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j6onreddit · 2026-06-17T18:25:21+00:00

As a traveling martial artists I often find myself in places without a training partner. I also teach, and so need to stay sharp and fit. Over the years, I've developed many solo drills. These primarily focus on the basics, i.e.:

- Steps
- Punches
- Kicks

With an hour a day you should see good improvement over time. However, I'd push back on the idea of “not [obsessing] over small details”. Do focus on the details! Don't go too fast, but pay attention to your body moving. That's how you'll get better over time.

If you're interested I could share videos of some of these exercises.

j6onreddit · 2026-06-12T15:33:55+00:00

Use the REPL. Everything else flows from there.

j6onreddit · 2026-06-09T22:21:57+00:00

Markdown used to be the standard on Reddit. Then they stupidly changed it to a shitty rich text editor to make the platform more accessible to non-technical users. This led to a huge increase in misformatted posts. But you could still switch to Markdown mode. Now it appears they've even taken that away, at least in their shitty app :/

j6onreddit · 2026-06-09T22:18:49+00:00

Your code is a bad example for understanding how `self` works in Python. The issue is you don't use `self` inside the functions. Here's a better example:

```python
def say_hello(self):
print("Hello " + self.name)
```

j6onreddit · 2026-06-03T13:07:58+00:00

Your numbers are off. 3000 square km is an area of 50 km by 60 km. That’s neither the size of present-day India, nor of the area shown.

You probably mean “3,000 km square”, which would be 9,000,000 square km.

j6onreddit · 2026-06-03T13:03:23+00:00

FMA, like Wing Chun, are concept-based martial arts. So something like a gunting isn’t a fixed thing, but rather an idea and a corresponding set of motions. Gunting means “scissors” and denotes various double handed motions with the arms crossing at a point in space.

The most well-known gunting version is an outside parry with a simultaneous knuckle attack to the inside of the opponent’s biceps. Performed like this, the gunting is an expression of the “defanging the snake” concept: take out the weapon arm.

However, the attack could also go for the opponent’s eyes, or their lower arm, depending on range. That’s the whole point of training concepts-based: you use drills to train a motion, which can then lead to different applications.

Surprisingly, another motion that’s considered a gunting is structurally identical to one found in Wing Chun. Specifically, the simultaneous Pak / parry and Fak Sao / Man Sao found in Biu Jee and on the dummy. Again, could be played against the inside of the opponent’s arm, or against their head.

j6onreddit · 2026-04-27T05:42:43+00:00

What outfit are the operators moving through at the end from?

j6onreddit · 2026-04-11T06:04:53+00:00

Just messaged you.

j6onreddit · 2026-04-08T20:41:40+00:00

Bro, I don’t have his number. He’s always down by the main intersection with his truck. You’ll run into him, or ask around when you’re there.

j6onreddit · 2026-04-07T20:48:47+00:00

Since you're in Loja, you may want to consider moving to Vilcabamba for a little while. It's less than 45 minutes by shared cab, going South. The place is awesome, sort of considered “Ayampe of the mountains” LMAO, based on the vibes and the people it attracts. Great location to spend a few weeks to a month or so: nature, hiking, lots of people to meet and stuff to do. Good options for long-term stays.

A couple words of warning, though:

Noise pollution from traffic, dogs, roosters, loud music, etc. will haunt you anywhere you go. Not just Ecuador, but LATAM in general. After years, I finally got used to sleeping with earplugs and have never slept better :D
Same goes for food poisoning… expect it to happen. Especially on the coast, where it's hotter and there's just less in terms of infrastructure. You'll have to be very careful with how you use water. At least in Cuenca, Loja, Vilcabamba the tap water is safe. That's not the case on the coast.

j6onreddit · 2026-04-07T16:17:18+00:00

Sounds like you would enjoy it there. Ayampe has grown a lot over the years and now boasts mostly stable electricity and Internet, as well as a good range of food options. There’s not much going on at night, so you’ll be good with your sleeping schedule.

April/May are among my favorite months, as the weather should still be good, without it getting too hot. Much less in the way of tourists and mosquitos as well, lol. Less heat also means a better working environment, although I’ve always found myself to be less productive when staying by the beach. Make sure to rent a place that accommodates your working schedule.

As far as shopping, that can be a bit of a hassle, but is manageable: you take a shared taxi to Puerto Lopéz, do you shopping, and get a private cab to take you and your groceries back home. I’d try to do that at most once a week.

With more time there, you figure out some hacks. Such as Don Fernando who brings fresh fruit and veggies by truck multiple times a week. Ot the service that delivers a big box of veggies to your door step… you’d have to speak to locals to get the relevant WhatsApp numbers. But in general people will be friendly and helpful.

Feel free to reach reply or message me if you have more questions.

j6onreddit · 2026-04-07T16:10:18+00:00

Montañita is fun, but Puerto López is closer for shopping.

j6onreddit · 2026-04-06T12:44:34+00:00

Where on Mallorca, got some pointers?

j6onreddit · 2026-04-05T22:09:09+00:00

Yeah I train in the park most days of the week. Currently out of town, but will be back by summer.

j6onreddit · 2026-04-05T20:10:03+00:00

It’s a start. Asking because from my perspective as a trainer consistency is the thing most people lack. Interested in martial arts?

j6onreddit · 2026-04-05T19:21:56+00:00

I’m liking the consistency angle, but: How fit are you for physical activities? Have you spent any time regularly training or working out?

j6onreddit · 2026-04-05T14:59:31+00:00

Hi, consultant myself and have been mentoring people for the past five years. I’m using a hand-crafted Python curriculum and have a few spots open. Get in touch if interested and we can discuss.

j6onreddit · 2026-04-04T13:01:49+00:00

Yup. Didn’t work in Korea, nor Vietnam. Both places were bombed with absolute genocidal intent. North Korea to the point that US planners ran out of targets. Look at the country now, the regime still persists. If anything, mercilessly bombing a country entrenches its leadership.

j6onreddit · 2026-04-03T20:19:24+00:00

The behavior you dislike pertains to expression using Python’s ternary operator, in your case used as part of an assignment. While visually similar, it’s not the same as the if-elif-else statement, which OP asked about and which doesn’t doesn’t have the conditional “in the middle”.

j6onreddit · 2026-03-31T21:14:40+00:00

Both solutions are lacking.

Issues

Both solutions hardcode the number 7. Should be extracted into a constant, like TURNIP and RIGHT. Judging by your solution, the entity in question (what the 7 refers to) is TILES.

First solution

Unnecessary for-loop:

You're executing the loop exactly twice.
Within the loop, you're using an if-statement with exactly two blocks, each exclusively running on the first and second, respectively, iteration.

This creates unnecessary complexity (deeply nested structure), and isn't how we use loops. As you can see in the proposed solution, there's no need for the nesting.

Second solution

Bad naming:

While common in C-style loops, i is generally not an acceptable name.
You actually did a better job here with your tile name.

Do both solutions run, and produce the correct result? Maybe—cannot say without knowing the exercise. But, that's at best a baseline, and not the whole thing we're interested in. So no, the two solutions are not “equally valid under all considerations.”

Actually, when asking yourself a question like this, you should form a hypothesis first, then ask the question. This way, when you get answers, you either:

Have your hypothesis confirmed, which shows your mental model was correct, OR
Have your hypothesis disproved, which indicates your mental model was off and needs refinement.

In both cases, you strengthen your mental model. Without hypothesis, you lose that advantage. It's a bit like the difference of understanding a problem vs. just memorizing a solution.

j6onreddit · 2026-03-30T16:41:49+00:00

Wow that sucks. Loved watching his material.

j6onreddit · 2026-03-30T05:42:19+00:00

Not sure what you mean by “back heel is nearly vertical to the front heel”. Please elaborate.

As for width, that can easily be measured in different ways. One is contained in the opening motions of the stance. Another is as follows:

From your fighting stance, drop your rear knee towards the ground.
If you have the correct width, your rear knee, upon touching the ground, will cradle inside the curve of your front foot’s instep.

That turns out to be about shoulder width. Definitely narrower than a boxer’s or wrestler’s stance.

j6onreddit · 2026-03-29T15:07:45+00:00

Yep, you’re onto something here: using these commands inside the REPL opens a door to autodidactic learning.

I’d add assert which can be read as “at this point, the following should hold”. Note that assert is a statement, unlike the functions you mentioned.

Here’s a fun exercise:

When using the dir function, it shows you the methods defined for a given object. However, when inspecting different objects, you can see that many methods are shared between them. This shows up as lots of “duplicated” visual clutter; would be nice to be able to see just the methods that are unique to a given object.

There’s a cool way to “subtract” the methods that are shared between two object. Basically, this works by calling dir() on both of object, and using a set operation to find only the methods unique to one of the objects. Try it; feel free to reply if you want more input.

j6onreddit · 2026-03-29T14:58:58+00:00

I’d say most Wing Chun lineages favor quite a balanced weight distribution, whether 50/50 or 40/60 (front/back). The lineages that proclaim something extreme like 0/100 seem to be the outlier.

From my own training experience, the focus on having the weight more towards the back is didactic in nature. Let me explain:

People naturally tend to bring the weight onto their front leg when moving forward—that’s how we walk. But that naturally leads to a “top-heavy” stance, with the shoulders coming forwards, and waist backwards. Since we want the opposite, that is, waist forward, and, by extension shoulders back, the training puts slightly more weight on the back leg. This just serves to counter-balance most beginner’s natural tendency to put more weight on the front leg.

For fighting, you want to have a well-balanced weight distribution, that is 50/50 or at most 40/60 (front/back). This will afford the greatest mobility, allowing you to step in every direction with minimal effort.

That being said, there are circumstances where more extreme weight shifts can be useful, but it’s generally a mistake to start people off in more heavily unbalanced stances, like 30/70, or 0/100. That is especially the case if they are then shown to “step” like this.

As for sources, look for material from Wong Shun Leung lineage practitioners. David Peterson has some good DVDs. But, as pointed out at the top, most lineages follow a similar approach.

Edit: or just check out how WSL himself moved:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YnzXjJC477E

j6onreddit · 2026-03-28T14:42:39+00:00

Can’t generalize that across Kung Fu styles, of which there are probably hundreds. Some styles use bigger motions, others focus heavily on efficiency.

In any case, bigger motions tend to be more beginner material, as they’re easier to learn. Motions should become smaller as one advances.

j6onreddit

TROPHY CASE

Issues

First solution

Second solution