thoughts about the feb. intensive?
 

yenni (?) put a slide show up on youtube already!

slide show

i'll up load the few pics that i took to my photobucket page soon-ish.

the topics for the weekend were;

ATTENTION
ATTENTION
ATTENTION
How
Why
When
Engagement
Center of Mass
45° & 90°
The Cross

some things i learned over the weekend;

my striking mechanics suck

i'm so slow, if my opponent smokes he has time for a cigarette :D

i've been pulling to the ming men rather than the dan tien

some things i felt i really improved over the weekend include;

feeling the connection between the big toe and the ming men more consistently

clear use of dan tien / ming men

better use of the kua (as opposed to using the waist)

"hooking" the opponents center of mass

the cycle of pull & push within spins 5 & 6

a better understanding of the structure of the system of ILC

a better understanding of the importance and the role of the 13 points.

lastly i would really like to thank our Russian family (Alex, Dasha and Metakor) for all their generosity. they were very skilled and very humble and willing to share and help you improve.

i'm extremely glad they're a part of the ILC family and i'm happy to call them brothers and sisters!

Too many thoughts to put down right now ... still making sense out of some of them... one thot that has become very obvious to me: my "attention" sucks ...

Yes, our Russian family, Alex, Dasha & Metakor, rocks ! I think their presence definitely help make this the best intensive so far !

i'll write more later ...
Lipyeow

Thanks for the slide show Ashe,
Seems as though it was an enjoyable and intense intensive.
Good to see some of Sikung's kind nature coming through in the photos.
Cheers Steve

here's my notes from the intensive;

Bu Diu, Bu Ding
"no reisting, no backing off"

sticking also means meeting force. when you can't keep up with the change (this leads to) resisting or backing off. (no flow)

must pull to the dan tien. if you pull to the ming men it's hard to resist a push. this is taiji (balance of dan tien / ming men (yin/yang)).

sink and roll to ming men to push.
screw front kua into back foot. upper body drops into lead foot.

Martial Arts
1. POWER
2. offense
3. defense

I Liq Chuan is the art of offense.

relax to defend. relaxation is only a tool, not the goal.

absorb/condense
front (yin) drops first, back (yang) follows

project/expand
back (yang) rises first, front (yin) follows

stepping
expand the thigh and draw pinkie toe to perineum to step.

day 1 recap
1. flow
2. absorb and project
3. dan tien and ming men
4. 4 forces
5. 6 forces
6. stepping

day 2 (?)

flow
flow has a dialogue, your turn/my turn. not a one man show.
flow can still be strong. it can destroy things too.

day 3

15 basic = mechanism of movement. recognize the three dimensions. polarity of full/not full.
spinning hands = changin point (polarity of yin/yang).

Great post Ashe, Thanks:clapping:

hopefully some of the other guys and gals will share their notes as well...

Ashe, thank you for all the posts from the intensive! It's great!

here's some of the pics i took

times square

metakor

dasha

alex

tom and kelley

tom lee

the Sifu

Hi Ashe,

You're quick! Already found the video on youtube... ;)

Anyways, it was great seeing you and everyone else attending the intensive. And I apologize I didn't get a chance to say goodbye as I was rushing out that day.

I also uploaded some of the photos to my Facebook account. I don't believe you need an account to view. These pictures will also be uploaded to our ILC website shortly.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...15c2&id=804087
http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=8040...ZPY4MW1AAUBY4X

lot's of nice shots in there!