Reddit reviews Samurai Chess: Mastering Strategic Thinking Through the Martial Art of the Mind
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>Because it's a shitty school.
really?! the shaolin monastery, perhaps the most legendary and iconic external martial art (shaolin kung fu) school trained its students heavily in qigong. in fact, the legend of bodhidharma holds that martial arts BEGAN when bodhidharma invented the internal and external styles after meditating in a nearby cave for 9 years. the two sides of the coin (internal and external) are truly one.
>No. Martial arts are designed for combat, whether it be self defense or not. You may learn a martial art to get fit, but if that is what the martial art is for, it might as well be tae bo.
that's fine!
>Because it is an exercise, similar to a wall sit.
what is qigong other than a form of exercise?
>Stupid. No.
hmm, darn. well someone did write a book about that.
>The goal is to be able to handle the combat if it arises, even if you are taught to avoid it in the first place. Defensive techniques are still application of the martial art.
is it still combat if one of the 'participants' is merely absorbing and reflecting the incoming energy without adding their own?
look my only point is that there just might be something to the internal styles and maybe it is worth finding out on your own. at least then you'll know for sure either way, right?