Re: Excerpts from, "The Magician of Motion"

Originally Posted by
Dianhsuhe
Swapped a lot of information? What should we suppose Professor Chow learned from Parker?
Are we to assume you're inferring Chow was an omniscient kenpoist, and lacked room for progression or improvement? Or that his dementia was so bad towards the end, that he was unable to glean ideas from the insights of his older students who had progressed past where they were when they left off?
Having trained with some Chow lineage guys from different eras, there's definitely different feels to the kenpo. Earlier days, more "grab and beat". Later days, more "one move setting up the other", something Parker focused on intently. While I doubt Parker offered anything new in terms of moves, I don't think it impossible that he offered ideas for sequencing that Chow, an astounding martial artist, was able to capitalize on and expand with. When two great talents gather in a jam session, each offers something to the other.
Regards,
Dave
Clear mind, clear movement. Mastery of the Arts is mastery over the Self. That in this moment, this motion, the thoughts, memories, impulses and passions that cloud the mind must yield to the clarity of purpose, and purity of motion.