12-29-2017, 12:00 AM
You might like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiquan
It's a Chinese martial art with a name that means "Intent Fist" or "Mind-Intent Boxing" and things like that.
It's supposed to be a "formless" art. There are NO FORMS TO LEARN. Their main martial arts practice is JUST STANDING THERE.
I don't think they have weapons forms or anything like that, but maybe some schools do. It's the most minimalist martial art possible, and I think the lesson is AT MINIMUM you need a body. You can be "formless", it's totally possible, but you need a body to do THIS. It doesn't have to do very much of anything, it can literally just stand there, but it's important.
I don't see why it has to be the physical body as we understand it though, and in fact part of Yiquan is people don't know how their own body's work and are actually moving all weird most of the time and don't even know it, and it's a shame, because if they just moved RIGHT they could throw people through walls and so on.
It's a Chinese martial art with a name that means "Intent Fist" or "Mind-Intent Boxing" and things like that.
It's supposed to be a "formless" art. There are NO FORMS TO LEARN. Their main martial arts practice is JUST STANDING THERE.
I don't think they have weapons forms or anything like that, but maybe some schools do. It's the most minimalist martial art possible, and I think the lesson is AT MINIMUM you need a body. You can be "formless", it's totally possible, but you need a body to do THIS. It doesn't have to do very much of anything, it can literally just stand there, but it's important.
I don't see why it has to be the physical body as we understand it though, and in fact part of Yiquan is people don't know how their own body's work and are actually moving all weird most of the time and don't even know it, and it's a shame, because if they just moved RIGHT they could throw people through walls and so on.