VoyForums
[ Show ]
Support VoyForums
[ Shrink ]
VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: [1] ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 08:36:12 01/06/03 Mon
Author: OneDragons
Subject: Re: concept of mindset
In reply to: Goktimus Prime 's message, "concept of mindset" on 21:51:32 11/05/02 Tue

>Now, even *if* this proved to be true and could work
>with absolute certainty, one would then present
>another question -- can anybody learn to do this? And
>how long does it take to master the technique? A week?
>A month? Half a year? A decade? A lifetime? A martial
>art technique is not terribly useful if only a very
>select portion of the population are able to do it
>(hence the average person is selected out) and if it
>takes a long time to gain at least a rudimentary level
>of proficiency at it. You wanna fight -- and you wanna
>fight now.

Well personally I dont see time as being the one over-riding factor. OK I personally would not invest a lifetime in to developing "a ring of steel" and other such feats, but there are those out there who would given the opportunity and would enjoy doing it.

A different point on the same topic (I appologise in advance for talking about a group of people who are talked about and over glorified far too much by some) the Sholin Monks. Some of the things I have seen them and other Eastern performers do is increadibly impressive and make what would seem impossible to most seem within a wordly grasp, showing the potentials of the human body.

There may not be anything supernatural about what they do appart from long, hard and dedicated training but such achievements can be very inspirational to others.

Well after all if some old man can take a hard stick beating of 4 strong guys with no apparent injuries through proper conditioning, maybee in time I can condition my forearm to allow me to effectively and devestating utilize hard blocks without breaking my arm.

But as in all things a touch of realism is required, if for instance I tried to crack a walnut on my head with a hammer tomorrow (minus the years of conditioning) I would end up in A+E.

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Replies:

[ Contact Forum Admin ]

Forum timezone: GMT-8
VF Version: 3.00b, ConfDB:
Before posting please read our privacy policy.
VoyForums(tm) is a Free Service from Voyager Info-Systems.
Copyright © 1998-2019 Voyager Info-Systems. All Rights Reserved.