Tai Chi Fundamentals 7 - To Pressure On The Left... Using 4oz to Divert 1000lbs

[eddiebarnays]

thanx so much for the upload I can use this in boxing! keep em comin

[statisticool]

Good stuff, thanks@

[lbrother88]

Thanks for explaining the Classics physically. It really helped me. Hope to see more of this.

[martialtaichi]

You're welcome. Are there any other specific lines you'd like to see explained / illustrated?

[AlmostOuttaHellview]

Very informative in its own right, but at the same time I think that Tai Chi itself takes quite a long time to become so very fluid at, and the meantime, if you're looking for immediate results, than I personally believe that straight streetfighting with a mixutre of some wresting, grappling, and basic submissions is where it's at. Either way, you need to naturally know how to fight, I believe? Maybe this is just me though, fighting has always seemed sort of common sense

[martialtaichi]

I think you can learn to fight very quickly with Tai Chi to be honest, I just think most people who do it focus too much on the wrong kinds of training (such as elaborate form sequences). You can practice it totally hands on from the start - strikes, throws, sweeps, locks, everything and when doing solo stuff, focus on individual movement repetition instead of sequences to ingrain the body mechanics. Build a repertoire first and get it to flow together later.

[draziraphale]

Thanks for the excellent video. I'm with a group that is taught in the opposite way, with no person to person contact; we are learning lao jia and were told that in China this is often taught for years to young people without them being taught anything else. While my lao jia is very far from perfect, I haven't used a single move on anyone in class, and this can be a bit frustrating, since I don't see the path from form step to application.

[martialtaichi]

I can sympathize with your frustration - I struggled to find teachers who would place enough emphasis on application and in fact none of them really did place enough emphasis on it, because they all ran classes that included non-martial artists. I always had to do extra outside study with martial artists from Taiji, Xingyi, Bagua and other styles.

[martialtaichi]

It is common nowadays to practice forms first, but it is not the traditional or correct way. Indeed it is not possible to practice the forms correctly without knowing their martial function and trying to learn in that way slows your progress down to a snail's pace that some people never actually recover from.