So I wanted to first say that......ummm, basically I had two years where I didn't do anything in martial arts seriously. In mainland I studied under this woman for a while. It was cool, but nothing special. She could teach me some moves, a new form or two, but in the grand scheme of gong fu, perhaps I knew a little more than she might express to me. I played around at the school here in Tainan, Taiwan yet nothing touched me in any special way. These last two years I've walked past innumerable teachers. Some looked good, others OK, though most bad. I never once got a feeling like... this guy knows what he's talking about. He is really moving...he's relaxed, and he's doing it correctly. Guess I'm both picky and patient.
Anyhow, when I used to train with my old teacher, you could see by his body alignment there was power being generated from his feet to his head, like a tornado.. And my teacher's teacher, well, in my eyes he is a tornado. He moves and ultimately the building he's in does too.
To make a long story short, the other day I looked over and saw this guy practicing. It was dark. Mind you, in two years I have never walked up to anyone practicing gong fu to ask them what they were up to, not once. I don't really know what came over me. He stopped practicing and we talked a while. Later he did a form for me. It was the first time in a long time that I saw that kind of loose power. He was a bit hesitant when I asked him what he thought about accepting new students, saying that he doesn't like to, but if I understand that it'll be a difficult, long process, he'd be willing to. Thus, I decided to do it, without even giving it a second thought.
Sometimes we can only spend about an hour together. I'm busy. He's busy. But there's nobody else there. On Saturday he has another student that comes, and on Wednesday he has a few. Other days it's just the two of us. Luckily he can speak some English because there's so many terms that I don't know. He typically speaks in Chinese. I always do. But if I don't understand the meaning, he tries to translate as he's spent years in the army and spoke English at that time.
OK, all this leads to my question (which may be in the wrong section, but I couldn't find a better place). Can someone help me to occasionally translate things I need to say when speaking with my new shifu. Pin yin isn't necessary, but I can't really read simplified characters so well, so I'm hoping someone might be able to translate the following sentences into traditional characters, if at all possible. Thanks for any help...
1. your weight transfers from one leg to another (or: from right to left/ left to right)
2. the power is generated from the rotation of your spine (or: from the spinning of your waist)
3. what your saying is that these details are crucial.
4. basically this is the opposite of what you want to accomplish.
5. the idea is to lower your center of gravity and continually build strength (or: internal power, energy).
6. if you lean forward (backward, etc.), you'll be off balance.
7. don't spread your feet apart too wide (or: arms).
with thanks,
G
Anyhow, when I used to train with my old teacher, you could see by his body alignment there was power being generated from his feet to his head, like a tornado.. And my teacher's teacher, well, in my eyes he is a tornado. He moves and ultimately the building he's in does too.
To make a long story short, the other day I looked over and saw this guy practicing. It was dark. Mind you, in two years I have never walked up to anyone practicing gong fu to ask them what they were up to, not once. I don't really know what came over me. He stopped practicing and we talked a while. Later he did a form for me. It was the first time in a long time that I saw that kind of loose power. He was a bit hesitant when I asked him what he thought about accepting new students, saying that he doesn't like to, but if I understand that it'll be a difficult, long process, he'd be willing to. Thus, I decided to do it, without even giving it a second thought.
Sometimes we can only spend about an hour together. I'm busy. He's busy. But there's nobody else there. On Saturday he has another student that comes, and on Wednesday he has a few. Other days it's just the two of us. Luckily he can speak some English because there's so many terms that I don't know. He typically speaks in Chinese. I always do. But if I don't understand the meaning, he tries to translate as he's spent years in the army and spoke English at that time.
OK, all this leads to my question (which may be in the wrong section, but I couldn't find a better place). Can someone help me to occasionally translate things I need to say when speaking with my new shifu. Pin yin isn't necessary, but I can't really read simplified characters so well, so I'm hoping someone might be able to translate the following sentences into traditional characters, if at all possible. Thanks for any help...
1. your weight transfers from one leg to another (or: from right to left/ left to right)
2. the power is generated from the rotation of your spine (or: from the spinning of your waist)
3. what your saying is that these details are crucial.
4. basically this is the opposite of what you want to accomplish.
5. the idea is to lower your center of gravity and continually build strength (or: internal power, energy).
6. if you lean forward (backward, etc.), you'll be off balance.
7. don't spread your feet apart too wide (or: arms).
with thanks,
G
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