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Demonstrating the rope dart (繩標; sheng2biao1)

fun fact: butt-cheeks are one of the things that make us superior to other animals okay note that other apes do not have butt-cheeks

okay don’t quote me on this because I only did sixthform-bio and I’m sure of forgotten loads of stuff but here’s the down-low

back when we were evolving from ape to human, one of the most important things that happened was when our spine started meeting our brains at a sort of 90 degree angle instead of like 45 degrees, which meant that we could straighten up and walk on two legs which was a pretty rad development

except alas oh no our muscles weren’t built to allow us to walk around on two legs because that requires a sort of twisty motion of your hips as opposed to whatever the fuck it is everything else does AND SO ape-people started evolving with longer, narrower waists so that our bodies could twist with every footstep and we could strut along the fashionable catwalk that is neanderthal evolution

but then once this had happened, people realised that we had an advantage over other animals and we would be better at chasing and killing them but we weren’t very good at running

so that’s when we developed the glutenus maximus which is a really badass-sounding name for the muscle in your derriere which helps us to support our spine in an upright position so we don’t get tired, and helps the legs to rotate nicely so that we can run, and has a nice big fat storage around it to help us get energy so that we can run

and that, basically, is the butt-cheek

Society for the Study of Baguazhang

1. JIBEN GONG / BASIC WORK

This is not just a study of the position of hands or steps, but a whole group of individual developments contributing to the development of certain style conditions and qualities. Some are assembled to short bundles, some consist of one static position.

And this is very different from modern wushu textbooks, where at first the position of the hands and hands is shown, then positions, then blows or swings of legs, then shapes. Here we are talking more about a set of exercises and methods. For example, to develop the flexibility of the lumbar in the bagua, there is its own special technique for twisting the lumbar, which at the beginning is properly twisted and held, then long insisted in a twisted position in statics, then special exercises are performed in a dynamic mode, then using a tree or wall. But all subsequent forms of the bagua will directly depend on the mobility and degree of twisting of the lumbar, because one of the central values is given in the bagua lumbar.

There are the same exercises for the development of softness (jou gong), working out joints and so on.

2. HARDENING OF MUSCLES AND BONES

It is believed that without proper training of muscles and bones, you should not study and practice long forms in any way. If these aspects of the movement are not worked out, they will be clogged and non-living (bone and wooden), it is considered that

CI should penetrate the whole body, the bones should gain strength and elasticity, and not be fragile. For this purpose, there are special sets of exercises in the Bagua Zhang system, some of them resemble the world-famous "Eight Pieces of Brocade" (Baduan

Jing), or maybe borrowed, as there are many of its variants.

Other forms consist of separate developments that we can find in the system of traditional Shaolin training. I'll give you just some of these exemplinating exercises. A stick with a diameter of no more than its own palm (or less) is taken, embraced on both sides with the palms of the palms and squeezed inside, holding in this position with force to press the palms into each other. Start with a short time, alternate with pauses. Next, the pressure time is increased. At the same time, breathing should not be stopped, but learn at this time to calmly inhale and exhale through the nose, lowering it in the lower gates.

...Only to join in watching the same videos right after

Bruce thinking he improved his grief from when jason died

only for him to go back to the same violent methods except now it's a nearly 24/7 cycle that harms him

not even adding that he either watches videos of Damian or pummels every criminal he sees, most likely losing sleep not thinking of anything else except damian

(with an unhealthy dose of locking himself away from talking about it with his friends)