Food for thought (new thread)

On Jun 14, 2:11 pm, "JQ" wrote:
"taichiskiing" wrote in message
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On Jun 14, 8:22 am, "JQ" wrote:
"taichiskiing" wrote in message
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Second - Itchy, you completely missed what JQ was talking about.

Maybe, but I don't think so, since he is not an extreme skier, nor
into the extreme skiing, what he did is called "praise [others'
skiing] high to insinuate [my skiing] low," a common practice for 'net
bashers when they wouldn't want to admit that their opponent was
right.

LAL was correct I was referring to extreme downhill ski racing.

Yup, and you also said a lot of other things in that post too.

I looked up
Chinese Downhill racing and it seems to be also an extreme downhill
racing,
the promoters just use the term "Chinese Downhill" to signify the race is
a
mad rush to the bottom.

I use the term as "open," meaning everything goes.

IS you are saying you have competed in Chinese
Downhill racing and won? They are held once per year at different
locations, which race did you win?

No, I don't race. "Racing is a life style, not necessarily a life
achievement." In Taichi/Chinese mentality life achievement is not what
you have won, but what you have achieved, in life.

You here sound like every other martial artist that claims their martial
arts is the ultimate fighting art. They won't compete to show how good it
really is compared to other martial arts siting all kinds of BS.

Yup, that also becomes every gapper's excuse to deny them. The
ultimate fighting art cannot really be shown in today's society,
http://www.taomartialarts.com/misc/blindswordsman.wmv

As well, when it is shown, you may not know what's it "ultimate"
about. What do you mean by "ultimate," again?

Whether
the achievements is through competition or through some other form of
accomplishment it still is achievement. Isn't TaiChi Skiing a life style as
is racing? And if not what makes Racing a life style and Tai Chi Skiing
not?

Taichi Skiing is not a life style, but a way of life, where you live
with every aspect of it--when there's snow/in season you go skiing,
and when you not skiing, you think about it constantly. So, it is
every day life. Ski racing is only a life style because that's how
racers choose to make their living, and all their living/life ties to
their racing schedules...

Yes, you are correct I am not an extreme skier. Here again you make
insinuations of my intent about extreme skiers and your low skiing level.
I
said no such thing nor did I illude to. Here is your practice to take
what
you want something to mean twist it to fit you in a positive way and
knock
the original intent.

Your insinuation on my insinuation? Since you are not an extreme
skier, I wasn't insinuating.

We are not speaking of me not being an extreme skier and you know that. We
are talking about what it takes to be an extreme skier. You inferred
yourself about not having what it takes to be an extreme skier.

Here's your insinuation again! Where did I infer that I "not having
what it takes to be an extreme skier"?

I was
giving you credit as to being able to extreme ski.
I said nothing about you being a low level skier....

You were? That's an interesting switch. I must misread your
challenging posts somewhere. Then, what's all these posts that hinted
I cannot ski stuff for?


extreme skiing so my skiing was low level.

I did not say your skiing was low level, you did!!!
What you have done is what those in denial do all the time, knock down
the
questioner and praise oneself.

What makes you think that the questioner's questions always right/
valid?

I know this questioner is correct on the questions asked being the
questioner of fact!!!

You do? Who? What? How?

I can not speak for other questioner's being right or wrong but you seem to
think you can.

Yes, that's known as "know yourself, so you know others, and know
others, so you know yourself."--Chinese proverb--


I did say I scrutinize the scrutinizer. And you feel that
you're being knocked down?

No, you need to do a lot more than that to knock me down. You can attempt
to embarass or discredit me but the way you are doing it only shows
embarassment to those that follow your teachings. I highly doubt you tell
your students to read what you write here about your philosophical
stand/view points and how you go about proving your point or justifing them.

You have not proved your skiing is high
level to this point yet much less to be the ultimate form
of high level skiing.

You have not disproved my statements, nor proved your statements, your
denial shows.

I am not the one saying to the world that my skiing style is the ultimate
skiing style and the of the highest level as you are doing. So it is you
that needs to prove your point. I only asked how have you proved your point
other than just saying it is so.

Yes, the "ultimate" is defined and described and the method to deliver
it also provided and the results are shown, so it is very scientific,
so it is a proof on my end. You don't believe it then you have to
disprove it, and that's the way of science. So here's the same point
you fail to see, "have you proved your point other than just saying it
is so"?


No denials here only denial is coming from you. I have come to realize that
you know all, make no mistakes, live the life of enlightenment and maybe a
living buddha in your own mind.

Yup, another your "praise higher so to insinuate lower" tactic. No,
you don't have to be a buddha to live in Unism, and Unism is like
nature, if every thing just is, there's no "mistake."

I only asked, have you proved it by competing against others that
put their art on the line. If your system is so ultimate it will be easy
for you to come out victorious and everyone will recognize your ultimate
skiing system. Likewise, if it is a flop you will be luck to finish the
race and not be the butt of every joke.

"Here is your practice to take what you want something to mean twist
it to fit you in a positive way and knock the original intent"? Yes,
you did intend to insinuate that TCS is a flop, when you use competing
as your only mean of reference.

I did not insinuate that TCS is a flop. With the statements you made of how
great TCS is, it would be a flop if you could not make a respectful
appearance/finish.

Very shrewd language skills, ok, if you deny it, I take your words for
it. As well, I did tell you that competitions do not test the "real"
skiing skills, and I don't waste energy to chase vanities.

If not through
competition how else can you prove that TCS is the ultimate skiing system?

So there is TCS Challenge(TM). And the "ultimate" part of Taichi is
not to compete but to make the opposite force disappears. Just like my
ski buddy, "no name, please" said, "what's great about Taichi is it
doesn't compete, it dissolves everything." What do you mean by
"ultimate," again?

You make the claims now tell us how you can prove the point other than
making a solely subjective point based solely off your own oipinion.

I will be the first to agree with you and back you up all the way if you can
prove your claims. When you make a claim be ready to back them up with more
than, "I said so therefore, it must be true". It is not up to the world or
anyone to prove you wrong it is for you to "prove" your claims.

Yes, after I proved my "statements" are true, it is up to the world or
anyone else to disapprove them, if they don't "believe" it.

I suspect JQ was talking about extreme competitions where a selected
nearly impossible slope of cliffs and ravines and wild snow is used
for
the "course" and the competitors are judged by selected line
difficulty,
panache, and balls, as well as speed. Alpine Meadows (once again) has
been hosting an annual extreme telemarker competition on the keyhole
and
the buttress slopes.

Extreme skiing may reflect a skier's courage and spirit but not
necessarily the techniques and skills. TCS Downhill would challenge a
skier's all around abilities of all-mountain skiing, courage and
spirit included.

Extreme skiing most definately reflects a skier's tehniques and skills

No, the soft snow condition that extreme skiing is in masked a lot of
faults of the skiing. The "on course" racing demands much more
technical skills than extreme skiing.

This just shows your lack of knowledge, racing and extreme skiing demands
different technical skiing skills, some skills are cross overs some need to
be more refined.

Not really, it only shows your partitioned skiing mentality/
techniques; Taichi Skiing does them both with the same principle: edge
turns and flatski runs.

Since your system is the ultimate you are able to both and do it with ease
correct?

Yes, what I said, all-mountain.


just to be a extreme skier you must have courage/spirit.

Yup, so are all other high level skiers, try an "on course"--stick to
your line--run at 45 mph, see how you feel.

so to be a high level skier, one must be able to ski
1. "on course" (what is on course?)
2. -- stick to your line (how is the line determined?)
3. -- run at 45 mph (does the skier need to maintain 45 mph or even get up
to that speed?)

Basically, that's a typical line-skiing run/speed on a groomed
moderate blue trail.

4. see how you feel (WTH does this mean?)

Most people would bail out/turn at 25 mph or less, so it would
definitely test your "courage and spirit" at 45 mph.

Since there is no such
thing as "TCS Downhill" other than in your own imagination
it has no merit
thus can prove nothing.

TCS Downhill was what I trademarked yesterday, and it would prove
whether or not you match up to your own expectation.

The second half of this sentence makes no sense.

To see if you can keep up.

Make it real by having an organized event next
winter opened to the general skiing/boarding population and
not just your students. If you and your students dominate
the podium then you will have
proved your point otherwise, it will be wishful thinking.

Your gapper quality shows.

I'm glad my gapper quality shows it only means I am in good company with
you...

Glad that you agree, I haven't misjudged your character.


IS


IS

JQ
Dancing on the edge

On Jun 15, 3:07 am, A mighty Hungarian
wrote:

I say that the last man standing, who can hold a sword high, shall be
the victor. A flagon of mead shall be reased, and his name will be
remembered forever.



A mighty Hungarian warrior
The blood of Attila runs through me

Swords are unfortunate weapons, and killing is a sad thing. In ancient
China and Japan, a well disciplined swordsman grieves over the killing
and sheathes the sword immediately after it is done.
http://www.taomartialarts.com/misc/blindswordsman.wmv
iai

"Fine weapons are ominous instruments;
they are not noble men's instruments.
When the force has to be reluctantly used,
it is best to use it sparely.
Achieving victory in war is not something to be elated.
To elate over the victory of war
is to be elated in killing people.
Those who are elated in killing people
cannot succeed in winning the world over."
--TTC 31--


IS

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:23:34 -0700 (PDT), taichiskiing
wrote this crap:

I looked up
Chinese Downhill racing and it seems to be also an extreme downhill
racing,
the promoters just use the term "Chinese Downhill" to signify the race is
a
mad rush to the bottom.

I use the term as "open," meaning everything goes.


Not quite. The only rule is, "No guns."





A mighty Hungarian warrior
The blood of Attila runs through me

On Jun 16, 4:23*pm, taichiskiing
wrote:

Here's your insinuation again! Where did I infer that I "not having
what it takes to be an extreme skier"?

You did not infer. You implied. We inferred.

(Note: in English, "infer" is not just a sophisticated way to say
"imply")

A mighty Hungarian warrior wrote:

I use the term as "open," meaning everything goes.

Not quite. The only rule is, "No guns."


What about pointed sticks?

//Walt

On Jun 17, 12:31 am, Richard Henry wrote:
On Jun 16, 4:23 pm, taichiskiing
wrote:

Here's your insinuation again! Where did I infer that I "not having
what it takes to be an extreme skier"?

You did not infer. You implied. We inferred.

(Note: in English, "infer" is not just a sophisticated way to say
"imply")

Very shrewd English/language skills.


IS

On Jun 17, 7:35*am, taichiskiing
wrote:
On Jun 17, 12:31 am, Richard Henry wrote:

On Jun 16, 4:23 pm, taichiskiing
wrote:

Here's your insinuation again! Where did I infer that I "not having
what it takes to be an extreme skier"?

You did not infer. *You implied. *We inferred.

(Note: *in English, "infer" is not just a sophisticated way to say
"imply")

Very shrewd English/language skills.

"Shrewd" is not the best word choice here. Perhaps "educated" or
"literate" would be better.

Walt wrote:
A mighty Hungarian warrior wrote:

I use the term as "open," meaning everything goes.

Not quite. The only rule is, "No guns."


What about pointed sticks?

Add "flattened" to "pointed sticks" and we're back to skiing...

Or are you suggesting that Horvath is related to Vlad the Impaler?
Could be, I suppose. Who knows what strange things happen in the night
in the midwest?

On Jun 17, 8:37 am, Richard Henry wrote:
On Jun 17, 7:35 am, taichiskiing
wrote:

On Jun 17, 12:31 am, Richard Henry wrote:

On Jun 16, 4:23 pm, taichiskiing
wrote:

Here's your insinuation again! Where did I infer that I "not having
what it takes to be an extreme skier"?

You did not infer. You implied. We inferred.

(Note: in English, "infer" is not just a sophisticated way to say
"imply")

Very shrewd English/language skills.

"Shrewd" is not the best word choice here. Perhaps "educated" or
"literate" would be better.

Perhaps some Chai Tea ESL classes are in order for him.

On Jun 17, 7:37 am, Richard Henry wrote:
On Jun 17, 7:35 am, taichiskiing
wrote:

On Jun 17, 12:31 am, Richard Henry wrote:

On Jun 16, 4:23 pm, taichiskiing
wrote:

Here's your insinuation again! Where did I infer that I "not having
what it takes to be an extreme skier"?

You did not infer. You implied. We inferred.

(Note: in English, "infer" is not just a sophisticated way to say
"imply")

Very shrewd English/language skills.

"Shrewd" is not the best word choice here. Perhaps "educated" or
"literate" would be better.

The best choice may not be the best choice if you don't get the
meaning of it.

Gone fishing,
IS