Death Before Dishonour.
Reblogged from boulderinternalkungfu
Bob and weave.
Fundamentals easily forgotten by purists.
A rigid ‘fighting stance’ adopted by these stylists leaves itself vulnerable to a faster, more fluid opponent.
In this case, a more fluid and relaxed fighter simply outmanouvres his opponent.
Reblogged from boulderinternalkungfu
As martial artists we are often given a stigma of being one harsh word away from snapping and fly kicking everyone in the room till they’re a bloody pulp.
Truth is, most of us are rather loathe to use our skills in any capacity and need a signicant amount of pushing to resort to physical violence of any kind and will do our utmost to avoid it even taking a fair amount of abuse rather than react to taunts or insults if it ever comes to that.
I myself know what it’s like to have to face court over assualt charges.
However, this stigma can be used to our advantage while not ever having to have done anything.
Many people who come in to my bar clearly looking for trouble are soon warned by the regulars “Dude, settle down, the guy behind the bar knows Kung Fu…” and immediately their behaviour improves.
I often don’t know about this till well after the fact but it does halt a lot attempted idiocy.
It’s a blessing and a curse but such is the path we travel that we are beset by situations of which we have no control but are the focus of.
Reblogged from boulderinternalkungfu
"Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive;
Plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live.
When people fall into danger, they are then able to strive for victory."
Sun Tzu
Reblogged from bruceleefacts
Too many “masters” I’ve met have become stagnant.
Without questioning, without testing any art will not evolve.
If it doesn’t evolve, it will die.
(Source: sirpatchybeard)
