Martial Arts, Political Arts, And The Art Of Living Simply
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
"Soft" Power
I thought this was an interesting experiment in "soft" or "internal" power, going from a completely relaxed state to the delivery of power. At the end you see him begin a Yang-style Tai Chi Chuan form, which ties the concepts together. More thoughts on this later...
What I find interesting is this almost 'shimmer' into a solid state, only to slide straight back to softness.
Many other styles achieve this in different ways but I was fascinated to see he didn't seem to be overtly using his breath to exact this movement. Does breath play a role at all in this? Is it internal? There is no kiai but that's not to say his breath isn't being used...
Thanks for posting this. His stuff looks pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteWow. This looks really intriguing DR!
ReplyDeleteWhat I find interesting is this almost 'shimmer' into a solid state, only to slide straight back to softness.
Many other styles achieve this in different ways but I was fascinated to see he didn't seem to be overtly using his breath to exact this movement. Does breath play a role at all in this? Is it internal? There is no kiai but that's not to say his breath isn't being used...
Looking forward to the follow up.