User talk:Jendownunder
Henning's research
[edit]You commented on Talk:Wudang chuan that Stan Henning's research could be debated. I am interested to learn which facet of his research you don't agree with. I would like to point out that this is a friendly question, I am not trying to spark a debate. As an amateur martial historian myself, I am always happy to learn new things. My primary area of research is on Song Dynasty Gen. Yue Fei's legendary connection (major emphasis on legend) to Shaolin arts.
By the way, I have Henning's email if you would like to contact him. I imagine he is humble enough to learn about information he may have overlooked or gotten incorrect. I have a lot of respect for him, but there are still a few statements he has made that I don't readily accept.
Regards, --Ghostexorcist (talk) 17:52, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
Wudang Gongfu
[edit]After rereading what you posted today, I'd like to point that what you study is probably called Wudang Gongfu. Wudang Quan is something different. Maybe you'd like to make a page for Wudang Gongfu. On the other hand, I study Wudang Quan, which has no connection to the myths of Zhang SanFeng. Tai Chi, BaGua, and Xing-Yi were all created in the north, far from the Wudang Mountains. I think before you make your "well-researched" edits to the Wudang Quan page, you might start by researching how Wikipedia works. The references you said you're going to cite are only at Wudang Mountain-- sorry, those are no good. You also said you're going to cite "first hand" interviews, was it ? Those are no good either. Please take the time to learn what credible sources are, and how Wikipedia sets policy as to what's good and what's not. It sounds like you mean to "correct" the Wudang Quan page with a bunch of junk. Please don't do that. In fact, if you have stuff to add to the section on "Wudang Taiyi," which I am assuming you do, go ahead and do that with credible references. But as you can see, the intro, and the major body of what's there are extremely accurate and well-referenced. You wouldn't be in the lineage of Zhong Yun Long, would you ? Because the article cited from Black Belt is an interview with him; Zhong defines Wudang martial arts almost exactly the same way I have. Certainly, you couldn't know better than him, right ? Does BaGuaZhang come from the Wudang Mountains ? No, it does not.TommyKirchhoff (talk) 23:37, 17 November 2010 (UTC)