Chen Taijiquan - Qiang form

Qiang (spear) form performed by Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei

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Sports

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• taiji
• chen
• zhenglei
• spear

[IronJester1]

And when you finally do understand that, when you acknowledge that feeling worthless is actually a bonus to you, not a tyrant, you'll finally see that everyone else is quite happily understanding, intuitively, that they themselves are the root that animates every style, and so frees them from style - because it'sjust a vehicle to bring out a true expression of their own internally pre-extant, God given abilities. Then you'll know - you were a slave to the superficial, and to your own ego. Bye.

[IronJester1]

Consequently, your tyrant of an ego sees no value in anyone else or what they do. You can't - you're incapable at this point, because you have no concept of the true root. So you attack young lads for exploring fancy kicks, or capoeira guys, or guys who who do taiji - anything - ANYTHING but take a look at yourself and your own slavery. You have not yet understood that each person finds value not in oblique kicks, but in exploring their own God given potential.

[IronJester1]

Because we all have an issue - every one of us. I wanted martial arts because I wanted people to think I was cool; so I missed the true root, always chasing the superficial. Now you're enslaved to superficial techniques you copied from Bruce Lee, now matter how often you make the shallow claim of 'I don't do JKD' - you enslaved yourself to JKD, and ruthlessly exploit it, because it lets you pretend away that shocking feeling of low self esteem that cripples you.

[IronJester1]

What you did was, you saw the faults in the past sytems, past ways - but you never grasped that every true branch is truly connected to the route - and it doesn't matter where you start, because ultimately, you yourself are the root - your personal potential unfolds when you're honest about your training - like, if you admitted that you feel low self esteem, then you'd unlock the secret of why you've built a fantasy where you're a guardian of God's, and JKD's truth.

[IronJester1]

Equally, the bond you create with people via conflict, calling them afraid, 'fishing' for responses - I mean, how many times did you post that George Michael joke? That bond is two ways - you need followers, and enemies - you're just as tied and enslaved to those people as you think they are to their beliefs. It's no coincidence that you can't 'feel' like a Christian or a MA expert without conflict and argument with others. That's because you never truly found the root.

[IronJester1]

Not that i see Buddha as a God - just a wise guy. You're still searching - but you're stuck at a stage where you fail to see that being a footballer has a root, so does being a road sweeper or a lumberjack. To try and find your own path you've gone to that stage where you need to chop down every tree in the forest. And now you're still deeply tied to your past - still stuck at 'throwing stones at my past' phase - which means you're still a slave to those old styles you did.

[IronJester1]

And you are lost - which is why you're still so actively searching, trawling the net, leaving comments on countless videos, all desgined to fish-hook people in to a game, where you get to play 'enlightened sage', and use silly tactics, like pretending that others' disagreement is 'fear' of your knoweldge, or that any insight in to your behaviour is twisiting your words. You need other people to be in conflict with you, because your ego needs the feedback to feel real - like Buddha taught.

[IronJester1]

@theawakener7 I think, you are stuck - no doubt. You think maybe the root is violence, or efficiency - it's none of these things. And the root itself is only an abstract sense, and in that sense, it's part of a bigger root. Wang Xiang Zhai said, ultimately, it's both simple, and yet ridiculously complex for most people to grasp. The root, of course, is you - the essence of Wushu, itself, is you- but knowing that is easy. Seeing the significance of it is where you're lost.

[IronJester1]

This is much more. If a man puts a gun to your head and says from now on you don't read Bruce Lee or pass on his teachings, then the act ofpassing on his teachings becomes something far greater than the actual teachings themselves. It becomes symbolic of human will. This is your failure in depth - nothing has value to you but what you place value upon. Which is your ego talking, not you - a tyrant, sat in judgment of the greatest crime - not being you, so not worshipping all you are. Idol.

[IronJester1]

I have to apologise too - it'snot my place to sit in judgment on you. You're good at what you do - what I don'tunderstand is why you're obsessed with making people in to clones of you. Nor why you don't understand that the 'root' was never sets of techniques, no matter how efficient, nor was it 'efficiency'. The root is you, and your physical potential, and how you choose to deploy that. Dude - you trawl the net looking for opponents to define your ego for you. That's not liberty.