@50pushups Yes, it is very underground. There are events around America (top secret of course) were men combine martial arts and fight in a cage with limited rules. They call it MMA. Only they best forms of martial arts survived to evolve with the sport. From my training, i think a power doubleleg takedown followed up with ground and pound and good submission defense will bust his fucking face...
@BrulesRules001 Wow, dude. Angry? Did you notice all the rules in MMA? Without a doubt there is something to be drawn from any martial art. Most arts go far, far beyond the understanding of the average lay person.
noklarok: I have just reread my original comment again, & I now see why you may have taken offense on behalf of Cheng Man Ching. I may have given the wrong impression. The people telling the story were dedicated lineage students of Cheng Man Ching, admire him & the heritage he shared with Wm CC Chen. I admire & respect his work. The point of their story was simply that his form was so smooth that he had to slow it down for the video. I youtube very late at night & was tired. No dis intended.
my right ankle is handicapped. I cant put pressure on it due to a break few years ago. Is there a work around to do the steps when I cant put weight like this is showing on it?
Well, the story I heard from one of Wm CC Chen's students is that when Cheng Man Ching was originally making his videos no one could really tell what he was doing, because it was so smooth and minimal. So they asked him to slow it down and make it much more obvious for people who would not be able to see it in person. So he did. And now people think that style he demonstrated in his videos is the real thing. Makes them all laugh. This video is a tutorial, folks, which makes a difference.
for a start,, cheng man ching liked wearing long garbs to HIDE his hips. there are no vids where you can see his hips. So he didn't mind being secretive.
Also I have met Wolfe Lowenthal, a cheng man ching student. He spent many years studying with him. Do you think he forgot all the lessons he was given?
If anything it is the Chen tai chi that looks bullshit,, no-one keeps their spine upright. they are always tilting with the push.
"your reply seems unnecessarily combative. Should I bow in your general direction? We have had a different life experience and I am sharing mine. I doubt that either one of us can prove a thing. So what."
i am trying to help find the truth in what sounds like bullshit. and i dare say muck-spreading. why diss CMC? you diss cheng i'll diss chen. lies should be fought against.
I have no idea what you are talking about and I don't think it has much to do with what I said. I greatly admire Chen Man Ching. I admire internal martial arts. I don't come out to youtube to fight with people.
Well -- of course terms like "exaggerated" and "perfectly" mean one thing to one person and something else to another. But, clearly there are very different styles of performing tai chi. Just speaking for myself, we try to follow the form and style which was exemplified and taught by Prof. Cheng Man Ch'ing. There are videos of him on YouTube. If you compare that style with the gentleman in this video, clearly the latter is demonstrating a much different style of tai chi than that of Prof. Cheng.
can someone help me iam going to go back to martial arts soon but i dont know w hat style to do, and i need to train my body so iam ready for hours stances and stuff @.@
the person who said his forms are exaggerated is right in a way, as when beginning to learn tai chi, it is not recommended to extend the bodys weight too far forward past the knee. im not saying his form is wrong just certain aspects of it seem overdone, but this could be due to his experience more than anything else. instructors are only easier to learn from if its a one on one class your taking too.
On Sundays from 5/11/08 -- 08/24/08 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Dr. Jiliang Liu will be hosting Free T'ai Chi seminars in New York City at Central Park's beautiful Turtle Pond, near the Delacorte Theater, in celebration for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. This is a perfect opportunity to learn and practice T'ai Chi with a T'ai Chi master.
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This is a unrealistic presentation of tai chi that would mystify the general martial artist and scare off the average unflexible person wanting to try tai chi
Don't do tai chi from a video, go out and find an instructor that knows what they are doing. Doing all of these pieces of form is a harder task than what it appears to be on the surface. I'd say these videos are good for reference videos at best, not instructional.
this person was champion in china. very good teather. I watched his 32 form tai chi sword dvd. and improved my skill, not only sword also tai chi quan. realy love his demond.
I've been taking Tai Chi at my work for over a year now. I know this entire form or steps. It is very relaxing and it makes you more aware of your surroundings and your body. I recommend Tai Chi to anyone, young or old :)
the motions are slow in order to make you aware of your entire body movement. Thus if practiced enough you learn to use your entire body just to move your finger. The result is you become ambidextrous, and your mind gains greater creativity as your corpus callosum develops in response to your mastery of both sides of the body.
I suggest going to your nearest redneck bar, having a few beers, and saying very loudly that "Johnny Cash was a faery". If you don't learn how to defend yourself pretty quickly there-after, well...it won't much matter. They won't leave much of you to defend.
Also, you might try picking up a dictionary while you're out.
You practice tai chi slow to learn to control ur chi and to build energy. Also its good for relieving stress and learning the forms correctly when practiced slow.
guys, most of you say that this is a martial art designed for combat, but that doesnt means that it cant be soft or stylish, besides, its supposed to move the energies of both your body and the universe, so what he's doing might be combat-able
I am currently a student in Sun Tai Chi developed by Dr. Lam. Most of the students are senior citizens and we are members of the YMCA. The Tai Chi class is called Sun Tai Chi for Arthritis. Two of our members are on wheel chairs, but are able to walk for short periods of time. You might check with your local YMCA. The fee to use all of the facilities and take all classes is $75/family per month.
The guy looks like he's floating. Like he's walking on a cloud. It's impressive, especially that he seems so young when compared to other tai chi practionners who are usually well into their 40's.
This is video tai chi. Stances too long and too low. Thats why the back leg has to be draged in to create "empty step". Good for athletes but not for normal people....
Depends on where you are. In Los Angeles one of the best for Chan Style is Sifu Qichen Guo. He is something like 12th generation Chen Stylist. There is also Sifu James Wing Woo. He's been teaching Yang Style for decades. Also is Sifu Bucksam Kong. He's a Hung Gar Master but also teaches Tai Chi from time-to-time. Prices will vary.
very similar but chan style includes a lot of stomping and faster movements while yang style is practiced much slower with softer movements. those are the differences I know anyways, im sure there's others.
About Performer: Master Si Tan Chen won two Tai Chi Championship (male) in International Wushu Competiton, gold medals in 11th Asian Game & 8th National Wushu Competition. To present, he won 32 gold medals in different events. He is being called "Prince of Tai Chi" in China and was being choosen as one of the hundred foremost wushu masters in China in 1995. He is now a committee member of Fujian Wushu Association.
The greater aspect of Tai Chi is its empty mind. You have no thoughts, but are purely reflex and reaction. The style evolved and provide an exercise aspect to it. This doesn't diminish the fighting style, nor should it be confused with the fighting style. But, the exercise part does help. It teaches empty mind so you can sense strikes and react, rather than being hindered by the slow reaction of sight.
it is not an aerobic type of exercise. nor a muscle building type of exercise.but it does move a lot of joints and is good for golden aged senior with arthritis.young people learn this for martial art applications too.people like jet li and jackie chan.
this guy is very talented. i'm learning a more martial form of tai chi called qi gong tai chi and there are so many aspects of the movements to master
i am learning tai chi for arthritis.this is the same form taught at the community center except we don't touch our toes nor extend that far nor bend that low.we are all senior citizens. this guy looks so flexible.wish i was young again.thanks for the upload.now i can watch this over and over again.
The knees here are not really extended meaningfully past the toes. The feet are relaxed and flat on the ground at extension, he obviously is not stressing the ankle or the knee. In other words, some people can extend safely. Perfect technique is the perfect vehicle for chi/jing to flow, but if you have jing, technique takes a far second place .
Oops. By "YOU" I only mean any beginner. Nothing personal! Basically I agree that this video is not very good for learning from, because you cannot imitate what he is doing. And it's not a style to really enjoy watching, either.
His form is great. Those critical are just unfamiliar with this style. He is not over-extending anything, either -- but YOU would be if you tried to extend such a distance. He can only correctly extend like that after years (decades) of practice.
Technically speaking the guys form is awful. His postures are over-extended, he leans, very little yin/yang movements in hands - mostly "dead" movements. The guy shows virtually no opening/closing during postures. Even if practised as a qigong, this is poor!
STFU for your own sake...who is to say his form is wrong? Just because your wannabe teacher at the YMCA does it differently, doesn't make his form correct.
I can do that too: a man so small, he was bigger than himself. He will soon see that the mighty ant is far greater than the little elephant, and that his watch has stopped for it was going too fast :P
this guy is a 5 time champion in international competition in the 5 times he competed. the judges are former champions too. so he knows what he is doing.
Here lies the problem... Tai Chi was developed for the battlefield NOT competition! Most modern practitioners totally lack or even practice this aspect & fail to understand the higher levels. That is why this once great art has been reduced to it's present shambles. The mastesr of old fought with their system not dance!
Taiji is an internal martail art! It is for overall health and happiness. It was made to maintain and build the body without destroying it like alot of hard forms of martial. At the sametime maintaining solid martial art applications. It may look like fluent dance but each movement tells a story of a battle being fought. The last I heard tai chi was still going strong. I hope one day I will achieve a mastery of the art like the practitioner above!
Good Luck if you want to be like the above! Taijiquan was NEVER invented for health & happiness, it was purely a combat art, getting healthy was just a side effect!!! Read the histories of Yang Luchan, Sun Lutang, Yang Shou ho & see if they emphasise health & happiness... I think not!!!!
But one of the greatest failures that I've noticed is that most martial artists leave their knees exposed during combat or in a bad position for a quick retreat. I won't go into it really but Tai Chi and Muay Thai are an excellent pair to mix... just thought you should know. It's fluidity meets destruction.
His knees are over-extended but not really that often. But when it comes to fighting applications Tai Chi's applications have always lied more in self deffense then offense in which case fluidity, hand-eye and adaptation are most important.
About Performer: Master Si Tan Chen won two Tai Chi Championship (male) in International Wushu Competiton, gold medals in 11th Asian Game & 8th National Wushu Competition. To present, he won 32 gold medals in different events. He is being called "Prince of Tai Chi" in China and was being choosen as one of the hundred foremost wushu masters in China in 1995. He is now a committee member of Fujian Wushu Association.
Too much over-extension, which actually is a terrible mistake - taijiquan relies often on the over-extension of the opponent, so to do it yourself can be a bad thing. It doesn't really look like fighting applications are on the proponents mind when he is practising this - so it is just good looking qigong - but this could be all he wants out of it. Very flexible and balanced, though.
stance and posture are not that great with this guy. And that`s what it`s all about folks....some chinese guy once said: If it looks good, it`s not kung fu. Meaning that the flashier it looks, the less correct or effective it is.
About Performer: Master Si Tan Chen won two Tai Chi Championship (male) in International Wushu Competiton, gold medals in 11th Asian Game & 8th National Wushu Competition. To present, he won 32 gold medals in different events. He is being called "Prince of Tai Chi" in China and was being choosen as one of the hundred foremost wushu masters in China in 1995. He is now a committee member of Fujian Wushu Association.
winning medals and being named wushu master says enough. He is doing a form of tai chi made for shows and competitions. If you check the tai chi history you will find that this is a seperate form for demonstrations, not for actual effectiveness in combat. I prefer truely effective tai chi.
The best thing is to find a good Tai Chi teacher, one that you feel comfortable with. That means you will need to search. If you know people who are taking Tai Chi you could ask them. The kung fu grandmaster Ark Y. Wong was once asked if anyone could really learn from films. He said simply, "No." You need the personal contact and the immediate corrections.
Recognizably Yang-style short form, but a lot softer and, um, more "rubbery" than how I practice... but that's what I get learning from a book by a Westerner!
But yeah, the knees are over extended, a sure way to hurt them (as I found out before correcting!).
Its not that amazing, its the short form and the dude breaks many basic prinicples that internal stylists take very seriously. In fact this is supposed to be healthy but if you do this with out principle you gonna end up with ruined knees and your arms pulled out of their sockets by real Tai Chi fighters. Not that healthy at all! Stick to the traditional long form and don't over extend or push your knees pass your toes.
About Performer: Master Si Tan Chen won two Tai Chi Championship (male) in International Wushu Competiton, gold medals in 11th Asian Game & 8th National Wushu Competition. To prese
I would doubleleg takedown and ground n pound this queer so fast. MMA wrestling for the win!
BrulesRules001 8 months ago
@BrulesRules001 Is that some kind of Underground technique?
50pushups 8 months ago
@50pushups Yes, it is very underground. There are events around America (top secret of course) were men combine martial arts and fight in a cage with limited rules. They call it MMA. Only they best forms of martial arts survived to evolve with the sport. From my training, i think a power doubleleg takedown followed up with ground and pound and good submission defense will bust his fucking face...
BrulesRules001 8 months ago
@BrulesRules001 Wow, dude. Angry? Did you notice all the rules in MMA? Without a doubt there is something to be drawn from any martial art. Most arts go far, far beyond the understanding of the average lay person.
machpt85 3 months ago
noklarok: I have just reread my original comment again, & I now see why you may have taken offense on behalf of Cheng Man Ching. I may have given the wrong impression. The people telling the story were dedicated lineage students of Cheng Man Ching, admire him & the heritage he shared with Wm CC Chen. I admire & respect his work. The point of their story was simply that his form was so smooth that he had to slow it down for the video. I youtube very late at night & was tired. No dis intended.
ffferol 2 years ago
my right ankle is handicapped. I cant put pressure on it due to a break few years ago. Is there a work around to do the steps when I cant put weight like this is showing on it?
SpiritWanderer50 2 years ago
i love it i practice it myself coz dey dont teach in my contry and ppl laugh whenevr i mention tai chi :S
sagel10 2 years ago
they can laugh as they go to the old folks home and your walking down the road at 100
SpiritWanderer50 2 years ago
its a pity all the martial applications have been lost .
erwinsoo 2 years ago
ah but thy havent been lost my friend....... check out heaven man earth taiji and you will see.
storkcoolswings 2 years ago
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ehm, is he gay?
qwertz4you 2 years ago
aha!!! i have this one... well, up to 1:43 a bit different but i recognize it
rayjinflo 2 years ago
Well, the story I heard from one of Wm CC Chen's students is that when Cheng Man Ching was originally making his videos no one could really tell what he was doing, because it was so smooth and minimal. So they asked him to slow it down and make it much more obvious for people who would not be able to see it in person. So he did. And now people think that style he demonstrated in his videos is the real thing. Makes them all laugh. This video is a tutorial, folks, which makes a difference.
ffferol 2 years ago 5
sounds like bullshit matey
for a start,, cheng man ching liked wearing long garbs to HIDE his hips. there are no vids where you can see his hips. So he didn't mind being secretive.
Also I have met Wolfe Lowenthal, a cheng man ching student. He spent many years studying with him. Do you think he forgot all the lessons he was given?
If anything it is the Chen tai chi that looks bullshit,, no-one keeps their spine upright. they are always tilting with the push.
noklarok 2 years ago
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ffferol 2 years ago
your reply seems unnecessarily combative.
ffferol 2 years ago
you said
"your reply seems unnecessarily combative. Should I bow in your general direction? We have had a different life experience and I am sharing mine. I doubt that either one of us can prove a thing. So what."
i am trying to help find the truth in what sounds like bullshit. and i dare say muck-spreading. why diss CMC? you diss cheng i'll diss chen. lies should be fought against.
big up Ch'eng Man Ch'ing (r.i.p.)
noklarok 2 years ago
I have no idea what you are talking about and I don't think it has much to do with what I said. I greatly admire Chen Man Ching. I admire internal martial arts. I don't come out to youtube to fight with people.
ffferol 2 years ago
i may start taking tai chi lessons cause i have some problems with my knees and apparently it helps deal with the pain and over time listens it.
imcrazyforwar 3 years ago
Beautiful form, flowing like silk!
ma1dmar1an 3 years ago 5
quan4dummies
nice movie
stavlaft 3 years ago
magnifique je suis contente de voir une vidéo de tai chi que je pratiqueMerci de me permettre de la voir
henridan524 3 years ago 3
I feel a deep connection.
beutelkompost 3 years ago
Well -- of course terms like "exaggerated" and "perfectly" mean one thing to one person and something else to another. But, clearly there are very different styles of performing tai chi. Just speaking for myself, we try to follow the form and style which was exemplified and taught by Prof. Cheng Man Ch'ing. There are videos of him on YouTube. If you compare that style with the gentleman in this video, clearly the latter is demonstrating a much different style of tai chi than that of Prof. Cheng.
ghb624 3 years ago
can someone help me iam going to go back to martial arts soon but i dont know w hat style to do, and i need to train my body so iam ready for hours stances and stuff @.@
ShaoLinRachel 3 years ago
the person who said his forms are exaggerated is right in a way, as when beginning to learn tai chi, it is not recommended to extend the bodys weight too far forward past the knee. im not saying his form is wrong just certain aspects of it seem overdone, but this could be due to his experience more than anything else. instructors are only easier to learn from if its a one on one class your taking too.
WordWizard1 3 years ago
estoy iniciando a incursionar en el tai chi. me parece sencillo y didactico. excelente. felicitaciones.
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SONVISIEMPRE 3 years ago
On Sundays from 5/11/08 -- 08/24/08 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Dr. Jiliang Liu will be hosting Free T'ai Chi seminars in New York City at Central Park's beautiful Turtle Pond, near the Delacorte Theater, in celebration for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. This is a perfect opportunity to learn and practice T'ai Chi with a T'ai Chi master.
For more information visit TCMofNY . com
TCMofNY 3 years ago
the simplest form I have seen is at
taichi18(dot)com
its easy enough to learn from the video for free, and I have good results from it as well.
fraMichigan 3 years ago
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This is a unrealistic presentation of tai chi that would mystify the general martial artist and scare off the average unflexible person wanting to try tai chi
energychi 4 years ago
Agree. It's entertaining and the musical accompaniment is nice. But his form is highly exaggerated.
ghb624 3 years ago
Yeah. He might be in competition.
thephoenixforever 3 years ago
is nothing exaggerated in that.
notice how he performs. he is doing it perfectly.
despite the fact that he make so " flexible" movements he is not even stretching his arms completely.
SirArrogance 3 years ago
hi
i know a litlle about tai chi but i've got a question if you got panic atacks is that good to relax,,en to breath good??
please respond
fullsuave93 4 years ago
Yes, Tai Chi and Chi gung will help heal panic attacks. Do some more research about tai chi on a search engine (yahoo, google)
curtoe33 4 years ago
Don't do tai chi from a video, go out and find an instructor that knows what they are doing. Doing all of these pieces of form is a harder task than what it appears to be on the surface. I'd say these videos are good for reference videos at best, not instructional.
Scott200 4 years ago 3
It's like learning karate from an instructional video. It's hard.
kaoruneko16 4 years ago
unbievable kicks mr! wow is all i say!
longded 4 years ago
He`s like a robot!
ManyMacker 4 years ago
Thank you ,You are great,I love Tai Chi and it
did help me with some of my forms that I been
having problems
litza07 4 years ago 2
ahaha tiiighttt [;
we're doing this for psychology
CARMELax3 4 years ago
this person was champion in china. very good teather. I watched his 32 form tai chi sword dvd. and improved my skill, not only sword also tai chi quan. realy love his demond.
woochizen 4 years ago
I've been taking Tai Chi at my work for over a year now. I know this entire form or steps. It is very relaxing and it makes you more aware of your surroundings and your body. I recommend Tai Chi to anyone, young or old :)
purplepeep 4 years ago
awebo taichiesmejor
kosmika160 4 years ago
the motions are slow in order to make you aware of your entire body movement. Thus if practiced enough you learn to use your entire body just to move your finger. The result is you become ambidextrous, and your mind gains greater creativity as your corpus callosum develops in response to your mastery of both sides of the body.
godlameroso 4 years ago 2
Absolutely beautiful! That man has incredible grace.
starofinanna 4 years ago
i want to lurn to kick some @ss
linas654 4 years ago
id suggest muaythai
fatlips1 4 years ago
i suggest Jeet kune do.
egdqv13234 4 years ago
I suggest Tai Kwon Do.
sycoslicer 4 years ago
I suggest Wing chun
ukatam 4 years ago
I suggest going to your nearest redneck bar, having a few beers, and saying very loudly that "Johnny Cash was a faery". If you don't learn how to defend yourself pretty quickly there-after, well...it won't much matter. They won't leave much of you to defend.
Also, you might try picking up a dictionary while you're out.
starofinanna 4 years ago
Sweet! Nice one.
chefjason777 4 years ago
HAHAHA lmao
jz0310 4 years ago
when i do ti chi i get frustrated move faster i cant do it slower but in time if i keep doing it slower will that improve my health?
and pins and needles in your body like energy flowing im i doing it right if i feel that?
LegendaryDamon 4 years ago
You practice tai chi slow to learn to control ur chi and to build energy. Also its good for relieving stress and learning the forms correctly when practiced slow.
dramafreak7k 4 years ago
lol Waterbending.....
QWERTYkid911 4 years ago
watch shaolin monks... airbending?
Yamauzura10 4 years ago
Awesome set. Especially "Wave hands like clouds"
Mikaelnth 4 years ago
Very good Tai Chi ! :)
MimAisha 4 years ago
which kind of dancing is this
what's the name of this dance
afgBoy0 4 years ago
its not dancing, its tai chi, a style of kung fu.
dramafreak7k 4 years ago
Nice Dance good job
Zwerchhau 4 years ago
Very good control - love it
Ubluesky 4 years ago
nice
scmvideos 4 years ago
noob
stavlaft 4 years ago
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I expected to see like a step by step guide... not some guy in slow motion...
Extnoob 4 years ago
That isn't 'slow motion' it's real time, but hes just relaxed im sure.
tehclackzorz 4 years ago
can i also do this practicing my pinans slowly in kempo?
WestSideOC23 4 years ago
good 4 lumbago
stavlaft 4 years ago
good control
codeagent47 4 years ago
How wonderful, wish I could do it like that! We do the 24 form and that is hard enough. Thanks for great vidao.
BruceBloodSister1 4 years ago
Outstandin video, congratulations.
eltaocris 4 years ago
guys, most of you say that this is a martial art designed for combat, but that doesnt means that it cant be soft or stylish, besides, its supposed to move the energies of both your body and the universe, so what he's doing might be combat-able
morpheuxxx 4 years ago
ma questa cosa a cosa cazzo serve?
patos81roma 4 years ago
I am currently a student in Sun Tai Chi developed by Dr. Lam. Most of the students are senior citizens and we are members of the YMCA. The Tai Chi class is called Sun Tai Chi for Arthritis. Two of our members are on wheel chairs, but are able to walk for short periods of time. You might check with your local YMCA. The fee to use all of the facilities and take all classes is $75/family per month.
pearlcityboy 4 years ago 2
beautiful
mrmostaza 4 years ago
when i saw (40 steps tai chi) i thought it would be easy to remember when practiced
Qyama 4 years ago
try it really...u might like it
anjjllzz 4 years ago
great, its real easy to copy someone with their back turned
bagman234 4 years ago
how can i download this video to my computer?
ccavazos9 4 years ago
if you have real player version 11 you can easily download this video.
BigasJasmine 4 years ago
I only know how to do it on Safari, but it is a Flv file and should play in any flash player. With iSquint it can be converted to an mp4.
First I would check with youtube to see how they feel about downloading files to your drive.
elfcounsul 4 years ago
The guy looks like he's floating. Like he's walking on a cloud. It's impressive, especially that he seems so young when compared to other tai chi practionners who are usually well into their 40's.
Casa43242 4 years ago
so graceful,perfect form
narangura 4 years ago
When a fool sees the Tao, he laughs. Otherwise, it would not be the Tao
motselwonk 4 years ago
i was thinking exact the same thing,, cool
Roelandvinken 4 years ago
He's just insecure and unhappy with himself.
dirthpool 4 years ago
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i like his silk pyjamas :P
also, lol @ 'gay chi'
batmanthecool 4 years ago
yeah his jammies are really neato!!
TallyOne 4 years ago
Bet it took you long to think that one up. If you think it's "gay-chi" then go think about that somewhere else, mmmkay?
andehmangafan 4 years ago
Parfait pour bosser mon TAO. video sérieuse
garspitch 4 years ago
dont watch tai chi if it bothers you.
mjufpn 4 years ago 2
Come on, tai chi is a deeper mind from within yourself,a greater understanding, but not all people can achieve that consentration ;)Nice video BTW
Nblade79 4 years ago 3
And you are stupid beyond all comparison. Seriously, I've seen some real idiots in my time, but you're one of the most idiotic.
Gugolpl0x 4 years ago
it works
recce4 4 years ago
This is video tai chi. Stances too long and too low. Thats why the back leg has to be draged in to create "empty step". Good for athletes but not for normal people....
daveworldwide 4 years ago
damn! because of tai chi I can´t find a german rapper ,called taichi!!!
but this vid is nice, too xD
hotmausi123 4 years ago
thanks for posting this!
totoroROCKS 4 years ago
Thank you. You have greatly helped my inner tranquility.. but not as much as Jesus..
pdxmeghan 4 years ago
WOW! Jesus did Tai Chi?? I didn't know that.
adamworth1979 4 years ago
haha...
janusgreen 4 years ago
like water baby
Ritter99 4 years ago
i heard tai chi is suppose to be the most powerful form of martial arts. is that true
dustylee 4 years ago
well having the obility to lift things with your mind yes
cocatchawal 4 years ago
Telekinesis ftw! XD
Raijin88 4 years ago
go to cragilist richmond you'll find a teacher
thanhvodinh 4 years ago
Depends on where you are. In Los Angeles one of the best for Chan Style is Sifu Qichen Guo. He is something like 12th generation Chen Stylist. There is also Sifu James Wing Woo. He's been teaching Yang Style for decades. Also is Sifu Bucksam Kong. He's a Hung Gar Master but also teaches Tai Chi from time-to-time. Prices will vary.
alxndr01 4 years ago
What are the differences in the styles you named: Yang Style or Chan Style? Are they fairly similar in basic style?
horstrnr 4 years ago
very similar but chan style includes a lot of stomping and faster movements while yang style is practiced much slower with softer movements. those are the differences I know anyways, im sure there's others.
steve45551 4 years ago
Cant you just make this up?
vanillabeanzz 4 years ago
Can someone tell me what song this is please??
cookeit 4 years ago
So How much would one Tai Chi teacher cost??? in the states?
shadowtech346 4 years ago
superb!
RAY0112006 4 years ago
Interesting anti-macho fitness, like the music too.
selimsawani 4 years ago
Excellent video, great for new learners, thank you!!
bojipet 4 years ago
About Performer: Master Si Tan Chen won two Tai Chi Championship (male) in International Wushu Competiton, gold medals in 11th Asian Game & 8th National Wushu Competition. To present, he won 32 gold medals in different events. He is being called "Prince of Tai Chi" in China and was being choosen as one of the hundred foremost wushu masters in China in 1995. He is now a committee member of Fujian Wushu Association.
j91859 4 years ago
I like your form, I rate it 5.
Aussie1999 4 years ago
The greater aspect of Tai Chi is its empty mind. You have no thoughts, but are purely reflex and reaction. The style evolved and provide an exercise aspect to it. This doesn't diminish the fighting style, nor should it be confused with the fighting style. But, the exercise part does help. It teaches empty mind so you can sense strikes and react, rather than being hindered by the slow reaction of sight.
blaqcat2nv 4 years ago
girl you looking fine
blaze2911111 5 years ago
what is tai chi good for?
gyldenpik 5 years ago
In a word... FIGHTING! You've got to find yourself a competent teacher though!
ExplosiveFist 5 years ago
very graceful form, little faster than i expected. overall very nice though.
soundman420 5 years ago
How is that exercise?
xomelyssox 5 years ago
it is not an aerobic type of exercise. nor a muscle building type of exercise.but it does move a lot of joints and is good for golden aged senior with arthritis.young people learn this for martial art applications too.people like jet li and jackie chan.
j91859 5 years ago
twilight
Hybridjaguar 5 years ago
twilight in bloom,
moustache in night,
too bad it's gine
Hybridjaguar 5 years ago
this guy is very talented. i'm learning a more martial form of tai chi called qi gong tai chi and there are so many aspects of the movements to master
tommyk77 5 years ago
i am learning tai chi for arthritis.this is the same form taught at the community center except we don't touch our toes nor extend that far nor bend that low.we are all senior citizens. this guy looks so flexible.wish i was young again.thanks for the upload.now i can watch this over and over again.
j91859 5 years ago
i need to find something simpler to start with :P
sacredshade 5 years ago
how can I save video to my computer? anybody know?
luizconte 5 years ago
this guys is very good his hook could be a bit tighter other then that he hace very good balance and motion
blindtiger123271 5 years ago
HOLY CRAP! that's JUST what my tai chi learned me!
i know everything up to 1.42 :D
maybe i can get a head start on the rest of the guys in the group ;)
thanks whoever uploaded this!
fodland 5 years ago
badass now i have a workout for sundays after meditating thankyou youtube!
strlytninja26 5 years ago
The knees here are not really extended meaningfully past the toes. The feet are relaxed and flat on the ground at extension, he obviously is not stressing the ankle or the knee. In other words, some people can extend safely. Perfect technique is the perfect vehicle for chi/jing to flow, but if you have jing, technique takes a far second place .
lazur1 5 years ago
After you have mastered your body, as he has, momentarily over extending of the knees is ok.
Pratice pratice.
KriyaYogi 5 years ago
hey do you guys know who he is? he grabbed more national champs than any one else, and, he sucks
trhy 5 years ago
Time to learn Chinese then ;)
denniswman 5 years ago
Oops. By "YOU" I only mean any beginner. Nothing personal! Basically I agree that this video is not very good for learning from, because you cannot imitate what he is doing. And it's not a style to really enjoy watching, either.
Aratheman 5 years ago
His form is great. Those critical are just unfamiliar with this style. He is not over-extending anything, either -- but YOU would be if you tried to extend such a distance. He can only correctly extend like that after years (decades) of practice.
Aratheman 5 years ago
Technically speaking the guys form is awful. His postures are over-extended, he leans, very little yin/yang movements in hands - mostly "dead" movements. The guy shows virtually no opening/closing during postures. Even if practised as a qigong, this is poor!
ExplosiveFist 5 years ago
STFU for your own sake...who is to say his form is wrong? Just because your wannabe teacher at the YMCA does it differently, doesn't make his form correct.
matthew860 5 years ago
What does a frog living in a pond know about life in the oceans! Your comments speak for themselves.
ExplosiveFist 5 years ago
I can do that too: a man so small, he was bigger than himself. He will soon see that the mighty ant is far greater than the little elephant, and that his watch has stopped for it was going too fast :P
bik3i 5 years ago
I think he knew that however the vidieo only allowsso much time to complete the form
artfuldodger3016 5 years ago
this guy is a 5 time champion in international competition in the 5 times he competed. the judges are former champions too. so he knows what he is doing.
j91859 5 years ago
Here lies the problem... Tai Chi was developed for the battlefield NOT competition! Most modern practitioners totally lack or even practice this aspect & fail to understand the higher levels. That is why this once great art has been reduced to it's present shambles. The mastesr of old fought with their system not dance!
ExplosiveFist 5 years ago
Taiji is an internal martail art! It is for overall health and happiness. It was made to maintain and build the body without destroying it like alot of hard forms of martial. At the sametime maintaining solid martial art applications. It may look like fluent dance but each movement tells a story of a battle being fought. The last I heard tai chi was still going strong. I hope one day I will achieve a mastery of the art like the practitioner above!
Savethesharks2008 5 years ago
Good Luck if you want to be like the above! Taijiquan was NEVER invented for health & happiness, it was purely a combat art, getting healthy was just a side effect!!! Read the histories of Yang Luchan, Sun Lutang, Yang Shou ho & see if they emphasise health & happiness... I think not!!!!
ExplosiveFist 5 years ago
But one of the greatest failures that I've noticed is that most martial artists leave their knees exposed during combat or in a bad position for a quick retreat. I won't go into it really but Tai Chi and Muay Thai are an excellent pair to mix... just thought you should know. It's fluidity meets destruction.
Solj1n 5 years ago
His knees are over-extended but not really that often. But when it comes to fighting applications Tai Chi's applications have always lied more in self deffense then offense in which case fluidity, hand-eye and adaptation are most important.
Solj1n 5 years ago
About Performer: Master Si Tan Chen won two Tai Chi Championship (male) in International Wushu Competiton, gold medals in 11th Asian Game & 8th National Wushu Competition. To present, he won 32 gold medals in different events. He is being called "Prince of Tai Chi" in China and was being choosen as one of the hundred foremost wushu masters in China in 1995. He is now a committee member of Fujian Wushu Association.
j91859 4 years ago
Too much over-extension, which actually is a terrible mistake - taijiquan relies often on the over-extension of the opponent, so to do it yourself can be a bad thing. It doesn't really look like fighting applications are on the proponents mind when he is practising this - so it is just good looking qigong - but this could be all he wants out of it. Very flexible and balanced, though.
blackjamm 5 years ago
How do u get more flexible?? cuz everytime i try a high kick i fall on my ass..
edd542 5 years ago
The trick to kicking is to ensure that the leg which you used to support you is not stiff. The joint on the knee has to be relax.
denzuko1 5 years ago
I agree that this guy sucks. But just for your information, he has been a multiple champion for TaijiQuan and Jian during the 90s.
denzuko1 5 years ago
cool.. I don't have patient doing this though :(
chuamishael 5 years ago
stance and posture are not that great with this guy. And that`s what it`s all about folks....some chinese guy once said: If it looks good, it`s not kung fu. Meaning that the flashier it looks, the less correct or effective it is.
herrAIDS 5 years ago
About Performer: Master Si Tan Chen won two Tai Chi Championship (male) in International Wushu Competiton, gold medals in 11th Asian Game & 8th National Wushu Competition. To present, he won 32 gold medals in different events. He is being called "Prince of Tai Chi" in China and was being choosen as one of the hundred foremost wushu masters in China in 1995. He is now a committee member of Fujian Wushu Association.
j91859 4 years ago
winning medals and being named wushu master says enough. He is doing a form of tai chi made for shows and competitions. If you check the tai chi history you will find that this is a seperate form for demonstrations, not for actual effectiveness in combat. I prefer truely effective tai chi.
herrAIDS 4 years ago
Hi do you know any videos from any website that show actual effective Tai Chi? I wish to learn, hope it would help my knee pain. Thanks a lot.
bojipet 4 years ago
The best thing is to find a good Tai Chi teacher, one that you feel comfortable with. That means you will need to search. If you know people who are taking Tai Chi you could ask them. The kung fu grandmaster Ark Y. Wong was once asked if anyone could really learn from films. He said simply, "No." You need the personal contact and the immediate corrections.
alxndr01 4 years ago
i practise sun style and yang style tai chi - i would reccomend paul lam - just search in google he has a good informative website
jonesgazza 4 years ago
Just saw a new post today tai chi for enlighteners...looks like not too much bending
taichiland 4 years ago
Check out: tai chi for enlighteners, there's a link to her website and you can buy the program. Seems that this style would be great for your knees.
taichiland 4 years ago
I will try, thanks a lot!
bojipet 4 years ago
The body is stif
shunyam 5 years ago
i really wanna learn this! any body can teach me???
kekek21 5 years ago
formidable! amazing! super! keren abish!
kekek21 5 years ago
Super!!
RichardF31 5 years ago
Recognizably Yang-style short form, but a lot softer and, um, more "rubbery" than how I practice... but that's what I get learning from a book by a Westerner!
But yeah, the knees are over extended, a sure way to hurt them (as I found out before correcting!).
rozniy 5 years ago
Its not that amazing, its the short form and the dude breaks many basic prinicples that internal stylists take very seriously. In fact this is supposed to be healthy but if you do this with out principle you gonna end up with ruined knees and your arms pulled out of their sockets by real Tai Chi fighters. Not that healthy at all! Stick to the traditional long form and don't over extend or push your knees pass your toes.
SlabTzu 5 years ago
agree with you on all counts. I have uploaded the same demonstation without knowing the existence of this one.
denzuko1 5 years ago
About Performer: Master Si Tan Chen won two Tai Chi Championship (male) in International Wushu Competiton, gold medals in 11th Asian Game & 8th National Wushu Competition. To prese