Yeah the tradition of Shaolin does bring in the bo staff and spear as main monk weapons but then it goes into swords and other things that are more demonstration becuase Shaolin monks at most had a spear or sword technique. The animal styles were all based on empty hands. Weapons are cool though, aint gonna lie. Like Wing Chun, they do have the staff and the butterfly swords but the hand techniques and wooden dummy or the majority of the foundation. I have been studying both Wing Chun and Hung Gar and about to purchase a wooden dummy for the basement "kwoon" haha. Just so hard to find a good wooden one and look through all the reviews to make sure it is not a laminate junkie that will split in 3 months. My kwoon was shut for a few months and then we had to do only 1 v 1 training due to crowd restrictions and then a few weeks ago the kwoon got flooded by an upstairs pipe...repairs and closed until late January so having to keep up on my own until then .
This is mine. Of course Wing Chun does not use a Bo but a long pole, typically 8-9 feet. Mine is right at 9' and weighs about 5 pounds.
ET doesn't want to post a picture of my Mook Jong, maybe too many pixels but I got on eBay, made by a guy in Indiana...quality piece made of Douglas Fir.
Apologies, I had not seen this post. I trained in Isshinryu Karate from when I was a kid until my mid twenties. At that point I started moving around the world and, of course, this made training in the same style difficult. I dabbled in various styles and some kick boxing before settling down in Florida over a decade ago to take Aiki jujutsu with a high emphasis on kenjutsu (katana/sword). About four years back I started simultaneously going back to an Isshinryu school and have been doing these ever since. I don't have the body to keep hitting the mat over and over, so the jujutsu stuff is more theory and teaching rather than actual break falls. I stay on my feet and I still spar though - love sparring. My true love is the sword work, though.
Recently started taking immune boosting supplements in case I get infected or reinfected with Covid. Three days ago I started with 500mg of C, 2500mcg of B12, 50mg of Zinc, and 99mg of Potassium. Yesterday i took this same regimen but added 2000IU of D3. I experienced several notable effects yesterday. I normally shit once per day. Yesterday it was 4 times, 3 of which were particularly substantial. Today I have gone twice already. I feel warner and have more energy, leading me to believe my metabolism got bumped up. I wonder if there was a deficiency? I eat healthy and have no bad habits such as cigarettes, drug use, or significant alcohol use. Did a quick search and came up with an interesting article that supports my recent experience: Multivitamin and dietary supplements, body weight and appetite: results from a cross-sectional and a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled study Abstract Two studies were conducted to compare characteristics of consumers and non-consumers of vitamin and/or dietary supplements (study 1) and to assess the effect of a multivitamin and mineral supplementation during a weight-reducing programme (study 2). Body weight and composition, energy expenditure, and Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire scores were compared between consumers and non-consumers of micronutrients and/or dietary supplements in the Québec Family Study (study 1). In study 2, these variables and appetite ratings (visual analogue scales) were measured in forty-five obese non-consumers of supplements randomly assigned to a double-blind 15-week energy restriction ( − 2930 kJ/d) combined with a placebo or with a multivitamin and mineral supplement. Compared with non-consumers, male consumers of vitamin and/or dietary supplements had a lower body weight (P < 0·01), fat mass (P < 0·05), BMI (P < 0·05), and a tendency for greater resting energy expenditure (P = 0·06). In women, the same differences were observed but not to a statistically significant extent. In addition, female supplements consumers had lower disinhibition and hunger scores (P < 0·05). In study 2, body weight was significantly decreased after the weight-loss intervention (P < 0·001) with no difference between treatment groups. However, fasting and postprandial appetite ratings were significantly reduced in multivitamin and mineral-supplemented women (P < 0·05). Usual vitamin and/or dietary supplements consumption and multivitamin and mineral supplementation during a weight-reducing programme seems to have an appetite-related effect in women. However, lower body weight and fat were more detectable in male than in female vitamin and/or dietary supplements consumers. Continued: https://www.cambridge.org/core/jour...rolled-study/8C6C9CF2A7B2A9E81825CB4E2AE419AA
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