Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

I will remake another video again...not really satisfied with that one. One of my friends mentioned that it is only showing applications with a semi-willing opponent and not with a truly resisting opponent. I really want to show some effectiveness of taijiquan as a combat martial art against an unwi...

No, It was more like an query as to what happens beyond push hands in a real situation and the Yang Tai chi answer to it. Its known that the Yang founders had fajing training beyond just the practice of Solo form, Weapons, and Push hands. I guess what we presently have are Public teachings available...

thanks for th responses. i wanted to get your mental juices flowing. i know push hands is useful. My convo with FZW was before he passed in 1994 I was at He Weiqi's house after we picked him up at airport. I being 21 and full of unanswered questions..I asked FZW about the Yang Family and stories of ...

Based on all the legendary stories on Yang Lu chan and Yang Pan Hao, Zhang Qilin and others....pushing wasnt the skill that made them famous. supposedly its the fights they had were they were quickly and swiftly fajing a kick or punch into the opponets gut when they were attacked. (source: convo wit...

Audi said: "My learning style is heavily geared toward patterns and theoretical structure. This is not better or worse than other learning styles, it is just one of many approaches. Because of my learning style, I have always wondered about Tai Chi concepts such as sinking the shoulders and sus...

what is the proper translation of 'san da' ?

my guess is that 'san' is '3' and 'da' is 'attack'. does this mean 3 attacks? 1. hand- as is punching, 2. foot as in kicking and 3. as in throwing.

Taijiquan can be used for san da since it involves those things.

Yielding- you said- "truthfully, i didn't think it possible to produce an integrated issue of energy (a fajin strike) without a firm contact point (meaning the ground/root or some contact with the ground in some manner) - but as you say this isn't necessarily true, so i will keep and open mind ...

Audi- The rules of the competition were Chinese Sanda rules- however it was at a Muay Thai event so the judges were unfamiliar somewhat. Pre-fight meeting a coach from the Nepalese Wushu team Certified that take down score more points and kicks and punches scored lower. A clean throw is when you thr...

Also several rounds shadow box alot with imagining getting hit alot. use alot of circling, defense and offense moves. spar alot and take good training notes. Keep a journal.If your teacher is a champion with titles that helps alot too, they will let you know what to expect- here are some of my notes...

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We did running but only 1 to 2 miles every other day. However- lots of punches and kicks with partner, bags, focus mitts, thai pads. training to exhaustion- T-shirt and clothes drenched with sweat.

matt

T- good luck on your match- my coaches did one great thing- had me do a training on the weekend that was a enduarnce and stamina killer. that training prepared me for the toughness needed in the ring. Cardio all the way. Cant tell you what we did exactly since its 'top secret' but i will tell you- p...

First time in ring so bear with some of the sloppiness. I know...i know- you'll say "where is the tai chi?" "its not Tai chi"....It was chinese sanda rules so take downs are legal. Earlier Tai chi practice that day did help with breathing and relaxing. i didnt have my 12 oz. glov...

I had a collection of videos on my camera not really going anywhere so I posted them up at youtube. its from a few years ago. i dont practice much chinese martial arts anymore like i used to.....Been doing the Muay Thai/MMA thing since 2004. Most of the clips are Yang taijiquan with some Longfist an...

In the book called "Yang Chen fu's Photographs of Tai chi chuan" by Shi Yueming, there in Part III of the book of photographs showing Tackling Eneny on page 45, Yang chen fu is doing his brush knee with left arm at chest level. he is controlling his opponents right arm while pushing on opp...

Wu Chang-Chi,

Yes I am training for a tournament. Yang Taijiquan when performed a few times really makes your legs and body very strong. i can feel just as tired doing that for 2 hours with some push hands just as if I worked out doing physical strength exercises.

matt