Fun with Tai Chi Fighting Applications

Sifu Ken Gullette shows how to begin internalizing Tai Chi fighting applications for self defense. Start by sparring slowly with a partner, looking for points of entry and strategy for using the techniques. More information is on Sifu Gullette's blog at www.internalarts.typepad.com.

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Sports

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• Tai
• chi
• Taiji
• martial
• arts
• kungfu

[HomasterX]

i lost interest as soon as he said anticipate... if u anticipate that means your thinking and not reacting, and the opponent who isn't thinking will be that much faster than you if you were "anticipating"

[kungfukennyg]

@HomasterX And that's the problem with thinking that you can take a superhuman approach to fighting. In every real fight I ever had, and every tournament match I ever fought, I was able to anticipate what the opponent was going to do. A lot of times it's true -- you do react without conscious thought. But this is a training video and it's intended to show people how to begin internalizing these applications. Homaster, you're typical of all the "experts" commenting when you should just learn.

[Kingdom4Otakus]

Could Tai Chi help in a real fight if someone on the streets starts a fight with you or other martial arts? or is Tai Chi more of a healing Martial Art?

[kungfukennyg]

@Kingdom4Otakus Tai Chi is a fighting art. You can't be healed with Tai Chi anymore than you can be healed by Tae Kwon Do. That's a myth. But any physical exercise should make you healthier, so Tai Chi can do that, too. But so can any physical activity. In China, the great Tai Chi fighters were and still are very tough.

[sombras1981]

anybody can show a tcc in a real fight, or like a selfdefense situation, o a simulation where i can see the martial side of tcc? i only see videos of aplications in slow motion... and thats no good for the streets...

[kungfukennyg]

@sombras1981 Dude, I have had some students who have used our techniques "in the street." One is a cop who has taken down some real criminals using the techniques he practiced in my classes. But you can't break your classmates when you practice, so you do it this way -- you pad up and you practice anticipating and doing the technique without hurting your partner. This is a training video. It is to provide ideas for your training. It isn't a street fight, but any of these techniques will work.

[mastermusicianxv]

it all becomes an automatic reaction if you practice slow it works if you allow it to

[DopoNotte]

@Kingdom4Otakus

Taiji is the Supreme Ultimate, especially Chen. All internal styles, Taiji, Bagua, Xing Yi, Liu He Ba Fa are excellent for fighting. The most important aspect of Yang is relaxation. Relaxation, not only physically but also mentally, is most needed for success in a fight. Anyone who disagrees hasn't been in a fight.

[glhmedic]

That laugh at the end sounded so diabolical. Hehe

[jfcktc]

Those are nice sparring drill, preconceived training is part of a good training.

[SWTaiChi]

Ken. Thank you so much for putting this all into a sparring contest.