I think he is seeking knowledge and skills which is a good thing. He even reads a lot of philosophical books like Tao Te Ching, to be able to quote be like water.

Water is free flowing, formless and infinite in motion. It doesn't cling on to shape, form, doesn't take labels. So being like water is ...

I think slowness helps with understanding the nuances of physical movement of a form and also it helps with improving the awareness of internal system.

Learning to connect the muscle, tendons, skeletons, blood as one unit of body mass helps efficiency in effective maneuvering and striking/grappling ...

I love doing sanchin a lot, it's so simple but it's so useful to help to learn a few things

1. Meditation on the mindset + intent + outcome (Buddhist philosophy on law of causation --> Intention > Ideas/thoughts > Action)
2. Stability + Motion
3. Hard + Soft
4. Health and longevity (Chinese culture ...

Funny how this thread listed "Iron Shirt" in the topic header, but so few people mentioned anything about it so I decided to do some research.

Basically, Iron Shirt is a technique developed to protect the body from blows--as if he wore an iron shirt. A more advanced form of protection is called ...

Throughout my years working out in Uechi-Ryu classes, our sensei never play music. At first, I felt it artless, so plain. But they turn out to have a good reason for quiet. An exceptional kata has a continuous flow, without breaks nor pauses. When in a fight, the defender must strike the thug ...

"...jumps onto the rail, gets into a sanchin stance..."

Don't know how it's possible he kept himself so well balanced in such a way. In sanchin, the feet are positioned diagonally. That meant only part of each foot on touching the rail, the rest hanging over the air--not very stable ...

I will love that massively because sparring in Virtual Reality i can't do leg related work.