Hi
I am re-reading barefoot zen. I don't know why i am so obsessed with this but i feel i need an answer, so weird. Anyway, a question occured to me. Why so many sets in shaolin kung fu?
Is shaolin kung fu designed for fighting and self defense? Yes, then why don't you test your sets to make sure they still work? Because you don't care. What do you care about? Practicing the shaolin tradition?
The shaolin tradition is to practice zen and part of this is moving meditation through sets. Why do you need to learn more than one set then? If they created martial arts to defend themselves it would come secondary to any zen training.
the real shaolin tradition is zen, not self defense. So why do you learn more than one set if you don't care about self defense?
IF you do care about self defense then then why do you not test your art out to make sure it is doing what it is designed to do? How else willl you know? How did they find out what worked? How do you know that info has been passed on properly without testing it? Sanshou? That's a sport and what about weapons? Sorry, if you want self defence you better know it is gonna work. Why do YOU need self defense anyway?
IF you dont want self defence then why more than one set? For the sake of it? Sake of what? Why do you practice shaolin anyway, i'm interested.. What is the difference between gymnastics done mindfully and current shaolin if you don't do it for self defense? Is it so you can dress up as a monk and live out an alter ego as a shaolin monk? Fitness? Go to the gym and be mindful. Why not just do wushu mindfully? If it is not for fitness, not for enlightenment, not for self defense and not for your alter ego then what is it for? Does it make you happy? Happiness starts in your mind, haven't you read about buddhism?
Ok, might seem like i'm going off on one. I'm not, never do and never will. I do however saying things un emphatically sometimes so please warn me. I'm getting more ammo as we speak. Back soon Oh and i'm a student so there is a lot of free time, i just finished my exams. As always, thanks for any replies.
I am re-reading barefoot zen. I don't know why i am so obsessed with this but i feel i need an answer, so weird. Anyway, a question occured to me. Why so many sets in shaolin kung fu?
Is shaolin kung fu designed for fighting and self defense? Yes, then why don't you test your sets to make sure they still work? Because you don't care. What do you care about? Practicing the shaolin tradition?
The shaolin tradition is to practice zen and part of this is moving meditation through sets. Why do you need to learn more than one set then? If they created martial arts to defend themselves it would come secondary to any zen training.
the real shaolin tradition is zen, not self defense. So why do you learn more than one set if you don't care about self defense?
IF you do care about self defense then then why do you not test your art out to make sure it is doing what it is designed to do? How else willl you know? How did they find out what worked? How do you know that info has been passed on properly without testing it? Sanshou? That's a sport and what about weapons? Sorry, if you want self defence you better know it is gonna work. Why do YOU need self defense anyway?
IF you dont want self defence then why more than one set? For the sake of it? Sake of what? Why do you practice shaolin anyway, i'm interested.. What is the difference between gymnastics done mindfully and current shaolin if you don't do it for self defense? Is it so you can dress up as a monk and live out an alter ego as a shaolin monk? Fitness? Go to the gym and be mindful. Why not just do wushu mindfully? If it is not for fitness, not for enlightenment, not for self defense and not for your alter ego then what is it for? Does it make you happy? Happiness starts in your mind, haven't you read about buddhism?
Ok, might seem like i'm going off on one. I'm not, never do and never will. I do however saying things un emphatically sometimes so please warn me. I'm getting more ammo as we speak. Back soon Oh and i'm a student so there is a lot of free time, i just finished my exams. As always, thanks for any replies.
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