Dear I-Liq Chuan practitioners, Master Sam, Ashe et al.
Having long been a fan of I-Liq Chuan since I first found clips of your awesome style on the net some years ago and loving the way you guys move and longing to train this beatiful martial art style.
I am thinking of travelling to one of Sam's seminars somewhere in Europe to get myself a foundation to start training on my own. However before doing that I was thinking of buying one of the 15 basic exercises dvd's to start working on the basic jinbengong of I-liq chuan and then maybe learning the form after that (which I already own on dvd) just to be more prepared
I have trained yang style taichichuan and yin fu style bagua for before so I believe myself to have some experience of structure and feel.
Now my question. Should I get the basic 15 exercises dvd or could I go immediately with the grading criteria dvd in case if there is better instructions on it and more clearly filmed? Which one should I buy?
Regards
Christopher
Hi Christopher, welcome to the I-Liq Chuan forum!
Personally I think the material is presented a bit more clearly on the Cirterion DVD in terms of being laid out clearly and methodicaly. The 15 Basic DVD is presented a bit more like a traditional workshop setting. Both DVD's are worth having though.
Are you already in Europe? You might get the most out of a workshop by hooking up with one of the instructors or group leaders there and they can build a foundation for you if you start sooner rather than later.
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