xing yi snake style practice

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• xingyi
• taichi
• bagua

[Rantman15]

@Acification95 I think Jackie does a shaolin based version of snake where as Hsing yi is not a shaolin based system. I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong : )

[Acification95]

why is jackie chan snake kung fu so different from all of the demonstrations that i have seen?

which snake style does he do in the movie: southern/northern?

[foxybrown2]

looks like tai chi 

[WarriorOfTheBlackSun]

@mixjourneyman thats the cool thing about internal martial arts, there is no style. I have a xingyi back ground and it has heavily influenced my taiji, but that doesn't mean it isn't effective its just different jins expanded upon, as long as the internal principles are applied it'll work. Gotta love Nei jia quan. :)

[piaten]

@Anandfulness Just because it's simple, does NOT equal easy! There's many aspects, like mind, eyes, and so forth. One thing that helped me along, was the notion that whenever you block or deflect, you don't just block/deflect the attacking limb, but you try and block or deflect his entire body and movement, thereby rendering him helpless and unable to follow up for a split second. And once there, of course, you never ever let him back into the fight again..

[Anandfulness]

@piaten; I'm starting to see what he meant. In the end it's all about timing and distance. Technique, power, speed, strategy all needs to be natural. Then you can train alive and focus on distance and perfect timing. Very difficult when you have multiple opponents in my opinion... Takes a lot of hard work and guidance by your sifu.

[piaten]

@Happyanand69 Yeah, by practicing movements, you learn movements. But by practicing in an alive way, you learn to apply movement principles. Fighting btw is mush simpler than most people think (and teach). Just use halfstep and perfect timing to get in there and take him out. Anything in excess of this is good either for self improvement or lookin' good, but not really neccessary or to defend oneself.

[mixjourneyman]

Your school obviously practices Yang style tai chi, as your snake application tends to turn into part the horses' mane. Your teacher does it more clearly, but in my opinion snake should be a short, sharp strike to the groin or ribs. Even if you use snake for a part horse type application it should have xingyi jin (quick and crispy). Just some general ideas to play around with :D

[opticannon]

it makes me feel good inside to know that i have actually helped you. in truth alot of what i say falls upon deaf ears here on this youtube thingy...

[Happyanand69]

But maybe I have that opinion because I'm not advanced enough to see the importance. For someone that has trained 20 year, you must have a better understanding in kung fu, and I will certainly ask my sifu about the importance of stikcy hands and sensing the opponent.. Thank you for trying to explain something so difficult :-)