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Originally Posted by treelizard
Interesting. It just struck me as so odd, probably because I'm always practicing having my moving metal/wooden shield as my guard.... But it definitely makes sense to move around that way purely from the standpoint of saving energy. Gets exhausting to keep your weapon moving constantly.
Boar, have you read this manual on five element fighting yet? Would be interested in your thoughts. I had the honor of meeting and training with Frank Smith (Sensei) at a Shinbikai gathering about a year ago. Skip to page 19 or something, it's long.
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i just glanced at it, its typical of the genre...IF you use it to grasp the emotional states of the elements its okay. I dont think much of the use of cycles for fighting though...you get into that and eventually one day you will "nullify" an attack from the teacher and the excuse will be the color you were wearing or thinking...
Once you MASTER striking, timing, angles, distance, wrestling and boxing and the FMA's and some
BJJ then by all means learn the elements and cycles, find out which elements represent what internal organs, learn what frequency that organ vibrates at ....have a blast, but it aint EVER gonna effect the outcome of a fight to YOUR advantage.
