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Martial Arts Topics / 4 Elements query to Marc Denny
« on: November 29, 2007, 11:41:57 AM »
Mr. Denny, this is a direct copy of the communique':
You mentioned in a newsletter from earlier this year (and in the article "The Days Before a Fight"):
"....Many martial arts discuss how there are different mindsets/qualities with which one can defend/fight. Often the names are a bit poetic; Fire, Water, Wind, Rock, Earth, etc. but the point is made that the more realized the fighter is, the better his ability to fluidly shift between them...."
I wonder to which system(s) you referred?
Musashi's "Book of 5 Rings" aside, I am only aware of Hayes' "Go-Dai" that delineates things in this manner directly, and one of the schools of Tai-Chi who use something similar though indirectly.
Any chance you could expound on this when you have a few minutes?
Thanx!
You mentioned in a newsletter from earlier this year (and in the article "The Days Before a Fight"):
"....Many martial arts discuss how there are different mindsets/qualities with which one can defend/fight. Often the names are a bit poetic; Fire, Water, Wind, Rock, Earth, etc. but the point is made that the more realized the fighter is, the better his ability to fluidly shift between them...."
I wonder to which system(s) you referred?
Musashi's "Book of 5 Rings" aside, I am only aware of Hayes' "Go-Dai" that delineates things in this manner directly, and one of the schools of Tai-Chi who use something similar though indirectly.
Any chance you could expound on this when you have a few minutes?
Thanx!