stays alive is beyond me. A mere mortal would have died years ago. Guess all his hard qi gong training has paid off. But, he was a monk, and, he still is. An old one, who doesn't teach or train in chin na no more, but still a monk. And what's the problem with that? Other than the fact that it's outside our perception of what a monk should look like. Well, he's made a choice, and he's stuck with it. And though, in our eyes, it's not exactly "monk like", it's still his option. Hell, it's his life.
Does it **** up your lungs? Your damn right it does. Even smoking for short term will reduce your exercise capacity. Long term will cause permanent irreversible damage. It's not something that any human with any sort of sense should be doing to themselves. The disease processes that are associated with smoking are innumerable. It's really amazing. Of all the thousands of people I've taken care of over the years of my career, I can honestly say that at least 80% of the adults had some sort of smoking related illness. Truly a nasty habit.
You pronounce Zhang "jang". Zh is generally pronounced like a "j", and "ang" is pronounced like the German word "angst". Zheng would be pronounced like "jung" (the ung part similar to the word "dung"). Zhong would be pronounced as "jong", with the "o" similar to it's usage in the word "ohm".
Thanks
P.S. How do you pronounce 'Zhang'?
The whole premise of smoking. I really hate that habit. But the appearance of "monks" smoking kind of makes us wonder. It doesn't fit the "perception" we all have. Then again, some people can't understand monks using cell phones either.
Two points here. Some of these performers might be just that. Performers. Students at the school. Coaches. And not monks. Not monks who have taken the vows under their master, at the temple. Remember, and we've talked about this before, lots of people get monk names, in fact, Shi Heng Jun's school gives all foreigners a monk name and makes them a "monk". Well, that's kind of nonsensical. And in some schools, all students get monk names, given to them by the monk headmaster. That doesn't make them monks. It may make them disciples, but it doesn't make them monks. At least by what I perceive as the definition, from my repeated journeys to Shaolin. So, more than likely, these performers are just that. Some of the better students. Some of the coaches. But not Shaolin wuseng.
Second point. So what? Shi Su Gang, Shaolin's greatest Chin Na master, smokes like a god damn fiend. Older guy, I've known him for a while. He's demonstrated to me a whole new chain smoking technique, one which I hadn't seen before. When his cigarette gets low, close to the filter, he rips the filter out, and plugs it onto the end of a new cigarette. I guess his body has figured out that all the nasty chemicals and nicotine kind of hang out in the but end of the cigarette; he's taking full advantage of what he can get. His skin reeks of nicotine now, far more than before. And his teeth are really rotting badly. How in hell he stays alive is beyond me. A mere mortal would have died years ago. Guess all his hard qi gong training has paid off. But, he was a monk, and, he still is. An old one, who doesn't teach or train in chin na no more, but still a monk. And what's the problem with that? Other than the fact that it's outside our perception of what a monk should look like. Well, he's made a choice, and he's stuck with it. And though, in our eyes, it's not exactly "monk like", it's still his option. Hell, it's his life.
Does it **** up your lungs? Your damn right it does. Even smoking for short term will reduce your exercise capacity. Long term will cause permanent irreversible damage. It's not something that any human with any sort of sense should be doing to themselves. The disease processes that are associated with smoking are innumerable. It's really amazing. Of all the thousands of people I've taken care of over the years of my career, I can honestly say that at least 80% of the adults had some sort of smoking related illness. Truly a nasty habit.
You pronounce Zhang "jang". Zh is generally pronounced like a "j", and "ang" is pronounced like the German word "angst". Zheng would be pronounced like "jung" (the ung part similar to the word "dung"). Zhong would be pronounced as "jong", with the "o" similar to it's usage in the word "ohm".
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