柔, 刚 and Endorphins
Felt a little crazy after watching some wushu clips from wushucentral. So decided to train yesterday night, and discovered there were similar "crazy" people like me.. (Even better attendance than on a normal day.) I was real happy with training last night, managed to get back some form and also discover some new stuff about 旋风腿...
I'm still bewildered by 柔 and 刚, how does 1 move fast without appearing to be using too much force (too 刚?) Obviously i'm the 刚 type so i'm bewildered. I suppose the same amount of strength is required to achieve the same speed for the same weight (i.e. the hand or leg), so does the more 柔 people use just the optimum amount of strength to achieve the same speed as opposed to the more 刚 type who just 出 all the 牛力 we have to get the speed and in so doing appear to be more stiff?
Or is it the ability to just use the specific agonistic muscles to move the limb, while relaxing most of the antagonists and also the muscles that support the joints which gives the result of a smoother, more gentle flow of movement despite the same speed of movement?
If it's the latter then probably i lack lots of practice in selecting which muscles to relax and which to exert during a movement. Maybe just like learning the piano and when one is trying to reach a note far away for the first time, the whole arm will become a log or in worst scenarios, the whole body gets "spasmised".. Guess i have to work on this... hopefully one day can easily switch between styles just by the switch of mentality..
Got a taste of endorphins again. Got a bleeding blister on the foot unexpectedly last night and was happily carrying on with training with the help of a plaster... The "wonder-hormone" obviously cannot work forever and as usual chose to abandon me in the shower room.. nearly shot into the ceiling when i turned on the tap...
Many years ago, i used to laugh at a joke about movies. It was saying why the hero will be able to tahan a bullet wound while taking down hundreds of enemies but will flinch the moment his girlfriend/wife/lover-to-be-after-i-get-the-bullet-out-for-you touches the wound.
Hmm.. the age of ignorance?
I'm still bewildered by 柔 and 刚, how does 1 move fast without appearing to be using too much force (too 刚?) Obviously i'm the 刚 type so i'm bewildered. I suppose the same amount of strength is required to achieve the same speed for the same weight (i.e. the hand or leg), so does the more 柔 people use just the optimum amount of strength to achieve the same speed as opposed to the more 刚 type who just 出 all the 牛力 we have to get the speed and in so doing appear to be more stiff?
Or is it the ability to just use the specific agonistic muscles to move the limb, while relaxing most of the antagonists and also the muscles that support the joints which gives the result of a smoother, more gentle flow of movement despite the same speed of movement?
If it's the latter then probably i lack lots of practice in selecting which muscles to relax and which to exert during a movement. Maybe just like learning the piano and when one is trying to reach a note far away for the first time, the whole arm will become a log or in worst scenarios, the whole body gets "spasmised".. Guess i have to work on this... hopefully one day can easily switch between styles just by the switch of mentality..
Got a taste of endorphins again. Got a bleeding blister on the foot unexpectedly last night and was happily carrying on with training with the help of a plaster... The "wonder-hormone" obviously cannot work forever and as usual chose to abandon me in the shower room.. nearly shot into the ceiling when i turned on the tap...
Many years ago, i used to laugh at a joke about movies. It was saying why the hero will be able to tahan a bullet wound while taking down hundreds of enemies but will flinch the moment his girlfriend/wife/lover-to-be-after-i-get-the-bullet-out-for-you touches the wound.
Hmm.. the age of ignorance?
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