FIGHTING TAIJI-QUAN (Tai Chi) part 3

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FIGHTING TAIJI-QUAN VOLUME 3 WITH THIERRY ALIBERT In this third volume, Thierry Alibert explains in detail the third part of the modern form of the Yang Style called « the Sky ». This third volume also includes a variation of the 8 treasures, an exercise of demonstration very rare, a most popular series and within the reach of everyone

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[piaten]

@moetjewa451 Taiji aint for everyone! If you just want to learn some neat tricks, look good, impress the girls, get your cardio up, and maybe learn some self defense/fighting, you should go with another art. Taiji's power and speed comes from patience, perseverance, slowness, stillness and mind focus. Maybe after a few years in an external art, you'll be better able to appreciate Taiji. And of course in Taiji theres a lot of bad teachers, so it's extremely hard for the novice to find a good one!

[Rohan4basu]

TAI CHI FOR LYFE!

[oosuchin]

@jsphotos ah. if you're referring to 0:35, that is a good example, but that's not for striking, his foot is positioned inward that's true but, in real time it would only be a brief moment before his "next step" that would put his body weight in motion "which in taiji, and other powerful soft styles" is where the power comes from, he turned his leg in, turned his body, then stepped out with a "strike" using his whole body, it would generate enough "power" to knock down, or sway a foe, try it out

[jsphotos]

@oosuchin Take a look at his stance in the first part of the video (where his foot is crimped, inwards). No way that he can generate optimal power from that stance. The "fighting demo" clearly reveals good choreographed technique, but the movements are not driven by internal dynamics; that's clear. Muscles and intention drive everything. Easy to talk about, hard to do. Probably 90% of youtube Taichi videos are not really Taiji. They "look" like Taiji, but there is no "quality" in the movement.

[oosuchin]

@jsphotos what are you talking about? taichi is an internal art, but ALL battles are external, using taiji, the power from the techniques come from the inside, not just the muscles

[PushyMonk]

@1:10 face shoulder plant....... nice move picking up the punch and bringing the leg behind.... sweet

[jsphotos]

Looks kinda like Taiji, but it's not. the fast part at the end is all external - it's not Taiji.

[XLRO8]

@DreamofPhyrexia whatever dude

[DreamofPhyrexia]

Umm....did you even read my whole comment? Cause my entire comment is about how ppl don't realize how sick tai chi really is as a fighting style. And that this video is a poor example of how effective tai chi can be. So i don't know what that whole rant was about, cause your really not saying anything different from what i said in the first place

[XLRO8]

@fireguysith it isnt a stike persay but a push all tai chi is made of pushing and pulling

[XLRO8]

@DreamofPhyrexia im sorry dude but tai chi is indeed a martial art and a damn fast one its a common mistake to think that what you see is slow moving but that is only to PRACTICE the actual strikes and evasion movements wich are actually preatty useful this video in particular is mabey a equivalent of a flip in tai qwon do or a counter strike the whole martial art is not made up from stuff like or the stuff you see on tv