Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

I've called Redmond but only get an answering machine. I'm not going to show up without talking to somebody, that's rude. Anyways I'm sorry for posting this on here. It just seemed interesting reading through the ranking requirements that there were was nothing about applications or combat practice,...

I have a friend who took classes from the Yang family in Redmond, and he said it was form and push-hands, and they talked about applications but never practiced any. He said he talked to a senior student and the senior student met with another student sometimes for applications practice, and he said...

How does one then learn taiji as a martial art from the yang family? I was told they do just form and push-hands and very little applications work.

Do they teach chin-na? Dian xue? Dian mai? What teacher is teaching this?

Thanks. It seems the de-martial arts of the Communists truly has spread to Yang Family taiji here in the U.S., and around much of the world.

It's too bad everything's trending to wushu, but guess that's just the way of it.

My question wasn't about the combat effectiveness of taiji or about meeting up for sparring. The question is that the grading standards don't seem to account for any combat standards, just rather how people do the form. I guess your implied answer is that you don't need any combat standards but some...

It doesn't seem like the ranking includes any combat proficiency.

How do you know you can apply your taiji without testing and what relevance is a rank if you can't defend yourself with it?

Hi, looking for some combat tai chi instructor or group in the Seattle area.

(Actual self defense applications, not just form and push-hands).

Thank you!