Tai Chi Chuan and Combat SanshouTechniques

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Another short documentary featuring Wim Demeere by Wasterhead Productions and 3MinuteFilms. Check them out at www.wasterhead.com
This clip is a walkthrough for several fighting applications from Tai Chi Chuan, Combat Sanshou and a combination for Sanshou/Sanda

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[juezna]

why does people use tai chi for combat? prepairing mind for combat is no good for humanity's ideals. that sort of predisposition leads to war an fight between people.

[ptccm]

@juezna Maybe you should look up what the "chuan" in "tai chi chuan" means...

[taiji218]

Regarding taiji "grabs." First of all, when most people try to grab they instinctively try to bring the tips of their fingers together to complete the grab. This is actually very weak and easy to defeat. The taiji grab aims to bring the middle knuckle of the index finger (aided by the middle knuckle of the middle finger) in towards the middle knuckle of the thumb. This uses the major muscles of the hand and is far more effective in holding both the radius and the ulna of the forearm.

[ptccm]

@taiji218 I don't really agree with you on this but that's OK. The most important thing is that your grip works for you as mine does for me.

[celticbattleaxe]

@taiji218 Yes, indeed. The only people who are effective at finger grips in combat are pianists who have been practicing for more than 30 years, as their finger muscles become quite strong

[ptccm]

@celticbattleaxe Crap, I better stop working on my grip strength and go play piano then... ;-)

[ptccm]

@Caofighter Both have strengths and weaknesses, so who knows? Styles are only as good as the fighters using them. So I personally don't really care as much which style "beats" which other one. We can all only train hard and try to improve our skills, regardless of where they come from.

[gilbertogillutador]

veri good gostei do video parabens

[yyekcim]

@Caofighter Of course it works. But don't depend on it.

If you want to use it in MMA I think one of the important things you would like to use is to move naturally and feel the intern movement of your body.

[44excalibur]

@scorael Unfortunately, saying MMA is all-inclusive is like saying guys read Playboy for the articles. The concept of MMA is to mix different styles according to what works for practioner, but the reality is that it has pretty much become exclusively Muay Thai/BJJ(Brazilian, not Japanese) or just straight boxing and wreslting. Fighters with tradional MA backgrounds are few and far between, and there is a lot of predjudice and trash talk in MMA towards any type of traditional MA.

[celticbattleaxe]

@ptccm You don't have to - it's just an alternative path.

[scorael]

@Caofighter There's a reason why MMA is named Mixed Martial Arts. While it is usually associated with Muay Thai and Jujitsu there is no definite form for it because in MMA as long as it works one can use it. Assuming you are speaking of the grappling techniques in MMA , I am sure Tai Chi has techniques to prevent grappling because I have seen masters just bounce off grappling attempts.

[jacksawild]

Tai chi is when you do A then B then C. Or at least, that's what you'd believe if you took your instruction from some of the youtube commentators out there. Seriously, if you're being taught a specific set of techniques to win any fight then you've been wasting your money. I can see many principles of tai chi at work in this vid, why is everyone a teacher here and no one a student?