Tai Chi Turns To Gold

[Shooter]

Congrats to my training partners, J, Greg, and Aaron, for testing their skills yesterday at Grapplemania held in Edmonton.


Aaron dominated his division and got a first place finish by controlling the points-game and staying centered throughout all his matches. He followed his positional strategies to the letter and demonstrated good Tai Chi skill in all phases. In the absolute division, he was in solid control in his first match of but got caught in a wristlock while trying to sink his guillotine.



J won a convincing first place in his division by applying active forward-pressure in all his matches and submitting 2 of his opponents with some crushing chin-na...which he said he said he just made up. :p He decided to sit out the absolute.



Greg took second place in advanced middle-weight despite pushing/throwing his opponent down onto four points at least 3 times, flattening him once, and sending him rolling out of the sqare a couple of times. The grappling never went to the mat and the rules didnÕt allow the ref to award Greg any points - Fair enough. After a 3 minute overtime and no points scored on either side, his opponent won the decision. Greg's my senior training partner and IMHO, his understanding of Tai Chi push-hands and ability to demonstrate it to a very good level was golden. He took fourth place in the absolute division in a field of fouteen consisting of both novice and advanced.



Way to go guys... :)

[Ky-Fi]

Nice job!

[Xebsball]

Very cool :D

[Royal Dragon]

You know, I like see'n Kung Fu guys do well in these competions, but I especially like it when it's a Tai Chi guy because it is such a deceptive art, and the opposition has such little value for our skills.

Good job Guys!!!!:D

[Le nOObi]

Very cool
got any links to this?

[Shooter]

Le n00bi, I don't think National BJJ in Edmonton has a website.

[RMAX.tv]

Way to go, Bruce and J, Aaron and Greg! I know you all worked hard for it.

[CanadianBadAss]

good job.

Since we're already bragging...

A guy from my WC school won gold at a san shou competition yesterday, first person to ever really compete from our school too. Now that he's done it more of us will proboly start competing, think I'll try next year if I'm ready.

[Shooter]

Scott, thanks. YouÕre one of 3 people who my training partners know as being a major influence on my coaching and personal practice. ;)

These guys are developing their skill-sets basically on their own. We work together, but they apply what they understand on their own legs. ItÕs all about their skills. I just try to share my experiences, and they do all the work. ThatÕs just good Kung Fu.

Bruce

[RMAX.tv]

Bruce, you flatter me, but I did nothing.

"These guys are developing their skill-sets basically on their own. We work together, but they apply what they understand on their own legs. It's all about their skills. I just try to share my experiences, and they do all the work."

That's not "just good Kung Fu" - that's what ALL coaching SHOULD be!

[Shooter]

ttt :cool:

[ReverendTim]

This isn't "Shooter's Bodyweight Workout" Shooter, is it?

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Rev. Tim

[Shooter]

ReverendTim, no. I think you mean "Scrapper's Bodyweight Workout" no?



Royal Dragon, didn't notice this comment until just now:


the opposition has such little value for our skills.

Our skills? Which skills would those be? :D

[ReverendTim]

Oh, yeah...*Scrapper*, not Shooter.

Whew...almost called the wrong guy a sadistic ba$tard! ;)

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Rev. Tim

[beautifulvaley]

I'm really happy to see everyone excepting tai chi as a dominating force in grappling/submission grappling
tai chi rules

[beautifulvaley]

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[beautifulvaley]

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[Shooter]

J, quit trolling my thread , you wierdo. :p

You guys are making the real Tai Chi people uncomfortable enough as it is.

[Volcano Admim]

Sexual chocolate , baby!!!

[Azreal]

ttt for the club that keeps it real...

[scotty1]

congrats :)

[Fred Sanford]

BJJ is superior. The real street lethal.

[NorthernMantis]

Congrats guys.

[Merryprankster]

Nicely done fellas.

[Cableguy]

I'd like to say thanks to all the ppl who congratulated the Tai Chi guys on doing so well in the grapplemania tournament.

Personally I thought I conquered many things that had been plaguing me in practise. One of these things was relaxing and breathing into my stomach. In doing this I was able to make my opponents work alot harder for the postions they were trying to get.

The other problem that I conquered was a mental block. Seeing an opponent that looked in better shape and seemingly not even in my wieght class was rather intimidating. With my dominating wins over these guys I now realise that just because you have big pretty muscles doesn't nessesarily mean you have good inner strength. Just as you should not underestimate your opponent you should never underestimate yourself either.

sniff sniff I smell dim mack donalds..:) for shooter

oh by the way that elbow really hurts

[PaulLin]

Taichi gold!

[beautifulvaley]

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thanks alot guys for your congraluations in the grapplemania tournament we were in.

[rogue]

What styles did they go against?

[Merryprankster]

Cableguy---welcome to the wonderful world of grappling :) I'm always looking across the mat at some guy who looks totally jacked up...

Hey--they're human like any other, and that's all there is to it. Found that out, didn'tcha? :)

[beautifulvaley]

I'm not even going to read this thread just troll

[Iron Arahat]

Hey Canadianbadass what division was your buddy in, I assume it was the Can-Ams.

[CanadianBadAss]

Can-Ams? Not sure, all i know was that it was held at some university.

[Iron Arahat]

Last weekend the Can-Ams were held at BCIT (some university). Just curious what division your buddy was in, I probably have tape on it.

[Shooter]

rogue wrote:

What styles did they go against?

A couple of elementary school wrestling teams and one kid from a junior high-school...he was tough.