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I train with very slow partners and usually ask them to respond in slo-mo... then I go all out at max speed et voila! ;)

Just kidding ofcourse. I think the best way to train speed is really among...

G'day John,

You've got Willian Ho who does some kind of Bagua that's supposed to be quite good. He can be found at the Chinese Gardens in China Town. Or there is Keith Brown who trains at Glebe...

Hey RAF,

Whatever you need to do my friend. I wasn't offended by anything you said and I took it all in my stride. I did not percieve this to be an attack on Erle, afterall I am not his defender...

RAF,

I suppose I could qualify my prior remarks with the fact that we don't see the Yang Cheng Fu system as a non fighting system but it is certainly seen as a far more health oriented system than...

Erle lying? Well he has the scars to prove it. He also trains law enforcement not just in Australia but in European countries when he travels, and discusses his very real battle with knife attack...

name an IMA’er who had defended himself against a knife attack,

Actually, Erle Montaigue, on not one, but three different ocassions. He doesn't brag about it but if you e-mail him politely he...

It is reported that Yang Lu Chan had no sword in Yang Style until his son Yang Ban Hou was taught a sword form by a Wudang Taoist Priest. Yang Ban Hou was said to be as proficient in the Jian as his...

I must agree that the more I discuss Taiji on boards the less interested I am becoming in the activity. I never trained less because I spoke, but I think I plan to speak less in future and just train...

We spar amongst ourselves and apply our techniques and applications as close to *real* as we can. The fact that I have no interest in applying it in the ring is a personal preference shared by most...

JohnCain,

Sparring is not full contact unless you are striking temples, breaking arms and legs and applying the maximum force in the most realistic situation... ultimately unless you are in a real...

I practice Old Yang Style which is totally different from the Cheng Fu forms in terms of intent and martial application. It is allot closer to the Chen style than it is most anything else. There are...

It sounds like a cop out.

But it isn't, it's just the way things are. If you want to fight in the ring, off ya go, but I've got no use for it.

How can someone crippled for life hand you your...

My last word on this; Most of the Taijiquan fighters I know are not interested in ring sports or fighting as sport. I have respect for BJJ and groundfighting and train in various groundfighting and...

I heard a guy say almost the exact same thing right before a MMA/BJJ guy handed his butt back to him.

Ahhh ok, your one of those guys... yeah, don't bother. If you want to take on any of Erle's...

JohnCain,

I won't be drawn on the one thing vs another thing diatribe. If your calling Yang Style into question based on this argument then good luck to you. We will have to agree to disagree......

As to laziness bit I'm not sure if this is reliable

He (Cheng) actually alluded to this himself and it is discussed within the book where Cheng admits he would rush through his forms because of a...

Strongly disagree. The fact that Yang was called Wu Di was not because Yangs art was less effective than Chen or any other art, but rather because it was supreme. Perhaps it could be argued that this...

Here's a few lines from Nigel Suttons book "Applied Tai Chi Chuan"...

"Cheng Man Ching did not regard his form to be any simpler than the long form; indeed he made many changes of such a nature...

You've got me pegged, what can I tell ya? ;)

RAF,

Well said, I've been guilty of describing the YCF forms as health oriented and I actually love performing the long 108. I don't ever deny that Yang Cheng Fu was a gifted Taiji master, not at...

Shrub,

Thanks mate, this is my life. ;)

I like Yang Jwing Ming, and I'm going to do a backflip here and say; Hey, if people get benefit from their short forms and prefer it to the long forms, why not? It's got to be a personal thing at the...

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(Other Guy) If your feet are off the ground then they are not, at that moment of impact, delivering additional power. That's just physics. Whatever you can deliver while not...

Taichibob

Couldn't have said it better Bob...

JohnCain

Hey bro, I found that little debate regarding the Fajin and feet off the ground thing, seems that you aren't the only person who isn't...

Syd- let me first start out with a friendly request- can we agree to disagree?

Sure...

People argue all the time about what is the one true way to do something, but what really counts is...