@WarrenKeingGaw Could be, but what branch and what set? I practice Hung Kuen and know a few really dedicated practitioners, but never seen this. Of course, there's a lot I haven't seen...could very well be something the guy made up for himself.
About several years until recently, I'd seen him practising everyday in a park in Wanchai, Hong Kong while I was practising Taiji, however, this master was doing other form of martial art.
@lebarosky i might be wrong but this guy looks like he could be past his sixties already. incredible health and fitness! seems nowadays like a lot of external people break down in old age, but not him. not tai chi, but i'm pretty sure he could punch a hole through a man with his hung fist.
I find it curious that he is wearing tenis shoes. You would loose almost all the sensations that your bare feet would have on the ground and introduce a spongy cushion beneath your feet. Wouldn't this affect your footwork and reduce stability, reactivity and power?
@Manetheran lose some sensation of the ground compared to bare feet... a little. Lose sensation period... no. Qi will still circulate, muscles and tendons can still be controlled, the shoes won't restrict that. As far as reducing stability, etc... no. If a beginner were learning with bare feet and they were then put in shoes (or vice versa), all those things might happen. After an intermediate level, it just won't matter. If anything, shoes are helpful unless your feet are well-trained bare :)
OK, some people think this is Tai Chi simply because it's an old asian man practicing in the park. It's not, his style is a hard style. Just because he's not exerting himself like an actor in a shaw Bros. movie doesn't make his style internal (pls note the practicioners in the background, THAT'S TAI CHI). Some people think it's Hung Gar. It seems similar. It's seems to be a southern hard style. the slow movement is the method in which hard stylists cultivate chi.
if you are from america, chances are you know nothing about the rest of the world and their cultures. America is consumed with the idea that life is about money and sex. look at the culture as a whole, . this is an ancient art from a people who devote their life to becoming one with nature and the universe. ..Americans , Canadians , Australians ,England should stop invading and destroying countries and killing people around the world ! when is China gonna Rise to the 4 Devils
@green1kat Your actually calling for WW3 in the same paragraph you talk about the ignorance of other people and oneness with nature, IRONY ALERT. Pre 911 Afghanistan was a taliban dominated shithole. And Iraq ruled by a dictator who revered stalin and practised political oppression ethnic cleansing and religous persecution. What part of oneness with nature is there in stoning woman under sharia law and gassing hundreds of thousands of untermenschen. AMERICA FUCK YA!
It doesn't resemble any of the myraid variants of Hung Gar I've seen, but is a southern style with some other influence. It's probably a family style or regional style, not that it matters much, his technique intent,form qi etc are all good, and he obviously benefits from doing it everyday, so good for him. TIME TO PRACTICE! I'M INSPIRED!
he's that spry at his age because this is a habit for him, like eating breakfast. don't ridicule it, learn from it. there's nothing unhealthy about increased chi flow
@GoongFooStud Yes obviously and he's quite good at it I think. it's also not hating on him to merely point it out as some on the thread seem to think. :) It's good to see a lifetime of practicing southern kung fu is as healthy as a lifetime of taichi. :)
it looks like the the chinese southern style martial art, it practice mind and chi, mind lead chi, chi lead body. as old people says mind and chi is the king, body is it's minister
really we ourself create this energy we our bio- elecrical being i felt the energy after the experience hands and teproal lobe were stemulated i tried to to feel your chi i am sorry if i intruded . i do this by seeimg through anothers eyes and sence there inner being . some people you must not do this with they have negitive energy very unplesent if you can not take or release it true
I do not know "Hung Gar" but do recognise this as a form of Kung Fu - seeing as I know Lau Gar Kung Fu, I am guessing Hung Gar is another form. That would make sense... and Kung Fu is related to Tai Chi...
@Myst1f How can anyone know "Lau Gar" and not know "Hung Gar Kuen"?! That is a total oxymoron!!!!! And Kung Fu is not related to Tai Chi, as if they were people, "Oh, dis is Li, Kung Fu and his cousin Li, Tai Chi, she slow but pretty...." Tai Chi is Kung Fu! To be more proper/specific, it is all Wushu! Wushu = Martial Art, Wu = Martial, Shu = Art. Kung Fu - A skill acquired over time through diligent training. To train "Kung Fu" is to engage in the ongoing process of mastering a certain skill.
great stuff. its inspiring to see an old-timer do an art so well. i also like the godsmack song you put in it. why they are paired together though i have no idea.
The power of thoughts. forms,feelings,perceptions,fabrications and conciousness using buddhist meditation. once someone achieve 4 th jhana they can even travel throguh air or earth. create multiples of them. so many. but the main purpose here is to develop samadhi,sati and wisdom to achieve liberation free from attachments. google" kayagata sati sutta. or " Four frames of reference". X-men things can be done in real life. :) follow "noble eightfold path - Bhikku Bodhi"
its hung gar you dummies. its like one of the most popular styles in all of china. it was made famous by one if the most popular folk heroes in all of china wong fei hung(the dude jet li played in once upon a time in china).
I would hit this old man so hard all of his Chinese relatives would feel it. HEE YAHHHH!!!! If he lived through my attack I would take him to the buffet and get him something to eat cause he looks kinda malnourished.
yes and no, Okinawan Karate Do comes from a Kung Fu style called Feeding Crane. it is a bit more ridged than what was displayed on this video. But your correct in that Karate comes from the Crane style Kung Fu.
It actually depends. I mean, Uechi Ryu comes from a style known (at least named by Kanbun Uechi) as Pangainoon. I think another family does have something to do with Bak Hok Pai.
I don't know why I said the karate thing. I just think this guy might be doing some white crane or a similar style.
hmmmm? I would agree that it looks southern since it is a striking form. But the long stance work and some hand movements really look like Long Fist. I don't know any one who practices the Hung Gar Crane forms so I can only say that doesn't look like Hung Gar Tiger. I practice Southern White Crane and the stance work seems to open to be White Crane and the hand form is wrong. It could also be a "family" style many people still know these private closed door styles. I f you know please tell
You're just an illiterate moron. If you ever reach this man's age you will be crippled in comparison to him now. But tell me: how many neurons have you working at a time?
First of all fool you dont know anything about me. Im a sixth degree black belt in Shotokan, a third degree black belt in Goju ryu and a ninth degree black belt in killamothafuckerwhotalkshitfu.
So you will jump up on a guy doing hangetsu, or sanchin kata? Cause it's about the same this guy is doing. But you're unable to distinguish conditioning training from fighting. Bah, let it go, this argument is no good. If you ever did karate - which I doubt - you brougt but dishonour to the styles you claim to know ("Karate starts and ends with courtesy").
First of all you are in no position to question what I did or dont do. Second, a person performs the same way the practice. If you practice foolishness then you will get you butt kick or killed because of it. Third, after a certain point in time a person realizes form restricts. All is contained in the no-form expression in any art fool.
Search it on wikipedia... You really sound like someone from a McDojo...
You have no respect for others and you blatantly throw your credentials around as if to say that that means anything. If you know anything about martial arts then you would know that a black belt means nothing if you come from a Mcdojo or a martial art school where people pay for their yearly belt but don't really deserve them.
Right now what im going to do is practice my breathing exercises and punch a 4 inch thick metal block suspended in my back yard 400 times. After this i will kick the heavy bag for 2 hours--an hour at a time then go for me a 3 mile run. ha...ha..ha! You dont stand a chance. Ha..ha..!
If you know anything about training and have done it as long as I have you would know that running is not healthy. Walking provides a more complete fitness then abusing ones knees, joints and ligaments. I got enough running in during my time in the Marine Corp
Im telling you facts not fiction. I will beat this old mans ass and anyone using this tai chi crap before he has a chance to move to his next stance. You move in slow motion while I move is full speed with full force and crush your thorax, ram my fingers in you eyes and stomp you repeatedly in the goin on the ground
I agree that this is just a slow bridge form of choyl i fut or most probably hung gar. His focus is strong and so are his postures. It could easily be confused with tai chi. Then again, it's martial arts isn't it and this ols man isn't bad at all.
It is either Hun guar or Cho la Fut. These are southern styles popular with Bawa speakers. More physical less details straight to the point. Short forms with great physical strenght required. Transition forms between internal and external Northern forms, and the even more pragmatic forms of Korea and Japan.
It is not Taijiquan of any kind. I assume that the video title and the song are meant to be humorous. It looks like a straight forward presentation of a large frame intermediate set from one of the Fujian systems. I would be fairly surprised if it wasn't.
the old man is doing a crane form more then likely he just hid the opening its prob one of the lower forms in his system.i do hakka mantis xing yi and five animals i no the old guy is hideing something thats how these old men play gung fu.
I'm a little late inthe debate to the debate between Euphorium and wonphi, but could the man have been doing Chen style? I do Yang Family long form (being done in the background of the video) and I know Chen has some explosive movements in their slow form. Just asking.
This guy is certainly a master of one of the Shaolin styles. Anyone saying that he is not a master is simply joking. Because old men do not practice martial arts themselves alone in park and "waste time" if its useless.
To say that this man is a master of tai chi is a joke. Tai chi is performed like water flowing through a stream. Its movement is fluid while distinct, fast while strong. His form is stiff and his movements are jerky. Look up a real tai chi master and you'll notice the difference immediately.
hey buddy learn to read...title of the video "Tai Chi Smack -- Hong Kong, China -- Old Master"...video info "Bad ass old Tai Chi master showing his stuff in a Hong Kong park set to Godsmack's Voodoo."...go back to school and learn to read
first it's "you've got nothing on me", secondly if you had passed elementary you would know that you can't say "I read perfectly fine" without adding something between I and read (e.g. can, sometimes, always. etc)... For someone who "reads perfectly fine", you seem to lack the simplest grammatical knowledge....oh and get pwned
first of all we are typing in on the internet. we are not writing a paper, second of all, "I read perfectly fine' is a normal sentence, and oh you do know that"you've" and "you have" are the same thing you idiot. :)
don't try to change the topic. you screwed up first by not knowing the differernce B/W tai chi and shaolin and now you are trying to insult me so you can save your ugly face.
as well, you could have just said "he is not doing tai chi" the way you said it sounds as if you are saying this old master isn't doing tai chi right, when in fact HE ISN"T DOING TAI CHI AT ALL!
jeesh, and to say I need to learn to read, you need to learn express your thoughts correctly in typed form XD.
hey little baby, don't wet your diaper, sorry i don't have all day to respond to your posts, some people actually have to work for a living. also i'm not 34, i'm 21, the fact that you keep on bringing up my age just shows that your a biggot. congratulations douchebag :)
I didn't even bother reading your crap. you seriously need to get a life as well as an education. to make a mistake, and then insult people for correcting your mistake, really you are one pathetic loser. Everyone that reads what happens shows that I owned you in all aspects, like I said you have nothing against me, stop humiliating yourself you old fart.
lol, i'm the one that needs to get a life? last time i check it was you who started doing three replies to my one. Please do you need to learn addition as well as grammar? I'm glad you think i'm a pathetic loser, but what does that make you, you can't add up to three and you don't even know basic grammar rules that a second grader would know. So yea congrats to you, you just scored a big win.
I didn't bother reading that BS because you are probably just going to embarass yourself even more. I just corrected your mistake, and you end up lashing out at me. you should grow up and just accept that you were wrong in the first place.
These posts show everything, and if you can't find out where you went wrong maybe YOU should learn to read and go back to school.
lol, I guess I need to add reading to the growing list of things you still need to learn. If you go all the way back to the first post, all I said was that this guy is a master of tai chi, your the one who started attacking me say 'its a shame I can't tell the difference". So yea buddy get your facts right
I wasn't insulting you when I said "it's a shame that you.." you were saying as if the old man WAS doing tai chi horribly, and I merely corrected you that he was not doing tai chi. then you come back with personal attacks telling me to learn to read when.
fact 1: I did read your post you were directly responding to Himalayan spirit, thus your comment was indented under his.
Thinking that, I just corrected you for calling this old master doing jerky crappy tai chi, when he wasn't doing it at all.
If I may, I am agreeing w/your assessment. Somehow I can sense he is not bringing all that he is to the table w/ this hard demo. A (tuned) eye could capture him as he does if he were just sitting still. Gesturing is a martial skill as well. Thank you, peace.
Excuse me, could you please amend the title? According to most observations of youtubers, the kungfu the old man was playing is not Tai Chi. The mistake is understandable as you may not be a Chinese. However, no one would like to see the possible consequence, that foreigners with little background about Chinese culture may have mistaken it as Tai Chi. Thanks for your consideration.
that is tai chi, he is putting force into his tai chi... if you know tai chi and you do it fast and use strength like you are throwing a punch it would look like that
It is definitely not Taiji
neandertodd 1 day ago
its Hung Ga
jenkem23b 1 week ago
洪家拳だろ。
evilcutter 1 week ago
The Tai Chi is in the background
jacksawild 2 weeks ago
@jacksawild You are correct the Tai Chi is in the Background.
brentpieczynski 1 week ago
look it's master roshi you guys!
gregjasa368 2 weeks ago
yes, not Taiji, but still really cool!
FullCircleIA 2 weeks ago
what is the song?
TheSUBGAMER 1 month ago
Theres a sense of Taijiquan applications in the form, but its not Taiji.
SxMayKill 1 month ago
Its look more like break dance to me
james69136 1 month ago
I'm pretty sure that's not tai chi. Appears to be one of the Shaolin forms.
Nittacci 1 month ago
Great Shaolin, not Tai Chi. Very nice, though.
jiggydaddy69 1 month ago
Somehow I think this man can still kick some major ass if he needed to.
Varishnu 2 months ago
Classic, someone see some slow movements and thinks it's Tai Chi dhaaa
joiskoo 2 months ago
I think the ladies in the background are doing tai chi, or bauga i dunno i cant tell the differences sometime .
WarrenKeingGaw 3 months ago
@WarrenKeingGaw They're doing Tai Chi.
This man, however, is not. Looks like a southern style done at slow speed. No idea what, though.
theMAG101 1 month ago
@theMAG101 Hung Kuen.
WarrenKeingGaw 1 month ago
@WarrenKeingGaw Could be, but what branch and what set? I practice Hung Kuen and know a few really dedicated practitioners, but never seen this. Of course, there's a lot I haven't seen...could very well be something the guy made up for himself.
theMAG101 1 month ago
The is Little Red Boxing, Shaolin style
mooshie642 3 months ago
nice move
Jloberia 3 months ago
Still not sure why as song about heroin abuse was connected to this song
macinvictus 5 months ago
Althouth not Taijiquan (T'ai chi ch'uan), this master's form is excellent.
quanfa88 6 months ago
This is NOT Tai Chi!
chewonnwong 7 months ago
is not tai ji quan
maybe is hung gar or something similar
markohu 7 months ago 2
@markohu my thoughts exactly
syphen888 4 months ago
Can you tell me the name of the song and the band??
derpatrizier 7 months ago
About several years until recently, I'd seen him practising everyday in a park in Wanchai, Hong Kong while I was practising Taiji, however, this master was doing other form of martial art.
w4seasons 8 months ago
Hi Hi lol
XpresloX 8 months ago
Not tai chi. This is external style done very well by a guy I'd like to look like when I'm in my mid-sixties.
lebarosky 9 months ago
@lebarosky i might be wrong but this guy looks like he could be past his sixties already. incredible health and fitness! seems nowadays like a lot of external people break down in old age, but not him. not tai chi, but i'm pretty sure he could punch a hole through a man with his hung fist.
mintai2003 9 months ago
His kung fu is better than most guys in their 30's.
harkying99 10 months ago
thats not tai chi, but good for him for looking badass at his age
Vyse500 11 months ago
Yeah, bad_ass_old-Master ;) COOL !!!!
crazyCLONE112 11 months ago
You guys didn't realize that he is 104!!!
mysticookiebear 11 months ago
it ain't tai chi for sure.
exploreryen 1 year ago
I find it curious that he is wearing tenis shoes. You would loose almost all the sensations that your bare feet would have on the ground and introduce a spongy cushion beneath your feet. Wouldn't this affect your footwork and reduce stability, reactivity and power?
Manetheran 1 year ago
@Manetheran lose some sensation of the ground compared to bare feet... a little. Lose sensation period... no. Qi will still circulate, muscles and tendons can still be controlled, the shoes won't restrict that. As far as reducing stability, etc... no. If a beginner were learning with bare feet and they were then put in shoes (or vice versa), all those things might happen. After an intermediate level, it just won't matter. If anything, shoes are helpful unless your feet are well-trained bare :)
wadiad 9 months ago
20 bucks says he has no clue what hes doing, hes just asian so everyone assumes he does
joshyman12312 1 year ago
tats my dad
aln7d 1 year ago
i bet the old guy can kick that sitting guy`s ass
BaztardFree 1 year ago
OK, some people think this is Tai Chi simply because it's an old asian man practicing in the park. It's not, his style is a hard style. Just because he's not exerting himself like an actor in a shaw Bros. movie doesn't make his style internal (pls note the practicioners in the background, THAT'S TAI CHI). Some people think it's Hung Gar. It seems similar. It's seems to be a southern hard style. the slow movement is the method in which hard stylists cultivate chi.
kurlii 1 year ago
@kurlii I think it is Southern style.
TheCoolfez 1 year ago
if you are from america, chances are you know nothing about the rest of the world and their cultures. America is consumed with the idea that life is about money and sex. look at the culture as a whole, . this is an ancient art from a people who devote their life to becoming one with nature and the universe. ..Americans , Canadians , Australians ,England should stop invading and destroying countries and killing people around the world ! when is China gonna Rise to the 4 Devils
green1kat 1 year ago
@green1kat Your actually calling for WW3 in the same paragraph you talk about the ignorance of other people and oneness with nature, IRONY ALERT. Pre 911 Afghanistan was a taliban dominated shithole. And Iraq ruled by a dictator who revered stalin and practised political oppression ethnic cleansing and religous persecution. What part of oneness with nature is there in stoning woman under sharia law and gassing hundreds of thousands of untermenschen. AMERICA FUCK YA!
Hadesofthe07 1 year ago
@green1kat sorry to burst ur ideas but canada hasnt invaded/destroyed any countries :< canada is the peacemakers yo !!!1
BaztardFree 1 year ago
That's Chu Gar (Southern Praying Mantis)
ElZato 1 year ago
@ElZato rarely does a chow gar practitioner retract either of his hands to his waist. this actually looks more like tai chi.
aratisbug 1 year ago
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lolthxbb 1 year ago
It doesn't resemble any of the myraid variants of Hung Gar I've seen, but is a southern style with some other influence. It's probably a family style or regional style, not that it matters much, his technique intent,form qi etc are all good, and he obviously benefits from doing it everyday, so good for him. TIME TO PRACTICE! I'M INSPIRED!
deejin25 1 year ago
he's that spry at his age because this is a habit for him, like eating breakfast. don't ridicule it, learn from it. there's nothing unhealthy about increased chi flow
toxicwhorestar 1 year ago
That's not Tai Chi, it's a style similar to Shaolin called Nan Chuan.
GoongFooStud 1 year ago
@GoongFooStud Yes obviously and he's quite good at it I think. it's also not hating on him to merely point it out as some on the thread seem to think. :) It's good to see a lifetime of practicing southern kung fu is as healthy as a lifetime of taichi. :)
deejin25 1 year ago
to all the blind ppl the taichi is in the background :)
darkgreensoldier666 1 year ago
who is the singer? It's a great song. Please someone tell me. Thank you
mirpourj 1 year ago
Your shite mate. where's the enregy balls?!?!
bunnislayer99 1 year ago
This is hung gar down slowly.. 0.o
NgJit 1 year ago
well....i can say that the women behind the old man practice Tai ji....that was YANG style
zyxhlow 1 year ago
are you sure this is Tai ji....i'm kindda not sure this is Tai ji...coz so much tension in the form >.<
zyxhlow 1 year ago
It is not TaiChi. It is a form of South region Kung Fu.
chow0105 1 year ago 2
This is not Tai Chi
wintercocooo 1 year ago
Im not sure of the style but good muscle tone and form for an older gentleman. *bows* may my own kung fu make me so fit at that age.
Bastion83 1 year ago
Looks moer like hung gar than tai chi.
huntmatuk 1 year ago
Great
TheMaklary 1 year ago
I like the video its great, but it is not Tai Chi he is practising.
TheZhongzheng 1 year ago
It looks a little like the Buddhafist form.
YRivera1 1 year ago
Very cool! The music seems to match to intensity of the mans focus! I want to be fit like that at his age.
YRivera1 1 year ago
this is hung gar style
twogiraffe 1 year ago 2
it looks like the the chinese southern style martial art, it practice mind and chi, mind lead chi, chi lead body. as old people says mind and chi is the king, body is it's minister
kbl3000 1 year ago
this is not tai chi... does anyone know what it is?
mastersjourney 1 year ago
not tai chi ....
TianWuJie 1 year ago
really we ourself create this energy we our bio- elecrical being i felt the energy after the experience hands and teproal lobe were stemulated i tried to to feel your chi i am sorry if i intruded . i do this by seeimg through anothers eyes and sence there inner being . some people you must not do this with they have negitive energy very unplesent if you can not take or release it true
olympic66power 1 year ago
I do not know "Hung Gar" but do recognise this as a form of Kung Fu - seeing as I know Lau Gar Kung Fu, I am guessing Hung Gar is another form. That would make sense... and Kung Fu is related to Tai Chi...
Myst1f 1 year ago
@Myst1f How can anyone know "Lau Gar" and not know "Hung Gar Kuen"?! That is a total oxymoron!!!!! And Kung Fu is not related to Tai Chi, as if they were people, "Oh, dis is Li, Kung Fu and his cousin Li, Tai Chi, she slow but pretty...." Tai Chi is Kung Fu! To be more proper/specific, it is all Wushu! Wushu = Martial Art, Wu = Martial, Shu = Art. Kung Fu - A skill acquired over time through diligent training. To train "Kung Fu" is to engage in the ongoing process of mastering a certain skill.
SijoJay 1 year ago
hung gar not tai chi
wolfmrp 2 years ago 11
great stuff. its inspiring to see an old-timer do an art so well. i also like the godsmack song you put in it. why they are paired together though i have no idea.
JeffBrownThe10th 2 years ago
The power of thoughts. forms,feelings,perceptions,fabrications and conciousness using buddhist meditation. once someone achieve 4 th jhana they can even travel throguh air or earth. create multiples of them. so many. but the main purpose here is to develop samadhi,sati and wisdom to achieve liberation free from attachments. google" kayagata sati sutta. or " Four frames of reference". X-men things can be done in real life. :) follow "noble eightfold path - Bhikku Bodhi"
AryaSravaka 2 years ago
not tai chi
nicky666 2 years ago
its hung gar you dummies. its like one of the most popular styles in all of china. it was made famous by one if the most popular folk heroes in all of china wong fei hung(the dude jet li played in once upon a time in china).
jowgafighter777 2 years ago 3
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i would beat this old man with my touch of death!
mickyhuynh 2 years ago
touch of death only effects 19 years later.
B372131 2 years ago
OH MY GOD!!! This is so funny!!! hahaha this martial art is so famous! its Hung gar dudes =)
Eyemachus 2 years ago 9
It looks similar, but I think it might be something else. Definitely not taijiquan, though.
jigokunoshinigami 2 years ago
@Eyemachus I don't know Hung gar or not, but not Tai chi that's for sure. He do it slow but movements is very different.
TonyHanin 3 months ago
Not taiji, not internal :)
originaLmonk2 2 years ago 2
i would beat this old guy hahaha! with my crushing moon technique.
SuperNinja2000 2 years ago
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I would hit this old man so hard all of his Chinese relatives would feel it. HEE YAHHHH!!!! If he lived through my attack I would take him to the buffet and get him something to eat cause he looks kinda malnourished.
JaMMeRHiLL 2 years ago
if you did that 1 he would fuck you up and then id kick you on the ground you fucking dick -_-
ethanplg 2 years ago 12
I was just kidding guys come on who attacks the elderly honestly?
JaMMeRHiLL 2 years ago
It actually looks more like Goju -ryu Karate, the sanchin exercise.
artjamz2 2 years ago
I think you're not right, yet not so far from the truth. It could be White Crane. Okinawan karate takes a lot from southern chinese styles.
jigokunoshinigami 2 years ago
yes and no, Okinawan Karate Do comes from a Kung Fu style called Feeding Crane. it is a bit more ridged than what was displayed on this video. But your correct in that Karate comes from the Crane style Kung Fu.
rbull5001 2 years ago
It actually depends. I mean, Uechi Ryu comes from a style known (at least named by Kanbun Uechi) as Pangainoon. I think another family does have something to do with Bak Hok Pai.
I don't know why I said the karate thing. I just think this guy might be doing some white crane or a similar style.
jigokunoshinigami 2 years ago
This is definitely not Tai Chi, it is a shaolin form, either tiger or tiger crane or hung gar.
artjamz2 2 years ago
who sing the song ?
pedrotheiligal 2 years ago
godsmack
furlong08857 2 years ago
looks more like hung gar
ecpeacockdc 2 years ago 2
this man has years and years of built up focused energy that he could throw at you and knock you off your feet.
spacemanlive 2 years ago
umm, this very tough old guy who could kick my ass is doing Wing Chun slowly, not taiji.
DeMolay77 2 years ago
This is definiately not Wing Chun either.
artjamz2 2 years ago
after i posted that i figured that you're probably right.
so that's 2 things that we know it's not.
DeMolay77 2 years ago
hmmmm? I would agree that it looks southern since it is a striking form. But the long stance work and some hand movements really look like Long Fist. I don't know any one who practices the Hung Gar Crane forms so I can only say that doesn't look like Hung Gar Tiger. I practice Southern White Crane and the stance work seems to open to be White Crane and the hand form is wrong. It could also be a "family" style many people still know these private closed door styles. I f you know please tell
killacrane1 2 years ago
looks like Hung Gar to me. Definately Southern.
acheungwhitecrane 2 years ago
being that it is filmed in HK and the way it looks i to think this is some form of hung gar
telewin 2 years ago
A northern shaolin gung fu, not Tai Ji.
Thunderhouse2 2 years ago
Old man i will hit you a hundred times before you even have chance to move to your next stance.
IsOkReallyOK 2 years ago
You're just an illiterate moron. If you ever reach this man's age you will be crippled in comparison to him now. But tell me: how many neurons have you working at a time?
pantagruelion1 2 years ago
This is meant as a response to IsOKReallyOk. I'm sorry, I just can't help it, but there are really disturbing idiots.
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IsOkReallyOK 2 years ago
First of all fool you dont know anything about me. Im a sixth degree black belt in Shotokan, a third degree black belt in Goju ryu and a ninth degree black belt in killamothafuckerwhotalkshitfu.
IsOkReallyOK 2 years ago
So you will jump up on a guy doing hangetsu, or sanchin kata? Cause it's about the same this guy is doing. But you're unable to distinguish conditioning training from fighting. Bah, let it go, this argument is no good. If you ever did karate - which I doubt - you brougt but dishonour to the styles you claim to know ("Karate starts and ends with courtesy").
pantagruelion1 2 years ago 3
First of all you are in no position to question what I did or dont do. Second, a person performs the same way the practice. If you practice foolishness then you will get you butt kick or killed because of it. Third, after a certain point in time a person realizes form restricts. All is contained in the no-form expression in any art fool.
IsOkReallyOK 2 years ago
Black belts from a MCdojo?
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IsOkReallyOK 2 years ago
Search it on wikipedia... You really sound like someone from a McDojo...
You have no respect for others and you blatantly throw your credentials around as if to say that that means anything. If you know anything about martial arts then you would know that a black belt means nothing if you come from a Mcdojo or a martial art school where people pay for their yearly belt but don't really deserve them.
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I don't believe you. You sound too ignorant to have been with masters. You sound like a 16 year old kid with ADD. Or tourettes syndrome.
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IsOkReallyOK 2 years ago
Whatever, you must be pretty unhappy with yourself if you like lying over the internet so much...
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IsOkReallyOK 2 years ago
I don't even practice Tai Chi... :-S
Dude, from watching the videos you posted I can say wit 100% certainty that this old man will kick your ass.
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IsOkReallyOK 2 years ago
Right now what im going to do is practice my breathing exercises and punch a 4 inch thick metal block suspended in my back yard 400 times. After this i will kick the heavy bag for 2 hours--an hour at a time then go for me a 3 mile run. ha...ha..ha! You dont stand a chance. Ha..ha..!
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Happyanand69 2 years ago
3 miles is nothing. im training light today.
If you know anything about training and have done it as long as I have you would know that running is not healthy. Walking provides a more complete fitness then abusing ones knees, joints and ligaments. I got enough running in during my time in the Marine Corp
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Im telling you facts not fiction. I will beat this old mans ass and anyone using this tai chi crap before he has a chance to move to his next stance. You move in slow motion while I move is full speed with full force and crush your thorax, ram my fingers in you eyes and stomp you repeatedly in the goin on the ground
IsOkReallyOK 2 years ago
you've got some anger issues mate, go get it checked out... listening to calm soothing music helps too...
Malavern 2 years ago
beatamothafuckerwhotalkshitfu helps calm my nerves as well.
IsOkReallyOK 2 years ago
what is with the bullshit hanzi?
Good posture, good form?
And your point is?
Looks nothing like Tai Qi Quan
nyghtowl 2 years ago
Balanced Old-Aged Man.... wow...
ArikIkirA 2 years ago 2
I agree that this is just a slow bridge form of choyl i fut or most probably hung gar. His focus is strong and so are his postures. It could easily be confused with tai chi. Then again, it's martial arts isn't it and this ols man isn't bad at all.
micsir888 2 years ago 2
It is either Hun guar or Cho la Fut. These are southern styles popular with Bawa speakers. More physical less details straight to the point. Short forms with great physical strenght required. Transition forms between internal and external Northern forms, and the even more pragmatic forms of Korea and Japan.
drugdealersgotojail 2 years ago
It is not Taijiquan of any kind. I assume that the video title and the song are meant to be humorous. It looks like a straight forward presentation of a large frame intermediate set from one of the Fujian systems. I would be fairly surprised if it wasn't.
1uc3n7 2 years ago
the old man is doing a crane form more then likely he just hid the opening its prob one of the lower forms in his system.i do hakka mantis xing yi and five animals i no the old guy is hideing something thats how these old men play gung fu.
01frosts 2 years ago
what happened to Euphorium n wonphi???
dont really care what style the fit man is doing. i just hope i will be fit like him when i reach his age.
take it easy guys... martial art is about peace, health & fitness, discipline, happiness, etc...and among other things... brotherhood.
kung fu brothers dont fight they exchange ideas and practice together. they progress individually with each others help... and stay brothers 4 life...
respect...
hiddenwingchun 2 years ago 11
@hiddenwingchun lol, nothing happened, still growing in skill, speed, and yes, learning to ignore the ignorant. lol
Anyway, this guy probably kicked a lot of asses when he was young. Besides being fit, happy, and disciplined, among other things.
Peace bro.
This vid is always an inspiration.
wonphi 1 year ago
@hiddenwingchun
Actually they are NOT. That is just a selling point.
In truth, martial arts are like any art, they are a MEDIUM to attain a higher level of personal devellopment.
But originally they have NO OTHER GOAL than providing you with the best way to beat another human.
It's not because you practice MA that you are necessarily a good person. And being moral does not make you a good martial artist either.
I like your approach don't get me wrong, but it's just not factual.
GoongFooStud 1 year ago
@GoongFooStud Nor is yours.
WarriorOfTheBlackSun 1 year ago
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@GoongFooStud Nor is yours.
WarriorOfTheBlackSun 1 year ago
I'm a little late inthe debate to the debate between Euphorium and wonphi, but could the man have been doing Chen style? I do Yang Family long form (being done in the background of the video) and I know Chen has some explosive movements in their slow form. Just asking.
scribemcg 2 years ago
He could be doing Chen style, but he most certainly is not doing so in this video.
DeMolay77 2 years ago
ur both giant faggots congragualtions
Xbeebe89X 2 years ago
This guy is certainly a master of one of the Shaolin styles. Anyone saying that he is not a master is simply joking. Because old men do not practice martial arts themselves alone in park and "waste time" if its useless.
himalayanspirit 3 years ago
To say that this man is a master of tai chi is a joke. Tai chi is performed like water flowing through a stream. Its movement is fluid while distinct, fast while strong. His form is stiff and his movements are jerky. Look up a real tai chi master and you'll notice the difference immediately.
Euphorium 2 years ago
He is a master of shaolin, he isn't even doing tai chi, it is a shame you can't tell between tai chi and shaolin traditional sets.
wonphi 2 years ago
hey buddy learn to read...title of the video "Tai Chi Smack -- Hong Kong, China -- Old Master"...video info "Bad ass old Tai Chi master showing his stuff in a Hong Kong park set to Godsmack's Voodoo."...go back to school and learn to read
Euphorium 2 years ago
I read perfectly fine and your post was a direct response to Himalanspirit. thus your response is indented under his post.
You should learn to post. :)
wonphi 2 years ago
lol, "you read perfectly fine"...good for you. I wished I could read perfectly fine too
Euphorium 2 years ago
thanks because I know I do. practice makes perfect.
wonphi 2 years ago
i guess the sarcasm was lost on you
Euphorium 2 years ago
pff, it's the truth, I explained myself well and clear on my other posts, it is you who messed up, and you have nothing against me. lol.
these posts below me show all!
wonphi 2 years ago
first it's "you've got nothing on me", secondly if you had passed elementary you would know that you can't say "I read perfectly fine" without adding something between I and read (e.g. can, sometimes, always. etc)... For someone who "reads perfectly fine", you seem to lack the simplest grammatical knowledge....oh and get pwned
Euphorium 2 years ago
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wonphi 2 years ago
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first of all we are typing in on the internet. we are not writing a paper, second of all, "I read perfectly fine' is a normal sentence, and oh you do know that"you've" and "you have" are the same thing you idiot. :)
don't try to change the topic. you screwed up first by not knowing the differernce B/W tai chi and shaolin and now you are trying to insult me so you can save your ugly face.
you fail and maybe go learn some grammar. :)
wonphi 2 years ago
as well, you could have just said "he is not doing tai chi" the way you said it sounds as if you are saying this old master isn't doing tai chi right, when in fact HE ISN"T DOING TAI CHI AT ALL!
jeesh, and to say I need to learn to read, you need to learn express your thoughts correctly in typed form XD.
wonphi 2 years ago
hey little baby, don't wet your diaper, sorry i don't have all day to respond to your posts, some people actually have to work for a living. also i'm not 34, i'm 21, the fact that you keep on bringing up my age just shows that your a biggot. congratulations douchebag :)
Euphorium 2 years ago
I didn't even bother reading your crap. you seriously need to get a life as well as an education. to make a mistake, and then insult people for correcting your mistake, really you are one pathetic loser. Everyone that reads what happens shows that I owned you in all aspects, like I said you have nothing against me, stop humiliating yourself you old fart.
wonphi 2 years ago
lol, i'm the one that needs to get a life? last time i check it was you who started doing three replies to my one. Please do you need to learn addition as well as grammar? I'm glad you think i'm a pathetic loser, but what does that make you, you can't add up to three and you don't even know basic grammar rules that a second grader would know. So yea congrats to you, you just scored a big win.
Euphorium 2 years ago
I didn't bother reading that BS because you are probably just going to embarass yourself even more. I just corrected your mistake, and you end up lashing out at me. you should grow up and just accept that you were wrong in the first place.
These posts show everything, and if you can't find out where you went wrong maybe YOU should learn to read and go back to school.
wonphi 2 years ago
lol, I guess I need to add reading to the growing list of things you still need to learn. If you go all the way back to the first post, all I said was that this guy is a master of tai chi, your the one who started attacking me say 'its a shame I can't tell the difference". So yea buddy get your facts right
Euphorium 2 years ago
I wasn't insulting you when I said "it's a shame that you.." you were saying as if the old man WAS doing tai chi horribly, and I merely corrected you that he was not doing tai chi. then you come back with personal attacks telling me to learn to read when.
fact 1: I did read your post you were directly responding to Himalayan spirit, thus your comment was indented under his.
Thinking that, I just corrected you for calling this old master doing jerky crappy tai chi, when he wasn't doing it at all.
wonphi 2 years ago
Adios mio, old guys that can move like that scare the pants right off of me o_o; .
anshin341 3 years ago
It is hung kuen... Which is shaolin.
NgJit 3 years ago
Nice enough, but it's definitely hard style he's doing, not taijiquan.
Loyaute 3 years ago
I am sorry but I think this discipline is chi kung (qi gong) exercises in moviment, not Tai Chi.
Limingdao 3 years ago
I'm sorry, but this is not even Qi Gong. This is a hard style of gong fu.
VladtheEmailer 3 years ago
I´m sorry ... I like it so much but it is not Taichi, (I´m teacher of it), it´s an external wu-shu style !!
Limingdao 3 years ago
If I may, I am agreeing w/your assessment. Somehow I can sense he is not bringing all that he is to the table w/ this hard demo. A (tuned) eye could capture him as he does if he were just sitting still. Gesturing is a martial skill as well. Thank you, peace.
zhoudunyi 2 years ago
唔該改正吓個謤題，好明顯唔係咩太極囉，可能你唔係中國人，對我地的功夫無咩認識，但係我唔想有人誤以為係太極囉~
thomaskoo 3 years ago
Excuse me, could you please amend the title? According to most observations of youtubers, the kungfu the old man was playing is not Tai Chi. The mistake is understandable as you may not be a Chinese. However, no one would like to see the possible consequence, that foreigners with little background about Chinese culture may have mistaken it as Tai Chi. Thanks for your consideration.
thomaskoo 3 years ago
Don't care if it was hung kuen or tai chi but he was def. a bad ass. check out the expression on his face.
kesel5588 3 years ago
You guys are all wrong. It Old Kuntfu.
draussie 3 years ago
that is tai chi, he is putting force into his tai chi... if you know tai chi and you do it fast and use strength like you are throwing a punch it would look like that
alchemist789 3 years ago