Walk on the woo side episode 6: Alan Orr

We discuss what makes an art 'internal', chi, bridge, fascia, Adam Mizner and whether you can judge someone's skill from video clips.

[@MichaelBark]

Great interview. Thank you. 😊🙏🏽

[@markcollins9406]

Great insightful interview by Alan Orr.

[@ytb460]

Great interview with a true martial artist.

[@rumsbums3113]

Some truth here.... Alan is one of a few

[@40JoCharles]

Excellent responses from Alan. 🙏🏼 These interviews feel like trying to set traps and skilled, knowledgeable, aware people skipping right over them.

[@alanskirving6478]

I would give credit to the interviewer for setting up these and allowing these people to speak openly

[@indefenceofthetraditionalma]

@@40JoCharles I found Paul to be quite open.

[@alanskirving6478]

@@indefenceofthetraditionalma me too -and good to see a platform for people to discuss these things in more depth than a facebook or comments thread

[@walkonthewooside]

What traps do you feel I was trying to set?

[@peterfield2193]

To Alan, well spoken and well done in not giving the hidden agenda by the interviewer a chance!!!

[@indefenceofthetraditionalma]

@@peterfield2193 what hidden agenda?

[@MonkeyBarred]

Great interview with common sense answers. Gold.

[@ShifuDon]

Try to interview Richard Clear from Clear Tai Chi.

[@walkonthewooside]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@thetaichistudionz]

Nice answers to the constant questions and angling about woo, from Orr.

[@walkonthewooside]

What kind of questions would you have asked? Genuinely interested as I regret not asking about other 'internal' wingchun guys such as sifu Sergio and Mark Rasmus (both very woo)

[@tomo2807]

Ready to watch this, preparing coffee, ps. You need a logo for the channel!

[@walkonthewooside]

Unfortunately, I have no idea how to add a logo, but thanks for the advice.

[@martialgeeks]

​@@walkonthewoosideif you find/create an image you'd like for a logo, you log in to youtube through the youtube studio app and there should be an edit option next to the current logo, I'd love to see this channel grow!

[@enforcer0011]

nice alan

[@irishwarriorpoet]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGinqnWfl6udd9k You should interview Jim Uglow, who Alan mentions as his main Tai Chi teacher, as far as I'm concerned the real deal

[@indefenceofthetraditionalma]

Great interview. It truly is fascinating that, being given a platform to express their opinions, the woo side of the Chinese martial arts have chosen not to engage and have their say

[@indefenceofthetraditionalma]

Deeply disappointed in his defence of mizner though

[@rumsbums3113]

@@indefenceofthetraditionalma why?

[@indefenceofthetraditionalma]

@@rumsbums3113 because alan is normally pretty anti woo but is championing a guy that makes people jump through lightening sent through his thigh…

[@whiteeagle7914]

LMAO! We don't need a platform to express our opinion or to validate what we do other than a ring. But then again, what can i say to a guy who doesn't believe in elasticity, density, and pressurization of internal cavities? You talk big but you won't go to a 200 dollar seminar to verify via personal experience... quite the scientist lol

[@HolyChaoMu]

So maybe this is a clue for you.​@@indefenceofthetraditionalma

[@martialgeeks]

Alan's great, great experience and deep understanding, though if I had the chance to talk with him I'd have to press him on the Adam Mizner comments, I heavily disagree with some of the things he says here, Adam's stuff to me is a big problem regardless if he has genuine push hands skills, his "demos" he does like the ones from sitting in a couch is obvious nonsense, but each to his own

[@thetaichistudionz]

Ha ha I see my comment of a couple of days ago is no longer here mmm. Very good steady replies from Alan Orr about 'woo', re pushes and responses to pushes.

[@walkonthewooside]

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