I have recently begin studies in Northern praying mantis school (YEA!) and every now and then I like to talk with instructors or senior students about Chinese martial arts stuff (History, martial arts history or chinese/japanese martial arts beefs lol) and while on the subject of an anime reference of Neji he mentioned Tai chi as a new level. He said After you have mastered Kung-fu or “Hard-work” which trains you to utilize your physical energy to its best you can choose to push further into Tai-chi which is a form of spiritual (chi but not as in blasts) inner body type thing that in time can reap healthy as well as very interesting benefits. I’d like some comments on this is all.
Martial Arts and Language?
I happen to be studying Japanese as a language, because I just love the language and the culture in general (music, anime, manga, etc) but I also just took up studying Wing Chun, which is a Chinese martial art. I’ve studied Japanese martial arts in the past (such as Aikido, Karate, and Kendo) but I seem to enjoy the Chinese martial arts more (various forms of Kung fu, such as Choy li Fut, Wing Chun, as well as Tai Chi Chuan). I have taken Chinese language classes in the past, but I like Japanese more. Does anybody see a problem with this? Is it important at all to make the language you’re studying match up with your martial art? Should I try to switch languages or pick find another Japanese martial art that I like better? Pure opinion and speculation. No derogatory comments, please and thanks.
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