Hey guys, sorry but I wanted to share a couple more things with you all. As I mentioned before, I made a short vid of Sifu correcting and verbally directing my ready stance. I will post it here for you guys to see.
( and if anyone knows how I can turn the vid around so that it's right side up... I'd appreciate it)
But I also have a short, somewhat interviewish/mini-lesson in which Sifu agreed to be filmed shortly after demonstrating how ILC methods of spinning hands are used in real-time on an uncooperative and highly skilled and experienced adept of Martial Arts, rendering any 'technique based attack' neutralized and reciprocated. All while maintaining ease and smile.
For a short back story to this, a man saw Sifu and I training daily in the lobby outside of the chess tournament table rooms. He showed an interest in learning about our art as he was not only an adept with a vast knowledge of hard styles and even runs a publication or website about martial arts. He indicated that he had travelled extensively throughout Japan and other places and trained with various known Masters of the external systems. He seemed to know a bit about power generation across several styles to include some Chinese traditions and semed to be trying to place a finger on how our method worked by referring to the styles he had experienced previously. Sifu informed him that this couldn't be the case, as ILC relies on the present and not past technique, etc.
The gentlemen told us more about his background. He has a career that spans over 40 years and has reached the level of 7th Dan in (I believe and if I recall correctly) Japanese Karate. Immediately after Sifu demonstrated, at my request, some of his skill and a small portion of his power on me as seen in my previous vid posting, the man asked if he could experience it for himself, or if Sifu could demonstrate the same quality of touch (he used the word 'technique') on him. I didn't film the exchange as I wasn't quite sure as to what would transpire, given the man's credentials I sort of assumed he wasn't so interested in 'learning' as it were. To make a long story short... Sifu dominated him rather easily. The gentleman, as figured, went pretty full-on and I got the impression he was more interested in attempting to demonstrating sort of a 'that stuff won't work on me' kind of thing. From the initial touch the man was put into a state of chaos. And not only did he stay in this state, but toward the end was literally 'hanging on' to Sifu in order to keep himself off the ground. What was so impressive to me, is that even though the situation was obvious, Sifu still gave the man face (as there were hundreds of people around) and held back every strike and simply wiggled his fingers in the man's face to say 'would have gotten you there', and also spoke to the man as this went on, informing him of what was happening at each point in the exchange...almost like one would do in a demonstration. It was awesome to see the principles put into action against not only a non-cooperative and strongly resisting opponent, but also one of such a high achievement in MA. It really said a lot about the ILC method and it's utility, especially the mental.... as Sifu was able to keep what could have been a nasty exchange to one of learning.
I have to admit... I was hoping Sifu would just 'show him the way' if you catch my drift a time or two. But as Sifu explains in the vid following, it's simply not necessary....