Lower Spinal Rotation

Lecturing on LSR at MIT

Recently, Master Gong was invited to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Delaware to lecture about his method of LSR. There he explained and demonstrated LSR and its application to body movement and martial arts.

The interest that MIT expressed about LSR is especially noteworthy. They are studying human body movement (Biomechanics) and applying these movements to robotics. Biomechanics is the study of mechanical movement as it applies to living systems. The researchers at MIT are hoping to apply biomechanics to create walking robots.

Below are Henry's own words as to how he became involved with MIT:

"One day I was watching a cable television program on the Discovery Channel.

"The highly educational program dealt with humans, animals and insects, and were shown walking and running. The program explained how the hips and legs moved while walking and running (gait analysis). The end of the program showed robots from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) that could walk, jump, and even do a front flip.

"After thinking about the program for a while, I thought that the program never mentioned the importance of the lower spine in addition to the hips and legs. I decided to telephone MIT and I reached Daniel J. Plasma, one of the major members of the Leg Laboratory staff. He was involved in the gait analysis television program.

"Dan found my thoughts about the lower spine very interesting. I told him that I would be in the Boston area and would he like me to lecture on the subject of Lower Spinal Rotation? He was very happy and promised to tell other colleagues, including members of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.

"All of the audience participated in the seminar. After the seminar, Dan said, 'Thank you so much. It was great to have you here, that was awesome.' "