tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post46972338658429218..comments2024-02-14T07:29:25.919-05:00Comments on Cook Ding's Kitchen: The Concept of Power in Martial ArtsRick Matzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699550034693340637noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post-42216448374838772172015-03-01T08:21:59.725-05:002015-03-01T08:21:59.725-05:00I'd take the jing analysis in a slightly diffe...I'd take the jing analysis in a slightly different direction which could hint at how this power could feel to the recipient and how one should train to acquire this power.<br /><br />Regarding "river", the often overlooked interpretation of "water" (river is a mental construct; a category of water) is that water is connected! Water at the head of the river is water at the mouth of the river. The entire river is one water. Water is a metaphor for connectedness.<br /><br />"One" is another millennial old reference to connectedness which has also been variously referenced as dao, unity, qi (as the indivisible stuff of the phenomenal world).<br /><br />So in this one character, we get two references to unity or connectedness; a sort of reinforcement of the idea or importance of the feeling of connection.<br /><br />And then "gong" is the work required to achieve this feeling of internal connectedness that is expressed in movement as unity, or moving like a river.<br /><br />Unfortunately, the folks who promote the idea of "moving like a river" to mean being limp-noodle-like to "flow around obstacles" are really missing the obvious and key point of the unified quality of water! Of course, water flows around obstacles but more fundamentally, in so doing, water retains connectedness!<br /><br />Therefore, "jing" suggests connectedness of movement (like a river is "moving") which is a long-trained kinesthetic quality which when it is expressed martially, is felt as a stronger kind of power than "li" power.Mike at internalgongfu.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16522311573919277909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post-88355351178388956012015-02-27T04:10:16.555-05:002015-02-27T04:10:16.555-05:00Wow, this is a really easy to understand explanati...Wow, this is a really easy to understand explanation of Fa Jin! Thank you!Angelikahttp://www.qialance.denoreply@blogger.com