I'd like to learn confidence, more self-respect, discipline, etc. rather than just how to beat someone up.
2006-10-28 14:07:54 · 12 answers · asked by smilelifeisanadventure 2 in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
Tai Chi's emphasis is on spirtuality more than any other martial art. However, it is not the most ancient of the martial arts. Martial arts actually began in ancient Egypt and then spread East to India before they reached China, Korea, and Japan.
2006-10-28 14:17:08 · answer #1 · answered by cardesiner 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tai Chi, Aikido, or Hapkido.
As kveldorgondlier said; Tai Chi and Aikido has strong emphasis on the spiritual side of their disciplines.
but Hapkido also has a similarly strong emphasis on spirituality because it works along similar lines that Aikido does.
but also many Traditional disciplines of Martial Arts have good influence or focus to the spiritual aspect of the discipline.
2006-10-29 14:12:38 · answer #2 · answered by quiksilver8676 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jeet Kune Do (JKD)
is the name Bruce Lee gave to his combat philosophy in 1967. Originally, when Lee first began research into fighting styles, he gave his martial art his own name of Jun Fan Gung Fu. JKD as it survives today – if one wants to view it "refined" as a product, not a process – is what was left at the time of Bruce Lee's death. It is the result of the life-long martial arts development process Lee went through. Bruce Lee stated that his concept is not an "adding to" of more and more things on top of each other to form a system, but rather, a winnowing out. The metaphor Lee borrowed from Chan Buddhism was of constantly filling a cup with water, and then emptying it, used for describing Lee's philosophy of "casting off what is useless". He also used the sculptor's mentality of beginning with a lump of clay and hacking away at the "unessentials"; the end result was what he considered to be the bare combat essentials, or JKD.
The Jeet Kune Do Emblem. The Chinese characters around the Taijitu symbol indicate: "Using no way as way" & "Having no limitation as limitation" The arrows represent the endless movement and change of the universe.
2006-10-29 15:31:42 · answer #3 · answered by al_batros59 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the guy above. It's down to the teacher. Bear in mind that the majority of Eastern martial arts underlying religion is Buddism, so its really dependent on the teacher rather the art itself.
cardesine...can you tell me more about it starting from Ancient Egypt, as I was under the impression that most Eastern martial arts stemmed from India.
2006-10-28 23:40:22 · answer #4 · answered by john b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tai chi is the most ancient of martial arts and the one most concerned with the spiritual. The practice of tai chi links the body, the mind and the spirit.
2006-10-28 21:14:52 · answer #5 · answered by doris a 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tai Chi, Chi Gong (Chi Kung), and Aikido all have very strong spiritual sides that are stressed even in western schools, somehting that other styles tend to ignore in the west....
2006-10-28 21:16:49 · answer #6 · answered by kveldulfgondlir 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Chinese characters for Tai Chi Chuan can be translated as the 'Supreme Ultimate Force'. The notion of 'supreme ultimate' is often associated with the Chinese concept of yin-yang, the notion that one can see a dynamic duality (male/female, active/passive, dark/light, forceful/yielding, etc.) in all things. 'Force' (or, more literally, 'fist') can be thought of here as the means or way of achieving this ying-yang, or 'supreme-ultimate' discipline
2006-10-29 20:11:48 · answer #7 · answered by Green Fanta 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tai Chi, it is the art of soul and body.I highly recommed it
2006-10-28 21:10:56 · answer #8 · answered by mr.fahrenheit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not which art but which instructor. Look for arts that end in "do" & talk to the instructors.
2006-10-28 23:19:48 · answer #9 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tai kwon do or tai chi
2006-10-29 00:11:37 · answer #10 · answered by baffo@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋