Does Your Tai Chi Have power?

Older Tai Chi had things like weight Ball, Striking a Tree to generate power in your palm strikes, shoulder stroke and kicks, and splashing hands in water for iron palm fajin.

Does your tai chi do these things today?

Are do you just chi gung, push hands, and forms...

Do you simply do techniques in the air with out hitting something that gives you resistance like people who practice Baguazhang and Baiji today?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5BQAWe_s8s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy-M0...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyqv2...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1Iu-iGXlZg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_89rO_F4Zw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sackVwrQuXA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i11fT...eature=related

i take no one does anything outside of forms, push hands and chi kung?

Maybe you should ask why would people do training like that.

I would not assume that no answer implies others exclusively practice air training.

Some people do and some people don't, some people do both!

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Originally Posted by Scott R. Brown

I would not assume that no answer implies others exclusively practice air training.

Some people do and some people don't, some people do both!

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Or mabe some people (perhaps many...) are currently on Holliday and aren't really checking these boards too often right now.

Mabe after New Years, then O. P. might get more looks and responses.


*** As for answering the question of Yoshiyahu,

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Does your tai chi do these things today?

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The answer is so simple, ie. Mostly the only people who would seriously train power on a consistent basis are the ones who also intend to FIGHT.

So if your expecting older people to be adding Power before health focused Chi Gung, then obviously it's not feasible. That's not thier goals.

"O"

So the purpose of Tai Chi is not to fight?

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Originally Posted by Subitai

Or mabe some people (perhaps many...) are currently on Holliday and aren't really checking these boards too often right now.

Mabe after New Years, then O. P. might get more looks and responses.


*** As for answering the question of Yoshiyahu,

The answer is so simple, ie. Mostly the only people who would seriously train power on a consistent basis are the ones who also intend to FIGHT.

So if your expecting older people to be adding Power before health focused Chi Gung, then obviously it's not feasible. That's not thier goals.

"O"

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Yoshiyahu
So the purpose of Tai Chi is not to fight?

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WOW, did I say that? I hope that's friendly sarcasm??

Please read again my earlier answer to you because it was VERY clear in so many ways.

For peets sakes, "IF YOU FIGHT" train power.... "IF YOU DON'T... then don't.

Are you telling me that the only people allowed to practice Tai Chi are the ones who only use it for the purpose of fighting????

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Originally Posted by Yoshiyahu

So the purpose of Tai Chi is not to fight?

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If you are literally fighting you are not doing it right anyway, think of the art of fighting without fighting.

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Originally Posted by Robinhood

think of the art of fighting without fighting.

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You are always very deep.

Show me some of it.


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how bout on that island over there....

Fiding Widout Fiding!!!

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...ngWOFiding.jpg

Actually i wasnt assuming anything from your post...

i was asking a real question!


But thanks for giving me an answer!!!

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Originally Posted by Subitai

WOW, did I say that? I hope that's friendly sarcasm??

Please read again my earlier answer to you because it was VERY clear in so many ways.

For peets sakes, "IF YOU FIGHT" train power.... "IF YOU DON'T... then don't.

Are you telling me that the only people allowed to practice Tai Chi are the ones who only use it for the purpose of fighting????

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