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September 8th, 2008, 08:54 PM
|  | Venerable Student | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Markham, IL Style(s): CLF Year(s): 4 Months
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hey guys finally started my training. I kno some of you are like OMG FINALLY  LOL. this is the local school on campus: Five Animals Kung Fu
any tips for the young pupil? |
September 8th, 2008, 11:02 PM
|  | Weathered Post Master  | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Augusta, Ga...For now Style(s): Choy Lee Fut/Kenpo Year(s): Not Long
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September 8th, 2008, 11:04 PM
| | Weathered Post Master | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Augusta, Ga...For now Style(s): Choy Lee Fut/Kenpo Year(s): Not Long
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September 9th, 2008, 01:03 AM
| | Venerable Student | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Markham, IL Style(s): CLF Year(s): 4 Months
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it is a very good school. as soon as I got there we started doing stretches which was something I'm not use to. I got tired just doing them but I loved every minute of it. |
September 9th, 2008, 03:06 AM
|  | EL BANDIDO | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Style(s): Hung Kuen/CLF Year(s): since 96
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Rep Power: 8 | | | Work your stances and lots of Knuckle push ups.
Keep your waist flexible but strong.
Horse Stance.... |
September 9th, 2008, 07:22 AM
|  | Spanker of the Foolish | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Atlanta Style(s): Choy Li Fut Year(s): 25+
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Waist flexibility...
Horses...
Ankle flexibility...
Horses...
Horses...
Should flexibility...
Horses...
Horses...
Oh yeah... also understand it's a contact game & you're going to get smacked around, but you get to smack around too.
And horses...
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September 9th, 2008, 02:07 PM
|  | Venerable Student | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Diego Style(s): CLF, Karate, etc Year(s): 10 years
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September 9th, 2008, 02:20 PM
| | Venerable Student | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Markham, IL Style(s): CLF Year(s): 4 Months
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Posted By: banditshaw 
Work your stances and lots of Knuckle push ups.
Keep your waist flexible but strong.
Horse Stance.... | ” | |
yea your right. yesterday was my first time. it was alot of fun. my knuckles were red. when had to get in the horse stance which is really tricky. and do a back hand punch then front hand then a pushkick. I'm still sore . I was surprised by all the stretching we did because most martial arts don't do that unless they're gonna fight. I started sweating by doing the stretches alone. this is really going to help me get my stamina up and get into shape. |
September 9th, 2008, 03:31 PM
|  | Dragon's List Allumni  | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Greensboro, NC Style(s): Kung Fu & Stuff Year(s): Since 1989
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Rep Power: 111 | | | Start working on your stances now. Do it with the intent to strengthen the legs for future use. It might not seem useful now, but down the line things will start falling into place.
Keep a notebook or journal of everything you do. Leave spaces to ammendments. Don't wait too long to write stuff down. Draw stick figures if you need to help. And keep everything in the same terminology.
Relax.
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September 9th, 2008, 06:08 PM
| | Weathered Post Master | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Augusta, Ga...For now Style(s): Choy Lee Fut/Kenpo Year(s): Not Long
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Rep Power: 41 | | | every style I have ever practiced has had a lot of stretching in it |
September 9th, 2008, 10:42 PM
| | Venerable Student | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Markham, IL Style(s): CLF Year(s): 4 Months
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Posted By: Green_Horn
every style I have ever practiced has had a lot of stretching in it | ” | |
I wasn't complaining I like getting sore like this. It lets me kno I did something. The horse stance is tough. any tips on how to do it for a while. I want to be able to hold it for an hour. right now I can hold it for about a minute. |
September 10th, 2008, 12:27 AM
|  | Fong Pei Jai | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hawai'i Style(s): Choy Lay Fut/Hung Gar Year(s): 10+cma
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Rep Power: 59 | | | Balance a broomstick across your thighs and eat breakfast in horse.
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September 10th, 2008, 01:24 AM
|  | Shhhhh. . .  | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: City of Angels Style(s): Choy Lay Fut + Others Year(s): Not Enough
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Posted By: bobblehead
Balance a broomstick across your thighs and eat breakfast in horse. | ” | |
Do horse stance for as long as you can while watching TV also. Or reading a book. Or whatever else you can think of.
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Posted By: KungFuMan
I also learned a praying mantis fist style from watching the actual insect itself. This was before I actually learned some seven star mantis. | ” | |
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September 10th, 2008, 01:50 AM
|  | Venerable Student | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: La Mesa, Ca. USA Style(s): CLF Kung Fu/ Yang Tai Chi Year(s): 4+/ 3+
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Rep Power: 87 | | I am going to mention the other side of the coin, since everyone else is giving workout tips.
Be smart about building up your strength. It is so easy to go gung ho, but don't overdue it and injure yourself. Nothing dampens enthusiasm for a new endeavor like injury.
Work out hard, work out often, but don't think you are going to match the advanced students right away. Listen to your body if it says it needs rest for a day. In your gut, you know the difference between feeling lazy for a day and needing rest to recuperate. Allow yourself the recuperation if needed. Make sure you know the difference between working through soreness and feeling the twinges of injury that needs to heal.
As I mentioned in another thread, my first instructor used to tell me "martial spirit, not martial stupid."
Hey, the CLF contingent grows on DL yet again. We're slowly taking over!   
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September 10th, 2008, 02:03 AM
| | Weathered Post Master | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Augusta, Ga...For now Style(s): Choy Lee Fut/Kenpo Year(s): Not Long
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