Comments on: Baguazhang and the concept of “play” in training http://blog.zongwumen.com/2009/05/03/baguazhang-and-the-concept-of-change-in-training/ For students of Baguazhang and Xingyiquan Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:31:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: george http://blog.zongwumen.com/2009/05/03/baguazhang-and-the-concept-of-change-in-training/#comment-325 george Thu, 07 May 2009 05:00:23 +0000 http://blog.zongwumen.com/2009/05/03/baguazhang-and-the-concept-of-change-in-training/#comment-325 Aye. Aye.

]]> By: maija http://blog.zongwumen.com/2009/05/03/baguazhang-and-the-concept-of-change-in-training/#comment-322 maija Wed, 06 May 2009 22:45:32 +0000 http://blog.zongwumen.com/2009/05/03/baguazhang-and-the-concept-of-change-in-training/#comment-322 Hi George, We met in 2004 in Maryland. Sorry it's taken me this long to interact on your blog. Absolutely agree with your ideas about play. My eskrima teacher, Sonny said one learned more in a state of play because one's mind was more open ...OTOH like you said, this can also turn into delusional twirling if one is not careful. As with all things there must be balance, eh? Hi George,
We met in 2004 in Maryland. Sorry it’s taken me this long to interact on your blog.
Absolutely agree with your ideas about play. My eskrima teacher, Sonny said one learned more in a state of play because one’s mind was more open …OTOH like you said, this can also turn into delusional twirling if one is not careful. As with all things there must be balance, eh?

]]> By: george http://blog.zongwumen.com/2009/05/03/baguazhang-and-the-concept-of-change-in-training/#comment-317 george Wed, 06 May 2009 16:58:49 +0000 http://blog.zongwumen.com/2009/05/03/baguazhang-and-the-concept-of-change-in-training/#comment-317 <p>Awesome!</p> <p>You summed it up very succinctly and yet thoroughly.</p> <p>One of the harder things about play in terms of learning martial arts or a martial art like baguazhang though is that you do not always know towards what you are searching. That is where the teacher is invaluable, to help towards the balance and tell the student when it is time to dip his toes into another pool.</p> Awesome!

You summed it up very succinctly and yet thoroughly.

One of the harder things about play in terms of learning martial arts or a martial art like baguazhang though is that you do not always know towards what you are searching. That is where the teacher is invaluable, to help towards the balance and tell the student when it is time to dip his toes into another pool.

]]> By: jleeger http://blog.zongwumen.com/2009/05/03/baguazhang-and-the-concept-of-change-in-training/#comment-315 jleeger Tue, 05 May 2009 15:27:40 +0000 http://blog.zongwumen.com/2009/05/03/baguazhang-and-the-concept-of-change-in-training/#comment-315 This is the Yin and Yang of training...there has to be structure (forms) within which to play, but too much structure crushes the learning that comes about through play. In the same way, too much play leads to chaos, where nothing is learned...the balance - or, dipping into one, then the other - is where everything can be learned. This is the Yin and Yang of training…there has to be structure (forms) within which to play, but too much structure crushes the learning that comes about through play. In the same way, too much play leads to chaos, where nothing is learned…the balance - or, dipping into one, then the other - is where everything can be learned.

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