Kenichi Sawai (1903-1988)

A Japanese documentary on Kenichi Sawai. Kenichi Sawai was a student of Wang Xiangzhai, creator of Yi Chuan. Kenichi Sawai eventually created his own version of Yi Quan called Tai Ki Ken.

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[infiniteanswers]

Most people don't know the story behind Kenichi Sawai and Wang Xiangzhai. Kenichi went to challenge Wang and was severely beaten in hand-to-hand combat. Kenichi then tried to lop Wang's head off with a katana, but he just repulsed him again. Kenichi must have been very sincere because later Wang accepted him as a student. Tai Ki Ken......anybody see the resemblance to Tai Chi Chuen?

[yungyungjp]

道着姿の澤井先生は珍しいですね。会話も聞きたかったです。

[ratchadapalazzo]

what rubbish.

[RedRafiki]

@infiniteanswers it is the essence of internal arts, of course it looks a little like taijiquan. xingyiquan is even more present. a little bagua is used by wang xuanjie if you watch his dachengquan.

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The majority of Japanese knowing what Tai Ki Ken is all recognize that Sawai had been the student of Wan, founder of Yi Quan, and Taikiken is nearly identical to Yi Quan. It is only Nationalistic people who always prefer to make Japan and China conflict in such a way and who state as if we did not acknowledge facts.

[rAFiCoRe]

@TaoOfTheFist wrong, the japanese term for taijiquan is taikyokuken, not taikiken.

[TaoOfTheFist]

@infiniteanswers Tai Ki Ken is the japanese transliteration of taijiquan, except this tai ki ken means great chi fist, instead of cosmos (grand ultimate) fist.

[CEITCOGIDO]

Kenichi Sawai was a real martial artist. He saw Wang was way ahead from him, but he didn't have any problem being his student. This is something very few japanese people would do, or someone who has spent all his live studing some martial art. Sawai was beaten one day, and the next one he went to Wang begging to be his student. Just for this he is admirable.

[goodforthemoney]

I do not mean to degrade the man's memory and maybe he was older when this tape was made, but he does not appear to be as good in the art of I chaun as people made him out to be.

[rekcufeht]

youre right. but for traditionalists, we consider our arts kung fu and not wushu which is the bastardization of the traditional arts

[Siddthartha]

sure! it's taichi by kenichi with accent moved to middle distance and some exercise called originally "bridging"(?translate)