Tai Chi Sanshou Demonstration

[yangshengtaichi]

Doing Taichi form is to know oneself,doing Pushing hands is to know someone else. This is a good training like Aikido. We can find ourselves and to know how we do the appropriate feedback calmly,facing danger.Thank you very much to show me this. I will find someplace to do my Aiki Tachi outdoor like this.

[xoenhit]

this is a drill

it is not how fighting is done, but it is an important practicing method for gaining a specific skillset

[PsychoBeast1980]

@xoenhit Sanshou means "to counter" in Chinese. Yes, real fighting can be done this way. However, neither of these 2 people are even near the title of "master", nor are they trying to hurt each other. Not only that, but I can even see that these people have not matured in their forms. I take Shaolin, and the only way you are allowed to progress is once you mature. I have matured in quite a few moves and am able to take down most people. And, most forms are based on against someone your size.

[wt333wt]

re: video posting. Seriously?!?

[wt333wt]

seriously?

[monkfg]

I miss the san in Sanshou.

[lucidmist]

no this is the yang 88 form... each one does a mirror image of the 44 steps. just a demonstration.. still, they're well practised.

i practice taiji, and definitely do not fight this way in a real fight or sparring situation. however, i can safely say taiji IS effective.

[octavyn]

Granted, the intention may not be there, but you can see especially as they get moving around 1:41 that they know that there is something at stake. But i'm not defending them. You can definitely see the tradeoff of balance moving back and forth which is awesome.

[chasong]

I do tai chi and use it to fight. When I face a Muay Thai fighter, beleive me, I do not use this crap shown above. Maybe these guys are trying to learn a ballet hybrid.

[sdflyer28]

Is this a dance?

[qornphlake]

no this is how you train for taiji combat

[sdflyer28]

it's kind of strange way to train combat with no intention and poor rooting

[qornphlake]

well i didn't say it was good training:P

[codeagent47]

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

[sbara2]

it's a great way to train combat. u should find a good master, learn and try

[sdflyer28]

Thank you. I've been doing it for the past 20 years :)

[vainman]

I do a variation of this form, learned from a different school. There can be great martial intention in the form. I use this form primarily to learn application from the solo form.