Chi Defense

2 Comments

1. Hard_Karate_Stylist says:

   May 23, 2010 at 4:34 pm

   Hard_Karate_Stylist (“HKS”) Comment of the Veracity of ‘YiChuanKungFu.”

   HKS is a practitioner of the Korean karate of Tang Soo Do (“TSD”), a traditional martial art. Tang Soo Do, IMO, can be considered one of the ‘hard-style’ traditional martial arts, one where physical force is heavily relied upon to defeat an opponent.

   The martial art, here “YiChuanKungFu, appears to me to represent the ‘soft-style’ of traditional martial arts. Internal energy, rather than physical force, is the underlying power in these types of traditional martial arts.

   While I train in TSD for it’s obvious practical effect of physical force usage; because I train and understand a physically-oriented style of martial arts– doesn’t in any way rule out the validity or effectiveness of the ‘soft-styles.’

   Hard_Karate_Stylist
2. admin says:

   June 5, 2010 at 1:07 am

   You know, I used to be interested in the distinction between “hard” and “soft” styles. But I honestly believe this is BS. There’s what works, and what doesn’t. Some techniques require more force than others, but no system is going to be effective with only hard or only soft techniques. Besides, the video in this post is utter garbage. The techniques, if you can call them that, would NEVER work in reality.