Comments for Lam Tang Kung Fu Academy

Comment on A Brainstorm of Possibilities by Landry

Landry — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 21:30:03 +0000

This was definitely one of, if not, my favorite blog. It discusses with greater detail some ideas we have briefly touched on in class. There are two statements which really resonated with me.

“Motion and movement are slaves to thoughts, which in turn, are enslaved by perception.”
“Perception leads us to absorb, and to absorb fosters calculating, calculation leads to action or movement, and to move is to reveal intentions.”

I know for me personally, one of my biggest challenges is being able to think and have fluid and concise expression of a martial idea. If perception governs thoughts which govern motion and movement, how do we go about honing our perception? How do we train our five senses to gather adequate information to be able to act, react, and adapt? Lastly, how do we best determine our limitations between what we perceive, and our ability calculate a response or access the situation based on that information?

Comment on A Brainstorm of Possibilities by Brandon

Brandon — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 17:17:59 +0000

Not to take away from the full context of Sifu’s blog, but I am struggling to differentiate between motion and movement. I always thought of the two as interchangeable until reading Sifu’s blogs.

I don’t know a lot about Physics, but I believe there’s a formula for motion that involves the position of a “body” or “bodies”. So in my understanding of motion it would be the measurement of a “body’s” travel from point A to point B using speed, velocity, and time among other measurements.

Whereas movement might be the positioning of a part of that “body” measured in reference to a point, such as an axis.

Is that different? I’m starting to confuse myself. I would love to hear my fellow classmates interpretation of the difference between motion and movement.

Comment on The Jings of Pushing Hands by Tod Lowell Emery

Tod Lowell Emery — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 18:00:45 +0000

Very awesome useful stuff thanks Sifu

Comment on The Jings of Pushing Hands by Brandon

Brandon — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 14:11:35 +0000

Great blog, Sifu. This really gives me insight into jings, which I have to admit always seemed enigmatic. If I understand correctly; Ting Jing, Hua Jing, and Fa Jing, along with concepts of join, stick and follow are the foundations of push hands. These concepts are also necessary to strengthen understanding of any one of the Eight Jings.
I am having problems understanding the difference between “join”, “stick” and “follow”. These concepts seem like they would be the same, especially joining and sticking. I would be interested in hearing opinions on how these concepts differ from my fellow students.