My new found Chi: Healing Chi.This is very difficult.. I should have learn this first. I have learned to use chi to just feel it. But I didn't fully understand that Chi can be VERY destructive to your organs and other close to you. Healing chi requires your thoughts to be VERY positive, and in our day and age, that can be hard. It is truly hard to focus on all the positive around you and not let your mind simmer the chi neg emotions, had to relocate to a place of nothing. I'm now fighting myself
cont.. Causing the chi pulse. One must control the pulses and generate a flow to smooth the flow to your legs. If you think of current as a lever. Chi will overwhelm and could cause damage to your body, by developing a difficult chi flow, or reverse chi. (chi leaking out of the eyes). You must understand that the flow of chi is as strong as high voltage lighting but delicate enough to maintain a very low current (amp) but strong consistent flow (voltage) chi.
Dear all my fellow Tai-Chi Masters.. I have relocated to a more peaceful location, and have been challenged by a new flow of Chi.. But first I'll help another understand. @mrsaladinthewise Voltage is an idea logic for understanding how chi flows. Chi has to jump from nerve to nerve, Voltage does this also. Chi can also jump from one body to another. This is Grounding. When we do or stances. Ex. Low Horse Stance, (like siting in a chair) our legs shake. With each muscle retract, it extracts. cont
dear jmamage, i appreciate your answer very well. and can understand it. to discover the chi there is more nessesary as only to learn movements to have a real impact of our lives.thats with a lot of things too. it must be a core desire to practise like you do.
at the other way it has few teacher who can teach this. like you wrote a dead stop.
@dvinus I do not have a page, mainly because I only teach those who truly feel the flow of chi. It is very hard to accept the hardship that's required to achieve a high lvl of the TAI. I teach my kids and they now us it to do demonstrations. But this type of practice limits the mind and make us think that we've accomplished a feat. What we've accomplished is a dead stop. If you want more knowledge on Tai Chi practice. Start with concentrating on 1 item, mission, or self determination.
Chi is not a force, not a momentum, not a push pull, not a leverage, not a defense, not a offence. It is not a reason to. Chi is the flow of your life energy. It is your power to live. If you try hard and learn to control your flow of life energy, you will then FEEL, you will then behave as it requires lots of respect. Tai-chi is The Ultimate. But its the training that takes you to the Ultimate lvl. Chi has limitless lvl's, this is why we continue to practice.
When you feel pain, This is a great thing. The chi flow you feel represents HIGH energy flow in that region, but cannot control the flow as effectively as one would like. When you use CHI, you will feel a similar feeling in that region of focus. But you will need to be trained properly to understand how to know the difference between the 2. This is very important, you will have to mend the Tear between the 2 in order to maintain control. And that is 1 reason we train and meditate on chi control.
Dont ever forget that any martial art will work if YOU WANT IT TO. If you want or believe it works, than its a good chance it will work for YOU. If I said you can fly. You would call me a goof ball. If I show you that I can fly, you would probably say, Thats good for YOU. But If I can have you see it and believe you can, only then would you try. Tai-chi is refined through long and practiced hardship. Its has its limits, Some parts of it may not work for you. Use it and make it your own.
It's a great hobby! I lost 10 kilos in couple of months. My back was totally healed. My mind was cleaner and I learnt better and got better grades at school. I felt energy flowing trough my body. If Tai Chi is combined to good way of life and healthy meals, your life is perfect.
Given enough time, any man may master the physical. With enough knowledge, any man may become wise. It is the true warrior who can master both....and surpass the result. This art is very deadly and can heal life. For any art that can heal can and will kill. Tai CHI is the art of nerve control, or energy control. Did you know that enough voltage ran through your muscles you could easily flip cars or do amazing things. Chi or Chakara helps you to control the electrical output of the brain.
Ah excellent, I was waiting for someone to say this! I'm just starting my journey into Tai Chi, it's incredible, I have to move my hands very slowly, about 1mm per minute to feel the numbness and the pull, if you gather
@jdamage68 Chi and Chakra are intirely definitely. Prana and Chi maybe, but not chakras. Chakras are more like the energy gates of Chi. Chi is the name of the force as is prana. Also, what is your basis for the idea that energy following through your body could allow you to flip cars?
@chibiakutenshi Well chakra the opening of gates of Directed chi, is another way of saying or showing the way to intercept the energy. Control the flow or open a gate to let you have access to the flow, will require you to control both. As with flipping anything heavy requires a want, a need to open a gate, or control the chi. Adrenalin is a great example of a need to opening a gate to do the amazing. But giving enough electricity to any giving muscle results in incredible strength.
@jdamage68 I am impress. It is good to see you knew this. I'm sure you also know how this same transfer of energy to muscles is how we are able to move at all. What you said here is true. But Chi is not the same as Chakra, because chakra is not the name of energy in the body, such as Chi. That was the only point I was making in that matter. But that's a great explanation of how they are disciples of the same idea.
@PhuQuangLe111 To understand what can be accomplished with the human brain, is to understand the word "WILL" You can do anything when you are trained to open the gates at "WILL" use your CHI at "WILL". If you train hard and BELIEVE it. You must Believe you have the "WILL" The easiest way to start is to Meditate and practice your art. Flip cars can be accomplished one way or the other. We can do it if we train HARD with the physical. Or we can invent something to do it. Your mind your choice.
@jdamage68 that is called muscle power. people who train their muscles a lot can indeed easily flip a car. but it is nothing but foolishness to think that someone with few muscles can flip cars just by expanding the mind. yes, the mind has great power, but the muscles would just tear because they cannot stand the restraint put on them.
@greatandfree The will is what you have to act on not the SIZE of the Muscles. Without the mind there is no muscle. Its easier to tear the Mind before you tear the muscles, leaving you only with WILL. According to you, a small person cannot flip a car. But its been documented that even a smaller person can do even better. Chi will take your body further than you can logically think, possibably imagine, or even research. It is a wonderful thing once you realize YOUR potential to will things.
@jdamage68 You say voltage runs through "your" muscles. Is there you and your muscles that implies two different things does it not? Are "you" separate from "your" muscles? If you are your body why don't we say I am body? You say "I" have a body again there's a division is there not?
@TheSupertaz101 Very good. Yes there is a tear in our mind that stops you from accessing the "Ability" to do more than just move our limbs. As a Tai Chi student, you must mend that tear. You have to first realize that your muscles are LIMITED and your mind IS NOT LIMITED. It's hard to understand how, based on your dealings with your muscles now. 1 way to start is to KNOW that your mind can make your body do what you WILL. Your consequence is 3x the energy force in form of PAIN. Is this not chi?
Those other posts from obvious Martial Art students hit the nail on the head. Tai Chi is an exercise, it consists of set movements that position your feet and body for maximum balance & strength. Point being, if you practice enough & become proficient (having had the benefit of a good instructor), you will be able to use your quick reactions, balance, and your advisaries momentum to put him on the floor in a nano-second. That's self defense. If he gets up and persists, you open a can of wupass!
Listen up, Grasshoppah ! Yes...okay, alot (possibly millions) of 90-somethings are doing Tai-chi in Asia. It is tranquil, it is disipline, it is about energy ('chi' Pron: Ghee), coordination and balance. That's why 'OLD' people are out in the square @ 5:00 AM instead of in a nursing home like here! Where would you rather be at that age: Socializing and exercizing with your friends, or waiting for the nurse to come by, give you your Meds, change your Depends, and help you into your wheelchair?
That's a beautiful sentiment, and an important reminder :) I'd love to do tai chi among this many people... well maybe not quite so many lol but it would be wonderful to do it among maybe a hundred others. Most I've done it with is something like 10
im 14 and i decided 2 learn Tai chi....dont under estimate it....my friend his 16 his granpa taught him Tai Chi when he was 5...i fought him and i completely lost...i myself do kick boxing....i dont know how his that strong but i think it have 2 do with Tai Chi
In a fight it's not about your style. It's all about you. If you have understood the essence and the being you stand a chance. But just as important are experience and physical fitness. You say you're 14? You're technics have not yet reached a sufficient level.
WUming,it's still being continued learning by people,A lot of those people study it seriously,thinking of continuing its history,& respect it as much as you.
What a shame that the art Yang Luchan once taught to China's military elite (the Shenjiying in Beijing) has been reduced to a therapeutic exercise for old people. Truly, it is a national shame.
you are right, let the old and the young have fun for being together like any other exercise or sports. Taichi is a great exercise, easy to learn but difficult to master it. I have done Taichi for over 30 years and I enjoy doing it and I am still learning new things discovered from senior Taichi masters being posted in YOUTUBE .
It is truly shameful wuming108 doesn't know nor understand the Taichi taught by Yang Lu Chan to the Imperial military was far from his secret Taichi. The secrets of original Yang's were never taught to the world of his time, very handful of the original Yang Lu Chan still being practised toady.
Yang Lu Chans style of Tai Chi is still available to moderners... You will not here of an amazing Tai Chi fighter anywhere on the news because there are very few, yes. However they are still alive and well.
This noble art. of Yang Style Taichichuan is still very much alive and widely taught and practised in multiple schools and Tai Chi clubs here in Toronto Canada regions. There are many "old people" in the Asian community here that are amazing when it comes to practising and demonstrating Yang.
That is not entirely true... Yes Tai Chi is a form of excercise, however there are still masters in the world that teach the rigorous Fajin Tai Chi. It is still one of the best martial arts and appeals to the elderly for many aspects. If you wish to learn Grand Ultimate Boxing you need to visit a tai chi fighter. Speaking over here will not solve anything.
I was thinking on similar line,if millions of people could strictly follow their religious precepts,martial artists their rules of conduct/respect,et.cetera,the world would be more unity like the Chinese taiji artists.
Interesting cross between popular Daoism and Nuremberg rally, certified politically correct by the Party Central Committee. Now fast forward to one billion Chinese performing Taijiquan simultaneously...makes you think, eh?
Gentlemen, the man always matters more than the art. I'm a Patriot and a martial artist. And I tell you what. There's plenty of garbage schools in America just like every other nation on earth. The only thing is Americans don't know enough to critique what they are studying. But we as a people can afford the lessons. It's just like buying a car let the buyer beware. Hey, that applies to anything...
And just like looking for a needle in a hay stack, it is possible with time and patience... I have that song (I don't read Chinese so don't know the name) but it is on an album called "String Sounds from Heaven" Disk Two I believe.
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Homework? I studied and practice Tai Chi for 7 years bud. Do you even know why Tai Chi was first used? The Buddhists sat all day meditating, so they became very fat (you see their statues being fat, which also represents life, because of all the sitting meditating they do). Because they were fat, they could not defend themselves against bandits who rob their canes/jewelery/ or whatever - hence Tai Chi, the physical form of meditation so they can be in shape WHILE they meditate.
i dont really want to argue, its your opinion about tai chi. i personally have been practising for 9 years and i practise it soley as a fighting art, not for health benefits, and im a pretty good fighter now and pobs will get better. look up erle montague on youtube. he explains things quite well, u might have seen his videos, i dont know. and by the way, know one knows 4 sure how tai chi originated ive read many versions of events from many different books. remember ur view is ONE view.
Well, since these people got fat off of meditating, they came up with Tai Chi right..? Couldn't it have also been created to fend off bandits as well..?
I don't know WHAT Taiji you are talking about, but too me it looks like you are not practicing ANY legitimate style of Taijiquan.
And btw, you're kinda confused about the art you 'practice', since the story you told is the one of Boddhidharma teaching the SHAOLIN monks 18 Luohan hands, and not Taijiquan, so it seems you didn't do your homework. You are probably a just New Age (fake) practioner of Taiji
So I will repeat again, it is not a fighting form. Just because you can spew out names and dates found on Wiki doesn't mean anything. I have no doubt the top fighters were Tai Chi practitioners. In fact, the highest level of Tai Chi is when you actual use it as a fighting form, turning immeasurable, intangible meditation into explosive physical execution, which require almost a life time of training.
what do you mean its not a fighting form? anyone who seriously practices taiji knows the applications and the power that comes from doing the form. more appropriately it should be called a learning form. teaches stability, power generation, maintaining that power, and never to overextend oneself are all crucial fighting elements.
It was up to the practitioners themselves to take Tai Chi to the next level. To not only enhance Chi flow of your own body, but to DISRUPT the Chi flow of your opponents body. It is an amazing and monumental step to take that only those who truly reach the summit will be able to do. It is not a simple "take summer classes and learn street fighting."
So how dare you say everything I said was garbage.
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Haha the most ridiculous thing I've read, Tai Ji being a form of fighting. Partially true since Tai Chi stems from Qi Gong, but Tai Ji is a simplified version of Qi Gong and focuses on the internal exercise. You can incorporate Tai Ji in your fighting, but itself is not a fighting form.
Not for old people? I suggest you read a book or two about it, when you say this it seems most of your knowledge about Tai Ji comes from Hollywood. It is use for everyone, even those in a wheelchair can do it.
Mamba109, I hate to respond to an old comment, but I've been studying Tai Chi for just two weeks for a Psychology class, and it is, in fact, a form of fighting! It's moving meditation that can also be used for self-defense. And I think that Tai Chi masters can kick the snot out of Karate masters as well.
he goes back to shanghai, china every couple of years and meets up w/ his friends and practice taichi everyday... i want him to teach me but he says its for old people once you hit 50 years old or so( an excuse for when i was young)... he wants to teach me now but i cant wake up at 5 in the morning to practice with him...
all my family members, practice taichi... my grandpa wakes up every day at 5 am and turns on his taichi music on our deck and practices taichi for an hour... hes been doing it for 35 years... he's 83 years old... he used to balance cups and bowls with water back then... and the amazing thing is he's been living in america for 20 years now and he has never missed one day of taichi...
I have a weak body that can't handle the other martial arts.Tae Kwan Do and Karate made me strong but hurt me with the more difficult stuff and sparring.I want to try Tai Chi so bad.Looks like it is more about meditation than self defense.
Because of tai chi comes from kung fu, every movement has a real good self defense meaning. Try it. It will give you more charisma and you will be well-balanced. If you can tai chi, you will know it's a art. Nice time.
Tai Chi is one of if not the deadliest martial art known to man, it deals with pressure points and disrupting the chi flow. It is meditation in motion and it builds the chi to make you very strong. I have practiced martial arts my whole life and after discovering tai chi i dont practive anything else...ok, the trouble is finding someone that teaches it as a martial art. Most intructors teach it as an exercise only. Many don't even know the martial aspect of it.
I am 63 and have been doing taiji for 5 years. I am not athletic. This video barely shows 3 postures. I cannot imagine doing it in such comfined circumstances. I love the Beijing Yang short form which is what the Chinese are doing. You may not do so well with it. Find a form with equally balanced stances. I started with Yang Guang Ping, a variation of the Yang long form. You will gain many benefits by studying Taiji seriously.
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Tai chi is a amazing thing i been taking it for three months now and i am staying for my life. i am learning the yang long form right now with martial applications of it as well and i want to learn the other styles too.
i hate it to practice surrounded by so many people... in front of you, behind and from bouth sides... can't see anything and have no place for the spirit and thoughts
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I was just there in Taipei a week ago. It rained all day when I was walking on that same huge plaza alone, but I could feel the energy of great things occurring in that same space. At the time I didn't know this huge Tai Chi event happened there, but I could feel it nonetheless!
I am just amazed at the number of people that practice Tai chi getting together in one place at one time. What ever you think of Tai chi you have to consider it has a great interest, appeal and popularity; in its general generic form.
It's funny how people actually believe this "martial art" can be used to defend yourself. I guess people will believe anything. I have a question do you people that believe Tai Chi also think that you can knock out some one without touching your opponent and screaming "haaa yaaaa"? Tai Chi masters that claim that they have the power to do that.
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Tai Chi seems more like a form of meditation, but not a form of combat. If you really believe that Tai Chi is effective in combat then your just a fool. Tai Chi does not work in a fight. Lets say your attacked in the street, are you really gonna use Tai Chi to defend your self? your gonna smashed if you do.
You don't understand Tai Chi at all. Its about far more than 'sweep the leg' or your Street Fighter combat. And it is a fine self defense system once mastered. Even Yang style, the slowest and most healing oriented, can be used for defense.
I do karate normally, so a very aggressive martial art. But I realized going to tai chi that the true martial art is not just sports. With tai chi you learn to concentrate, keep your calm and balance as your opponent is showing off with ridiculous flying kicks.. The calm one wins. Also, the true karate masters barely move. They just give you one centered punch and you're done.
I bet it felt wonderful to feel all the Qi radiating live. I felt it through the computer even! What a massive cultivation of divine energy. :) how peaceful!
im sorry to say, but everyone one in this video is very disconected. Tai Chi is a soft martial arts that is movements that show you on the outside (yang) how things are moving on the inside (ying) i've learned this over a period of time from what my school calls Great Learning (my Tai Chi) class.
Hmmmm. $50 per person per month.... and then there are the t-shirt sales. My classes have a maximum of 4-6 students per class. If I had that kind of enrolment I could retire after 1 year and spend the rest of my life doing what I love - teaching tai chi.
what are you talking about, those are old people who are pratising tai chi to get a better health. they are not gonna fight anyone. If fact, most of them practise the form of taichi that is not martial at all and cant be use to fight.
Of course, when people forget the practical applications (defense) and the internal power aspects, they lose the benefit of really doing Tai Chi because all they are doing is "dancing." Tai Chi is first and foremost a "martial" art.
tai chi a great system of self defence in that you actually learn to fight differently to the ordinary however you must make it part of your life and practice dilligently under an experienced teacher in able to gain the full benifits of the art
Tai Chi gained fame in the Qing Imperial Palace. It uses relaxation & alignment to develop power agility and awareness, & uses softness to conquer force. Exercises that are good for martial power are also good for health. If you would like to see some videos of tai chi for self defence, see my link, or google cloud mountain martial arts.
kung fu, tai chi are very good fighting techniques.. they have technique over anything.. but if they dont have the external features like mma fighters / boxers, they will never win in a fight... but will win against the untrained fighter
the chinese has a saying "strength (Rocky's fist) cannot overcome style (karate's hand), but style must eventually give way to energy (tai-chi's palm)
Who's to say, really? Plus, one doesn't preclude the other. Boxing uses similar movement (squashing the bug, etc.). Given 5 years to train, MMA wins, but come see him in thirty years...
My new found Chi: Healing Chi.This is very difficult.. I should have learn this first. I have learned to use chi to just feel it. But I didn't fully understand that Chi can be VERY destructive to your organs and other close to you. Healing chi requires your thoughts to be VERY positive, and in our day and age, that can be hard. It is truly hard to focus on all the positive around you and not let your mind simmer the chi neg emotions, had to relocate to a place of nothing. I'm now fighting myself
jdamage68 1 week ago
cont.. Causing the chi pulse. One must control the pulses and generate a flow to smooth the flow to your legs. If you think of current as a lever. Chi will overwhelm and could cause damage to your body, by developing a difficult chi flow, or reverse chi. (chi leaking out of the eyes). You must understand that the flow of chi is as strong as high voltage lighting but delicate enough to maintain a very low current (amp) but strong consistent flow (voltage) chi.
jdamage68 1 week ago
Dear all my fellow Tai-Chi Masters.. I have relocated to a more peaceful location, and have been challenged by a new flow of Chi.. But first I'll help another understand. @mrsaladinthewise Voltage is an idea logic for understanding how chi flows. Chi has to jump from nerve to nerve, Voltage does this also. Chi can also jump from one body to another. This is Grounding. When we do or stances. Ex. Low Horse Stance, (like siting in a chair) our legs shake. With each muscle retract, it extracts. cont
jdamage68 1 week ago
Looks peaceful like water
greenscum 2 weeks ago
A perfect martial arts practice to release stress and tension, that's why its called the meditation in motion.
iampeeay01 2 months ago
tai chi
Sn4pDr4gon 2 months ago
dear jmamage, i appreciate your answer very well. and can understand it. to discover the chi there is more nessesary as only to learn movements to have a real impact of our lives.thats with a lot of things too. it must be a core desire to practise like you do.
at the other way it has few teacher who can teach this. like you wrote a dead stop.
its becames entertaining.
thank you. .and be at peace..
dvinus 2 months ago
dear jdamage68..why do you do not have a page to share your knowledge about tai chi chuan?your comments are impressing me. peace to you.
dvinus 3 months ago
@dvinus I do not have a page, mainly because I only teach those who truly feel the flow of chi. It is very hard to accept the hardship that's required to achieve a high lvl of the TAI. I teach my kids and they now us it to do demonstrations. But this type of practice limits the mind and make us think that we've accomplished a feat. What we've accomplished is a dead stop. If you want more knowledge on Tai Chi practice. Start with concentrating on 1 item, mission, or self determination.
jdamage68 2 months ago
@jdamage68 can you teach me?
diekontrolleure 2 months ago
/watch?v=1ugylaPaW7Q
marsgodofficial 5 months ago
It's so powerful, and at the same time relaxing, to watch this.
kamwrites 7 months ago
i was exually searching for a tai-chi sped up. i heard that is rerally great. can't find it...
MrLevendus 8 months ago
@MrLevendus It's call "fast form". It is rarely taught, since it is an advance and in-house form.
waymanw69 7 months ago
Not trying to sound rude but does everyone there know how to do tai Chi? Like do they practice it as a kid at gym time or something?
MAJazzy08 9 months ago
@MAJazzy08 Tai-chi is consider one of China's treasure. Health and exercise is very important in one aspect of Chinese culture.
waymanw69 7 months ago
"Chi or Chakara helps you to control the electrical output of the brain."
Don't you mean Chakra and not Chakara?
NineTailsDemonFox 10 months ago
Chi is not a force, not a momentum, not a push pull, not a leverage, not a defense, not a offence. It is not a reason to. Chi is the flow of your life energy. It is your power to live. If you try hard and learn to control your flow of life energy, you will then FEEL, you will then behave as it requires lots of respect. Tai-chi is The Ultimate. But its the training that takes you to the Ultimate lvl. Chi has limitless lvl's, this is why we continue to practice.
jdamage68 10 months ago
When you feel pain, This is a great thing. The chi flow you feel represents HIGH energy flow in that region, but cannot control the flow as effectively as one would like. When you use CHI, you will feel a similar feeling in that region of focus. But you will need to be trained properly to understand how to know the difference between the 2. This is very important, you will have to mend the Tear between the 2 in order to maintain control. And that is 1 reason we train and meditate on chi control.
jdamage68 10 months ago
poop
blurock29 11 months ago
Tai Chi flashmob?
flatulence5000 11 months ago
Is the song that starts playing when they first show the full extent of the crowd the song from the movie "The Last Starfighter"?
astrobiologist 1 year ago
what style of tai chi is this??
wzeroderick 1 year ago
does anyone know what they call this type of music is? its very relaxing.
jnuty85 1 year ago
I felt the chi just watching...
And the motion looks just like water when they move
lexpaabalo 1 year ago
chi masters have the most patience than any other man in the world
pimpo911 1 year ago
Dont ever forget that any martial art will work if YOU WANT IT TO. If you want or believe it works, than its a good chance it will work for YOU. If I said you can fly. You would call me a goof ball. If I show you that I can fly, you would probably say, Thats good for YOU. But If I can have you see it and believe you can, only then would you try. Tai-chi is refined through long and practiced hardship. Its has its limits, Some parts of it may not work for you. Use it and make it your own.
jdamage68 1 year ago
man i have to learn this stuff
gunsrule223 1 year ago
@gunsrule223
You really should! =)
It's a great hobby! I lost 10 kilos in couple of months. My back was totally healed. My mind was cleaner and I learnt better and got better grades at school. I felt energy flowing trough my body. If Tai Chi is combined to good way of life and healthy meals, your life is perfect.
PatriaFinlandia 1 year ago
@PatriaFinlandia ok :D theres i tai chi culb near my house
gunsrule223 1 year ago
coooooooooooool!!!
MrRestart123 1 year ago
We are learning tai chi in our home 70%
sexdreamtease 1 year ago
That's a lot of tai chi!
Shindai 1 year ago
can you imagine all of the energy out there?
linket88 2 years ago 7
it is the one time true peace takes place between man and woman:}
moviesaliblu 2 years ago
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what a load of shit !!!
what2put2put 2 years ago
This training happened in Chiang KaiShek Memorial Hall in Taipei, right?!
Oh, I was there - increadibly beautiful place!
I have just started to practice Taijiquan.
Happiness to ALL!
NandinyaLila 2 years ago
Me emocione mucho!! muy buen video!!
carielucho74 2 years ago 2
where's Waldo?
yajxyooj 2 years ago 6
I bet the teacher wasn't expecting a turn out like this when he woke up that morning, Lol:)
Taurus8763 2 years ago 24
Massive !
a290580 2 years ago
prelijepo... pozz iz Bosne
NiranMW 2 years ago
Given enough time, any man may master the physical. With enough knowledge, any man may become wise. It is the true warrior who can master both....and surpass the result. This art is very deadly and can heal life. For any art that can heal can and will kill. Tai CHI is the art of nerve control, or energy control. Did you know that enough voltage ran through your muscles you could easily flip cars or do amazing things. Chi or Chakara helps you to control the electrical output of the brain.
jdamage68 2 years ago 28
2 much movies. training and fight will make u strong.
ViniiiSSS 2 years ago
Ah excellent, I was waiting for someone to say this! I'm just starting my journey into Tai Chi, it's incredible, I have to move my hands very slowly, about 1mm per minute to feel the numbness and the pull, if you gather
boringlecture 2 years ago
@jdamage68 HATE CRIME!!!!
patoplush 1 year ago
@jdamage68 Chi and Chakra are intirely definitely. Prana and Chi maybe, but not chakras. Chakras are more like the energy gates of Chi. Chi is the name of the force as is prana. Also, what is your basis for the idea that energy following through your body could allow you to flip cars?
chibiakutenshi 1 year ago
@chibiakutenshi Well chakra the opening of gates of Directed chi, is another way of saying or showing the way to intercept the energy. Control the flow or open a gate to let you have access to the flow, will require you to control both. As with flipping anything heavy requires a want, a need to open a gate, or control the chi. Adrenalin is a great example of a need to opening a gate to do the amazing. But giving enough electricity to any giving muscle results in incredible strength.
jdamage68 1 year ago
@jdamage68 I am impress. It is good to see you knew this. I'm sure you also know how this same transfer of energy to muscles is how we are able to move at all. What you said here is true. But Chi is not the same as Chakra, because chakra is not the name of energy in the body, such as Chi. That was the only point I was making in that matter. But that's a great explanation of how they are disciples of the same idea.
chibiakutenshi 1 year ago
@jdamage68 how come can never seen a master flip a car?
PhuQuangLe111 1 year ago
@PhuQuangLe111 To understand what can be accomplished with the human brain, is to understand the word "WILL" You can do anything when you are trained to open the gates at "WILL" use your CHI at "WILL". If you train hard and BELIEVE it. You must Believe you have the "WILL" The easiest way to start is to Meditate and practice your art. Flip cars can be accomplished one way or the other. We can do it if we train HARD with the physical. Or we can invent something to do it. Your mind your choice.
jdamage68 1 year ago
@jdamage68 that is called muscle power. people who train their muscles a lot can indeed easily flip a car. but it is nothing but foolishness to think that someone with few muscles can flip cars just by expanding the mind. yes, the mind has great power, but the muscles would just tear because they cannot stand the restraint put on them.
greatandfree 1 year ago
@greatandfree The will is what you have to act on not the SIZE of the Muscles. Without the mind there is no muscle. Its easier to tear the Mind before you tear the muscles, leaving you only with WILL. According to you, a small person cannot flip a car. But its been documented that even a smaller person can do even better. Chi will take your body further than you can logically think, possibably imagine, or even research. It is a wonderful thing once you realize YOUR potential to will things.
jdamage68 1 year ago
@jdamage68 whatever. I say bullsh*t
greatandfree 1 year ago
@jdamage68 You say voltage runs through "your" muscles. Is there you and your muscles that implies two different things does it not? Are "you" separate from "your" muscles? If you are your body why don't we say I am body? You say "I" have a body again there's a division is there not?
TheSupertaz101 10 months ago
@TheSupertaz101 Very good. Yes there is a tear in our mind that stops you from accessing the "Ability" to do more than just move our limbs. As a Tai Chi student, you must mend that tear. You have to first realize that your muscles are LIMITED and your mind IS NOT LIMITED. It's hard to understand how, based on your dealings with your muscles now. 1 way to start is to KNOW that your mind can make your body do what you WILL. Your consequence is 3x the energy force in form of PAIN. Is this not chi?
jdamage68 10 months ago
@jdamage68 i'll just muay thai his oriental ass =)
hellojimmychuchu 2 months ago
@jdamage68 voltage would just be the electrical potential difference within the body, it's the current that runs.
mrsaladinthewise 1 month ago
im in there
22kng 2 years ago 3
This looks so goddamn awesome :o
JustAnotherStar2See 2 years ago 2
wow a lot of ppl.
7thspetke 2 years ago
Those other posts from obvious Martial Art students hit the nail on the head. Tai Chi is an exercise, it consists of set movements that position your feet and body for maximum balance & strength. Point being, if you practice enough & become proficient (having had the benefit of a good instructor), you will be able to use your quick reactions, balance, and your advisaries momentum to put him on the floor in a nano-second. That's self defense. If he gets up and persists, you open a can of wupass!
ChicagoNeilcon 2 years ago 5
lol a can of wupass!!!
RestlessMike 2 years ago
Listen up, Grasshoppah ! Yes...okay, alot (possibly millions) of 90-somethings are doing Tai-chi in Asia. It is tranquil, it is disipline, it is about energy ('chi' Pron: Ghee), coordination and balance. That's why 'OLD' people are out in the square @ 5:00 AM instead of in a nursing home like here! Where would you rather be at that age: Socializing and exercizing with your friends, or waiting for the nurse to come by, give you your Meds, change your Depends, and help you into your wheelchair?
ChicagoNeilcon 2 years ago 6
my english is poor on this wall.
sickofdao 2 years ago
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tai-chi's fine, but in a real fight it takes more then form.
GokuandVegetaD 2 years ago
Real taiji doesn't use the form. Just like real karate doesn't use a kata or real Tae Kwon Do a palgwe. Grow up.
chimab 2 years ago 6
funny you feel you must comment to make yourself feel important.
GokuandVegetaD 2 years ago
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pff. id destroy these posers.
vindicator2008 2 years ago
That's a beautiful sentiment, and an important reminder :) I'd love to do tai chi among this many people... well maybe not quite so many lol but it would be wonderful to do it among maybe a hundred others. Most I've done it with is something like 10
Shindai 2 years ago
This be funny, if one person show w/ a red color shirt ! lol
gogomyego 2 years ago
im 14 and i decided 2 learn Tai chi....dont under estimate it....my friend his 16 his granpa taught him Tai Chi when he was 5...i fought him and i completely lost...i myself do kick boxing....i dont know how his that strong but i think it have 2 do with Tai Chi
YingXingDeChiBang 2 years ago
exactly, its deceptive,
cannabischarlie 2 years ago
In a fight it's not about your style. It's all about you. If you have understood the essence and the being you stand a chance. But just as important are experience and physical fitness. You say you're 14? You're technics have not yet reached a sufficient level.
GaolisVideoLog 2 years ago
WUming,it's still being continued learning by people,A lot of those people study it seriously,thinking of continuing its history,& respect it as much as you.
CulturePeaceForever 2 years ago
What a shame that the art Yang Luchan once taught to China's military elite (the Shenjiying in Beijing) has been reduced to a therapeutic exercise for old people. Truly, it is a national shame.
wuming108 3 years ago
ok but let the older people have their fun!
taijifan999 2 years ago
you are right, let the old and the young have fun for being together like any other exercise or sports. Taichi is a great exercise, easy to learn but difficult to master it. I have done Taichi for over 30 years and I enjoy doing it and I am still learning new things discovered from senior Taichi masters being posted in YOUTUBE .
kelvin3901 2 years ago
It is truly shameful wuming108 doesn't know nor understand the Taichi taught by Yang Lu Chan to the Imperial military was far from his secret Taichi. The secrets of original Yang's were never taught to the world of his time, very handful of the original Yang Lu Chan still being practised toady.
kelvin3901 2 years ago
Yang Lu Chans style of Tai Chi is still available to moderners... You will not here of an amazing Tai Chi fighter anywhere on the news because there are very few, yes. However they are still alive and well.
BaguaStudent1 2 years ago
This noble art. of Yang Style Taichichuan is still very much alive and widely taught and practised in multiple schools and Tai Chi clubs here in Toronto Canada regions. There are many "old people" in the Asian community here that are amazing when it comes to practising and demonstrating Yang.
archersnan 2 years ago
That is not entirely true... Yes Tai Chi is a form of excercise, however there are still masters in the world that teach the rigorous Fajin Tai Chi. It is still one of the best martial arts and appeals to the elderly for many aspects. If you wish to learn Grand Ultimate Boxing you need to visit a tai chi fighter. Speaking over here will not solve anything.
BaguaStudent1 2 years ago 2
Hardly. It's the PEOPLE's Republic of China, not the militarist's., aye.
nekovelo 2 years ago
Holy Sh*t! (:
Thank you!
debwatch 3 years ago
you may also find the book "T'ai Chi for Dummies" useful. it demystifies T'ai Chi principles and practices for Westerners
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aja978 3 years ago
I was thinking on similar line,if millions of people could strictly follow their religious precepts,martial artists their rules of conduct/respect,et.cetera,the world would be more unity like the Chinese taiji artists.
CulturePeaceForever 3 years ago
Interesting cross between popular Daoism and Nuremberg rally, certified politically correct by the Party Central Committee. Now fast forward to one billion Chinese performing Taijiquan simultaneously...makes you think, eh?
winterbee 3 years ago
Gentlemen, the man always matters more than the art. I'm a Patriot and a martial artist. And I tell you what. There's plenty of garbage schools in America just like every other nation on earth. The only thing is Americans don't know enough to critique what they are studying. But we as a people can afford the lessons. It's just like buying a car let the buyer beware. Hey, that applies to anything...
FMAStudent 3 years ago
adoramos esse video,parabens.
febarrosunderwooding 3 years ago
I know this is like finding a needle in a haystack, but would ANYONE, ANYONE know what the music was that started at 2:00 ?????????????
creatvthinkr 3 years ago
man, thats gonna be difficult,....kinda like.....finding a needle in a haystack :T
Vyse500 3 years ago
And just like looking for a needle in a hay stack, it is possible with time and patience... I have that song (I don't read Chinese so don't know the name) but it is on an album called "String Sounds from Heaven" Disk Two I believe.
chrama1 3 years ago
I couldn't agree with you more, it's beautiful but I've never heard of it before.
MystXIIIHeartnet 3 years ago
Hey Mamba, you're so wrong. Do your homework, Dude; 'cause you're just spewing garbage.
The first full-contact fighting competition was held in China in 1929. The t'ai chi fighters were among the top guys.
Two years later, the competition was held again, and won by the famous Chen t'ai chi master, Chen FaKe.
Check out the Liang Yi demonstration on my page; Master Fu would kick your butt in a New York second.
You don't know what you don't know. Dangerous...
TransMun 3 years ago 3
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Homework? I studied and practice Tai Chi for 7 years bud. Do you even know why Tai Chi was first used? The Buddhists sat all day meditating, so they became very fat (you see their statues being fat, which also represents life, because of all the sitting meditating they do). Because they were fat, they could not defend themselves against bandits who rob their canes/jewelery/ or whatever - hence Tai Chi, the physical form of meditation so they can be in shape WHILE they meditate.
mamba109 3 years ago
i dont really want to argue, its your opinion about tai chi. i personally have been practising for 9 years and i practise it soley as a fighting art, not for health benefits, and im a pretty good fighter now and pobs will get better. look up erle montague on youtube. he explains things quite well, u might have seen his videos, i dont know. and by the way, know one knows 4 sure how tai chi originated ive read many versions of events from many different books. remember ur view is ONE view.
crazywales 3 years ago
Well, since these people got fat off of meditating, they came up with Tai Chi right..? Couldn't it have also been created to fend off bandits as well..?
sixthspade 3 years ago
I don't know WHAT Taiji you are talking about, but too me it looks like you are not practicing ANY legitimate style of Taijiquan.
And btw, you're kinda confused about the art you 'practice', since the story you told is the one of Boddhidharma teaching the SHAOLIN monks 18 Luohan hands, and not Taijiquan, so it seems you didn't do your homework. You are probably a just New Age (fake) practioner of Taiji
Tangren02 3 years ago
So I will repeat again, it is not a fighting form. Just because you can spew out names and dates found on Wiki doesn't mean anything. I have no doubt the top fighters were Tai Chi practitioners. In fact, the highest level of Tai Chi is when you actual use it as a fighting form, turning immeasurable, intangible meditation into explosive physical execution, which require almost a life time of training.
mamba109 3 years ago
what do you mean its not a fighting form? anyone who seriously practices taiji knows the applications and the power that comes from doing the form. more appropriately it should be called a learning form. teaches stability, power generation, maintaining that power, and never to overextend oneself are all crucial fighting elements.
ps read your other posts. all trash
Lowallyn 3 years ago 6
It was up to the practitioners themselves to take Tai Chi to the next level. To not only enhance Chi flow of your own body, but to DISRUPT the Chi flow of your opponents body. It is an amazing and monumental step to take that only those who truly reach the summit will be able to do. It is not a simple "take summer classes and learn street fighting."
So how dare you say everything I said was garbage.
mamba109 3 years ago
Wel said!!!
Tangren02 3 years ago
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Haha the most ridiculous thing I've read, Tai Ji being a form of fighting. Partially true since Tai Chi stems from Qi Gong, but Tai Ji is a simplified version of Qi Gong and focuses on the internal exercise. You can incorporate Tai Ji in your fighting, but itself is not a fighting form.
Not for old people? I suggest you read a book or two about it, when you say this it seems most of your knowledge about Tai Ji comes from Hollywood. It is use for everyone, even those in a wheelchair can do it.
mamba109 3 years ago
dude. ur pretty ignorant for a 7th year senior practioner of taiji. tsk tsk.
bookguy12000 3 years ago 2
Mamba109, I hate to respond to an old comment, but I've been studying Tai Chi for just two weeks for a Psychology class, and it is, in fact, a form of fighting! It's moving meditation that can also be used for self-defense. And I think that Tai Chi masters can kick the snot out of Karate masters as well.
BizzarreProductions 2 years ago
all old men..
RamonToradgi 3 years ago
Oh and dont get it wrong, Tai Chi IS a fighting art, everything else is just part of it
DeathStroke13 3 years ago 3
Tai chi is not for old people you fools. Old people use it because they know the benefits
Isnt it dumb to wait til you're over the hill to reap the benefits? (i'll answer that for you, YES!)
these people do it since they are taught it...which is usually childhood
DeathStroke13 3 years ago 7
yes very true tai chi is taught in China from a very young age so these people are all pro's.
hustlabeatz 3 years ago 5
idividuality is illusion.
lorerax1 3 years ago 7
This would be a lot better without all the unecessary special effects. It hardly even gives you a sense of the tai chi form at all.
techycat6 3 years ago
he goes back to shanghai, china every couple of years and meets up w/ his friends and practice taichi everyday... i want him to teach me but he says its for old people once you hit 50 years old or so( an excuse for when i was young)... he wants to teach me now but i cant wake up at 5 in the morning to practice with him...
On1y1Ch1na 3 years ago
all my family members, practice taichi... my grandpa wakes up every day at 5 am and turns on his taichi music on our deck and practices taichi for an hour... hes been doing it for 35 years... he's 83 years old... he used to balance cups and bowls with water back then... and the amazing thing is he's been living in america for 20 years now and he has never missed one day of taichi...
On1y1Ch1na 3 years ago
Go waterbenders!
tlacmoc9 3 years ago
Erle montaigue explans very simply why tai chi is a deadly martial art, and its simple though not simple enough to put here, haha :)
matisamd 3 years ago
....to be honest the only reason i m watching this is b.c on avatar the last airbender, tai chi is what water benders use lol
soulknight20002000 3 years ago
Me to. GO WATERBENDING
Kataang7789 3 years ago
ME 2! LOLZ
angelzwish 3 years ago
dam ppl just love water bending lol
soulknight20002000 3 years ago
ba gua to be exact
mrjonin 3 years ago
Tai Chi is not for woosies. You will sweat bullets.
neutronflux 3 years ago 8
I have a weak body that can't handle the other martial arts.Tae Kwan Do and Karate made me strong but hurt me with the more difficult stuff and sparring.I want to try Tai Chi so bad.Looks like it is more about meditation than self defense.
Moviebro 3 years ago
Tai chi is more than meditation.
Because of tai chi comes from kung fu, every movement has a real good self defense meaning. Try it. It will give you more charisma and you will be well-balanced. If you can tai chi, you will know it's a art. Nice time.
48thekey 3 years ago
Tai Chi is one of if not the deadliest martial art known to man, it deals with pressure points and disrupting the chi flow. It is meditation in motion and it builds the chi to make you very strong. I have practiced martial arts my whole life and after discovering tai chi i dont practive anything else...ok, the trouble is finding someone that teaches it as a martial art. Most intructors teach it as an exercise only. Many don't even know the martial aspect of it.
taichimagicman 3 years ago
I am 63 and have been doing taiji for 5 years. I am not athletic. This video barely shows 3 postures. I cannot imagine doing it in such comfined circumstances. I love the Beijing Yang short form which is what the Chinese are doing. You may not do so well with it. Find a form with equally balanced stances. I started with Yang Guang Ping, a variation of the Yang long form. You will gain many benefits by studying Taiji seriously.
franzfri 3 years ago
your inside energy
jolandasterbloem 3 years ago
tai chi = Amazing ENERGY !
lg120 3 years ago
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xxljmzlxx 3 years ago 2
World Tai Chi & Qigong Day
xxljmzlxx 3 years ago
I know this is like finding a needle in a haystack, but would ANYONE, ANYONE know what the music was that started at 2:00?????????????
creatvthinkr 3 years ago 2
wow
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Oieieiei 3 years ago
Tai chi is a amazing thing i been taking it for three months now and i am staying for my life. i am learning the yang long form right now with martial applications of it as well and i want to learn the other styles too.
Lethrest 3 years ago 2
i hate it to practice surrounded by so many people... in front of you, behind and from bouth sides... can't see anything and have no place for the spirit and thoughts
pimpius250 3 years ago 2
a place for spirit? everywhere is spirit, and don't forget that they are you actually...
mestane08 3 years ago 2
World Tai Chi & Qigong Day is on Saturday, April 26th, 2008, 10 am worldwide in hundreds of cities in 63 nations. It has been recognized by the UN World Health Organization, and governors, senates and mayors of many states and nations.
Just google "World Tai Chi & Qigong Day" and find events near you. It is held every year the last Saturday of April. You can get their free newsletter for updates.
Most all events are free to the public.
wtcqd 3 years ago
I was just there in Taipei a week ago. It rained all day when I was walking on that same huge plaza alone, but I could feel the energy of great things occurring in that same space. At the time I didn't know this huge Tai Chi event happened there, but I could feel it nonetheless!
spoony303 3 years ago 6
this is useful to me
020805016 3 years ago
I am just amazed at the number of people that practice Tai chi getting together in one place at one time. What ever you think of Tai chi you have to consider it has a great interest, appeal and popularity; in its general generic form.
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It's funny how people actually believe this "martial art" can be used to defend yourself. I guess people will believe anything. I have a question do you people that believe Tai Chi also think that you can knock out some one without touching your opponent and screaming "haaa yaaaa"? Tai Chi masters that claim that they have the power to do that.
Oppressed1 3 years ago
It's passive.
PizzaRat 3 years ago
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Tai Chi seems more like a form of meditation, but not a form of combat. If you really believe that Tai Chi is effective in combat then your just a fool. Tai Chi does not work in a fight. Lets say your attacked in the street, are you really gonna use Tai Chi to defend your self? your gonna smashed if you do.
Oppressed1 4 years ago
You don't understand Tai Chi at all. Its about far more than 'sweep the leg' or your Street Fighter combat. And it is a fine self defense system once mastered. Even Yang style, the slowest and most healing oriented, can be used for defense.
mikedan99 3 years ago 12
I do karate normally, so a very aggressive martial art. But I realized going to tai chi that the true martial art is not just sports. With tai chi you learn to concentrate, keep your calm and balance as your opponent is showing off with ridiculous flying kicks.. The calm one wins. Also, the true karate masters barely move. They just give you one centered punch and you're done.
sillyeek 3 years ago 14
I bet it felt wonderful to feel all the Qi radiating live. I felt it through the computer even! What a massive cultivation of divine energy. :) how peaceful!
Xstacy27 4 years ago 3
im sorry to say, but everyone one in this video is very disconected. Tai Chi is a soft martial arts that is movements that show you on the outside (yang) how things are moving on the inside (ying) i've learned this over a period of time from what my school calls Great Learning (my Tai Chi) class.
~~Mysterious Cat~~
mitzymoomoo 4 years ago
Hmmmm. $50 per person per month.... and then there are the t-shirt sales. My classes have a maximum of 4-6 students per class. If I had that kind of enrolment I could retire after 1 year and spend the rest of my life doing what I love - teaching tai chi.
taijiman7777 4 years ago
is this some kind of meditation?
kurd2650 4 years ago
Hummm... is this WMD Bush was looking for ?
lepivert 4 years ago
Good luck Chuck Norris, trying to get pass that line of defense.
BradleyPate 4 years ago 2
God you are funny!
anthonycth 4 years ago
lol... ownage
bennyboyNZ 4 years ago
what are you talking about, those are old people who are pratising tai chi to get a better health. they are not gonna fight anyone. If fact, most of them practise the form of taichi that is not martial at all and cant be use to fight.
jimmyjamesWang 4 years ago
bro it was a joke,
a chuck norris joke
BradleyPate 4 years ago
It is like any other martial art. Some students train to be able to fight. Most don't.
taijiman7777 4 years ago 2
Of course, when people forget the practical applications (defense) and the internal power aspects, they lose the benefit of really doing Tai Chi because all they are doing is "dancing." Tai Chi is first and foremost a "martial" art.
Scott200 3 years ago
ALL WATER BENDERS!!!
earlbarker 4 years ago
haha yeah
SSAndroid 4 years ago
thats no small tai chi class thayve got there!
kulk4471 4 years ago
its just like aikido, its nice but i dont know if it works, forhaps if they had tournaments we can see how effective it is.
animejoao 4 years ago
Do you know Dan Docherty? He won the South East Asian Martial Arts Championships. And his style is tai chi...
86itachi 4 years ago
tai chi a great system of self defence in that you actually learn to fight differently to the ordinary however you must make it part of your life and practice dilligently under an experienced teacher in able to gain the full benifits of the art
karlcrawford 4 years ago
I don't know much about Tai Chi really, so I ask this: how well would Tai Chi work in a self-defense situation? :)
skrivbok 4 years ago
dude hahha Tai Chi is better than any other kind of self-defense
danny1qaz2wsx 4 years ago
as good as you practice it
telewin 4 years ago
Good answer :)
Thanks.
skrivbok 4 years ago
Tai Chi gained fame in the Qing Imperial Palace. It uses relaxation & alignment to develop power agility and awareness, & uses softness to conquer force. Exercises that are good for martial power are also good for health. If you would like to see some videos of tai chi for self defence, see my link, or google cloud mountain martial arts.
taijiman7777 4 years ago
Search drunken tai chi, <<< It's tai chi still just drunk.
It used over martial arts, i think its top of all, Have a look!
MasterSenji 4 years ago
Does anybody know what the man was saying at the end? all I caught was 34.
Awsomio 4 years ago
no they say thanttay phoo that is air force ...
starkih 4 years ago
hmmm.... interesting. That makes more sense.
Awsomio 4 years ago
kung fu, tai chi are very good fighting techniques.. they have technique over anything.. but if they dont have the external features like mma fighters / boxers, they will never win in a fight... but will win against the untrained fighter
aznguy11111 4 years ago
In tai chi you fight only against air...
fallout444 4 years ago
hahahhahahah! kinda agree with you. Seriously it's a very good form of body conditioning as well cleansing one's mind.
keeponseeking 4 years ago
the chinese has a saying "strength (Rocky's fist) cannot overcome style (karate's hand), but style must eventually give way to energy (tai-chi's palm)
thegreatestchallenge 4 years ago
Who's to say, really? Plus, one doesn't preclude the other. Boxing uses similar movement (squashing the bug, etc.). Given 5 years to train, MMA wins, but come see him in thirty years...
loyalopposition 3 years ago