Edgar,
It's right! -- alright -- that Da Liu could be satirical!
Some of his class meetings were positively MEDICINAL in the amount of laughter
his sharp wit and warm attention instilled in us. ;-)
But in the case of Reggie, and a few occasional newcomers from the hard martial
arts, his attribution of "Strong" was a *VERY* clear put-down (of the attempt
to rely on muscles, in our art), and always elicited laughter, even from those
who were the brunt of the "joke". Everybody understood the lesson here, and it
helped us all.
With Cheers!,
--Joe
PS Some other folks may also have been strong, but /we they must understand
that odor isn't EVERYTHING.
> Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote:
>
> That's not my interpretation of what Da Liu meant by being strong. It's just
> the opposite. However Da Liu was prone to occasional satire...
>
> The word 'strong' is widely used in martial arts to mean exactly that, strong
> in practice and chi. It doesn't refer to purely physical strength...
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