Structural Power vs Pure Internal Power

The internal styles of Chinese martial arts are Tai Chi, Bagua, and Xingyi. Most practitioners of these arts fight in a "mixed" way, meaning that they alternate between structural power and liquid mass power. We offer an alternative approach inspired by the Pure Internal Daoist art of Daoyin.

Scott P. Phillips teaches Traditional Chinese martial arts to children and adults of all ages in the San Francisco Bay Area. Information about classes and theory can be found at NorthStarMartialArts.com

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[ksipa]

@ogscott I know. I have been playing, practicing and studying the Internal Martial Arts for almost 25yrs. I have 20,000 plus hours of actual physical training ... never mind the intensives with my teachers, the teaching, bodywork and book/conceptual/scholar work. You seem to have completely missed my statement. You stated earlier that rooting and structure are flaws.What you call liquid mass power I call covering technique. Just a difference in perceptual association of concepts. No biggy.

[ogscott]

@superbouncykid Well then send your teacher (whoever he or she is). Or better yet, I challenge you and your teacher to a Youtube Duel. The way it works is you put up an example demonstrating exactly what you are claiming and I will respond by putting up a counter video. It can go on as long as you like. (And just for fun, I offer the same challenge to anyone else reading this.) You've made a lot of claims that make you sound pompus, but if you show us skin we may reconsider.

[superbouncykid]

@GOG777 Thanks for such kind word about Mike Laoshi. The reason I reply to Ogscott is because I feel sad that KungFu/TaiChi is mis-informed to so many people. However, I do not claim to be better than Ogscott, I am just a student. And KungFu is about self-development, self improvement, in the body and the mind. Taking on challenges would leave me insulting my teacher's teaching. (However, he is always welcome to Belgium and visit me for a brotherly training...)

[GOG777]

@ogscott I'd been meaning to read that. Thanks for the tip. Thank god combat is mostly theatrical among humans as it is in most of the animal kingdom. When it's not theatrical it typically takes the form of predatory behaviors which would violate YouTube terms of service to post.

[GOG777]

@superbouncykid Mike Martello is cool and his death was a tragedy. I don't understand why you'd use this format to try and educate somebody who clearly isn't going to listen. The sad thing is if you guys could just get into the same room for even five minutes, it would be obvious who has the better theory. If you took him up on his invitation to spar with him you'd make internet kung fu history and earn a big hi-five from yours truly!

[superbouncykid]

@ogscott shuai technique, push hands technique, striking... it doesn't matter. Rooting still applies. I am amazed you keep making excuses for your lack of skill and internal power. I also saw your broadsword form, sorry... broadsword is meant to use your whole body and especially your waist to launch the cut of the sword. You don't touch your swordback to your back, which means you are only using your arms...

[ogscott]

@superbouncykid And if I was teaching a Shuai technique you might have a point. But I wasn't. The reason we learn rooting is to learn how to cut or sweep it in someone else. In that little time sequence I was intentionally strengthening my opponents root! Duh! I didn't want him to fall on slippery concrete.

[superbouncykid]

@GOG777 If you watch the section 0:40 to 0:44 Ogscott is uprooting himself out of balance. It won't work as there is no rooting. Masters both in China and Taiwan with very high level are rooted extremely strong, you can't move them whatso ever. I was being polite to Ogscott, but anyone regarding himself as able to teach to the highest level and regard proper root structure as "flaws" is a trying to sell himself for the big money. A big insult to the real masters. Look for Mike Martello!

[ogscott]

@GOG777 Yes! There is a book, "Impro" by Keith Johnstone. It's about theater, but as I'm sure you know...most martial arts is more theater than martial.

[ogscott]

@ksipa And you know this how? Rooting and structure are a necessary part of the first ten years of training--the first ten thousand hours. My videos are not about basic stuff. Notice I don't show applications at all. I don't show any techniques. If anyone out there with ten thousand hours of training wants to learn the next level up...come see me.