taiji masters push hands (part 1 of 3)

Taiji masters push hands

This is a push hands competition from 1992 showing some of the biggest names in mainland taiji all competing against one another. They are all grandmasters.

First bout: Li En-jiu vs. unknown. Li is a Chen stylist that studied under Hong Jun-sheng.

Second: Wei Shu-ren vs. Men hui-feng. Wei is a Yang stylist known for advocating the "no force" perspective. Men is THE top wushu teacher in China , a leading proponent of wushu taiji, practices everything under the sun, and was awarded the first 10 duan rank by the Chinese government. Yes I know, no one's ever heard of him. He's unknown in the West.

Third bout: Li Bing-ci vs. Lin Mo-gen. Li is a Wu stylist. Lin was a top student of Li Ya-xuan (a disciple of YCF).

Fourth bout: Liu Cheng-de vs. unknown. Liu is a Chen stylist again from the Hong lineage and is in one of my favorite push hands clips.

Fifth bout: Xin Yu-he vs. Men Hui-feng. I know nothing about Xin. Maybe someone can fill me in.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• taiji
• push
• hands
• tai
• chi

[LowKickSlick]

You don't understand pushing hands...a judoka would have trouble with most adept Taiji practitioners that know how to apply Taijiquan from a fighting perspective. I've competed in full contact matches and can speak first hand about boxers, MMA (I've trained some in the UK), and other martial artists; this is only a means of finding a person's balance and then attacking. Once you have the least resistance then attack. I'm in San Antonio Tx and would like to offer an invitation for you to learn.

[piaten]

If you can't see the skills here, I suggest you look again. Sure it's no fancy demonstration, and they all got their individual flavor, some softer and some harder. I learned something new from watching each one of them. And do remember it's called internal strength, NOT internal weakness! A lot of people seem to forget about that. There's rooting, tendons and core muscle control going on here, that not everyone can see.

[joylaval]

the tall man in blue is impressive. who know his name, please?

[BlackSN8K]

@D8402 you're annoying faggot!

[TaiChiWellness1]

It's always nice to see a beautiful exchange of pushing hands!

[mcgriddles4u]

i see it and i am lightning fast any takers in grand rapids mi? facebook me anyways frederick minken

[dragynryderz]

these masters got some good balance, sure it dont look fancy but you guys that are dissing on the video dont understand. if your lookiing for action like kicking and punching martial arts your in the wrong place. its like your asking for football and you go to tennis to look for it, look up tai chi and understand it first before you say stuff about it, naiivvee.. tai chi is more then it looks with the naked eyes seriously

[Macaskie]

embarrassing