T'ai-Chi Is More Physics Than Magic~Gene Burnett

[piaten]

Nice! Though I would like make three points: 1. Your description of the physics is a very basic one, and there are a lot of finer points of body mechanics that must be mastered. 2. You say compliance. It's not always so, at tne very least not conciously.Once skill is aquired, it becomes increasingly easy to spot or create tension in opponents, so as to bounce even the determined attacker, while keeping one's root! 3. Psychology can also play a part!

[GeneBurnett]

@piaten Agreed. 1. I wanted to show the basics mainly because the basics are so show-able. Also, I'm more versed in the basics than the fine points & feel better qualified to show this level of work. 2. The compliance I speak of is specifically referring to the videos where the teacher's own students are flying around. I can often see how they're maintaining their structure to allow their own pushes to bounce back on them. And 3. Yes! Thanks so much for commenting.

[blewis75]

Great video.  My teacher and I have been talking about kung fu's "magic vs. physics" for a long time. I'm glad someone else put it on YouTube.

[GeneBurnett]

@blewis75 Thanks! And my pleasure. ;~)

[shniddles]

No intense offended. Personally I believe everything is SuperNatural Or, nothing is more super than Nature? Or should I say, Nature is already super?

[GeneBurnett]

@shniddles  :~)

[weezer4evah]

ITS ALL SORCERY AND HIPPY VOODOO!!!!!

[shniddles]

IMO Physics is magic.

[GeneBurnett]

@shniddles I say as much in the video. What I mean is it's not supernatural.

[urahararocking]

the first bit, about the basics of a push/punch, where a slight motion can be strong looks like the one inch punch. is it the same method of lining up and using your legs as the power?

[GeneBurnett]

@urahararocking In my opinion yes. With practice, It can be done with more and more power, and less and less signaling, but the principle is basically the same. Big circle, small circle, no circle. It a little different doing it with a punch rather than a push, there's more of a surge of energy because you're going for impact rather than displacement.