Jou Tsung Hwa Yang Style Taijiquan

Jou Tsung Hwa Yang Style Taijiquan, 1998.

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[ANGELSGYMSINGH]

hmmmm...

[charles888]

@ANGELSGYMSINGH That's a good summary.

[charles888]

Sorry, it was a typo. The performance is from 1998, not 1988, same day as the performance by YJM. Based upon your comment, I guess this is an example of his excellent period. Good thing somebody did tape him.

[baiyuantongbei]

Jou Tsung Hua was pretty humble regarding his skills. His primary contribution was his "Taiji Farm" which had quite a following over a period of probably 15 years in 1980s and early 90's in New York State. Despite the fact that the whole experience of Taiji Farm was like a visit to a hippie commune full of elaborate Chinese MA poseurs, it was also pretty fun.

I don't think Jou Tsung Hua was anything other than promoter of Taiji. Sadly he was killed in a car accident.

[blajing]

Let's see his push-hands with someone..

[ANGELSGYMSINGH]

@charles888 lol.. Charles thanks for the taiji bang post. I have put it along side the Shaolin Rubbing Palms (made from Wooden and Metal chopsticks) exercise from the 72 Arts of Shaolin regimen. Combined they are quite powerful tools. I also add the weighted ball regimen to this system to the proprioception enhancement regimen. I will add this bang execise to my conditioning set while in the weighted horse stance and pranayama breathing work... See Facebook page Angel's Gym: Singh's Review

[TheTaoistdragon]

Quiet and peaceful Taiji. The way it's suppose to be. Thank you Sifu Jou.

[krautbeer1]

@GarrisonPBigsby I trained with master Jou for a while and learned the chen style from him. What structural flaws do you see?

[JingHuaFilms]

This guy's not bad. What master did he train under? Obivously someone from the Yang family but who exactly?

[JingHuaFilms]

Well said! You appear to be quite an expert on taijiquan, so may we have your sources and lineage so that we may disntinguish between you and these youtube "frauds?"

[baiyuantongbei]

Somehow my reply to your comment seems to have disappeared. Anyway, I do not believe I said "only way." Rather, I said that Taiji involves three parts: Enlightenment, health, and martial arts. All three are required to belong to the category of activity known as Taiji. Missing one of the parts, e.g., "martiality" then you have something difference, perhaps "moving qigong" or "healthy movement" but not Taiji. Since the principles of taiji revolve around use of the opponents force, (continued)

[baiyuantongbei]

Also, while Yang Cheng Fu is often held up as the Yang Family standard bearer, as it turns out, his actual skill apparently wasn't so good. He beat a lot of people when he went to southern China largely on the basis of his being a big fat man. I don't think you'll get far pursuing spirituality among Chinese taiji masters -- usually when this is the song that they're singing, they're merely fraudulent and cannot cite any lineage of note as the source of their knowledge. This page is an example.

[baiyuantongbei]

I don't think I used the term, "only way." But I did strongly imply that taiji without the martial aspect is not taiji. Call it "great health exercise" or "moving qigong" if you like... but it is not taiji of the traditional lineage when you remove the martial aspect. And, indeed, taiji's basis in fighting is almost entirely contingent on the attacker's force -- the attacker hurts him/herself in reality -- whether that's acceptable or not is not a decision I care about. I don't attack people.