A lot of people… or at least Westerners… don’t know that Tai Chi is more than just meditative stretching, that it is an actual martial art.
A blend of all those you describe would be interesting to see.
As best I can tell, Uechi Ryu is Okinawan in the sense that its founding master was based out of Okinawa…
But yeah, seems to be a different lineage than Goju-Ryu and Shito-Ryu, which again, best I can tell, were both formed by two students of Higaonna Kanryo, who were good friends, both born in Okinawa.
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But ah, the point of that ‘lunge punch’ I mentioned is not to… break the armor, penetrate it.
It is to hit with so much force that it staggers the opponent.
As opposed to something like a lighter, faster, flurry of blows, ala kung fu.
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Like uh, if you are wearing kevlar / plate body armor… a .22 may make you flinch.
But a 7.62 from the same range? Even if it hits the plate armor, doesn’t pen it… that force still goes into you, knocks you on your ass.
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Also, it seems I have the worst timing, I just updated my older comment with some more… potentially related errata that came to mind.
Ah, I see… interesting!
A lot of people… or at least Westerners… don’t know that Tai Chi is more than just meditative stretching, that it is an actual martial art.
A blend of all those you describe would be interesting to see.
As best I can tell, Uechi Ryu is Okinawan in the sense that its founding master was based out of Okinawa…
But yeah, seems to be a different lineage than Goju-Ryu and Shito-Ryu, which again, best I can tell, were both formed by two students of Higaonna Kanryo, who were good friends, both born in Okinawa.
…
But ah, the point of that ‘lunge punch’ I mentioned is not to… break the armor, penetrate it.
It is to hit with so much force that it staggers the opponent.
As opposed to something like a lighter, faster, flurry of blows, ala kung fu.
…
Like uh, if you are wearing kevlar / plate body armor… a .22 may make you flinch.
But a 7.62 from the same range? Even if it hits the plate armor, doesn’t pen it… that force still goes into you, knocks you on your ass.
…
Also, it seems I have the worst timing, I just updated my older comment with some more… potentially related errata that came to mind.