WuShu style tai chi

[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grhg6...elated&search=

[Lucas]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd5QU...elated&search=

[SPJ]

really enjoyed the first clip.

qi flows like a running stream (non-stopping and continious)

movement soft like a silk/cotton, hard like a steel.

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ain't tai chi a beaut and grand.

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[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zL89y5eOIE&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmeC9zAIdtE

tai chi world cup/league in Taipei, Taiwan 2006.

[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-HbC...elated&search=

team competition.

in the first tai chi world cup in taipei, taiwan, nov, 2006.

[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBIJx...elated&search=

champ in 2006.

[MASTERforge]

Its really impressive to watch. Looks very acrobatic but a little too wushu for my tastes.

isnt this an olympic sport yet?

[hammer70]

Hello everyone I am new here to the forum. I am going to start Tai Chi real soon and being from the Chicago area I have a lot of choices. The question I have is has anyone heard of WuShu style tai chi? This is the style they are teaching that is the closest to me but I never heard of that style until today. How does it compare to Chen,Yang,ect.? Thank you for your time,
Rich

[bawang]

it should mean performance tai chi. for wushu competitions.

[PalmStriker]

This : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBIJxJzu_L8

[hammer70]

Thanks for the reply's. Since I am not interested in only competing I think I will forget about this school and look elsewhere.
Thank's again for the help.

[Shaolindynasty]

Wu/hao taichi classes in Chicago www.ngfamilymartialarts.com

[SPJ]

Hello everyone I am new here to the forum. I am going to start Tai Chi real soon and being from the Chicago area I have a lot of choices. The question I have is has anyone heard of WuShu style tai chi? This is the style they are teaching that is the closest to me but I never heard of that style until today. How does it compare to Chen,Yang,ect.? Thank you for your time,
Rich

wushu tai ji as a form competition continues to evolve.

Nan Du are added more and more.

however,

they are still the most popular or more participants than say long fist forms or southern fist forms.

other forms do not change much,

tai ji forms continue to change.

such is the life

c 'est la vie.

n 'est pas ?

[GeneChing]

cuz clearly our nei jia subforums need a little luv...

10 things about: Chan Lu Yi, world wushu champion
BY OPALYN MOK
Sunday January 3, 2016
08:31 AM GMT+8


Chan Lu Yi first started wushu training when she was seven years old. — Picture by K.E. Ooi

GEORGE TOWN, Jan 3 — When she participated in the 13th Wushu World Championship in Jakarta last month, Chan Lu Yi did not expect to emerge as a champion in the taijiquan category.

But this is not the first championship the intelligent 18-year-old has won since she started representing Malaysia as a wushu athlete under the taijiquan and taijijian categories about six years ago.

Chan first started wushu training at the age of seven before she qualified for the state team at the age of 12 when she placed fifth in her very first competition at the Malaysia Wushu Championship.

She won her very first medals at the Malaysia Wushu Championship 2011 by bagging a gold medal for the taijijian category and a silver for the taijiquan category.

She joined the national wushu team two years ago, and started training in Bukit Jalil and won more medals including two golds (for taijijian and taijiquan) at the World Taiji Wushu Championships 2014, a bronze at the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games 2014, one gold, one silver and one bronze at SEA Games Singapore 2015 and one gold and one silver in the 8th Asian Junior Championships.

On top of her wushu achievements, Chan is also a straight-As student and is currently studying Foundation in Science at the International Medical University with ambitions to become a doctor.

Here, Chan shares her training regime and her ambitions with us.

In her own words:

I started wushu when I was seven years old because of a suggestion by my parents’ friend so my parents let me learn and that’s when I started to train. I think wushu is interesting and a beautiful artistic sport. It is something I enjoy.

I entered the state squad when I was 12 years old because I was selected. From that time, I started to compete and I got results so in 2013, I was chosen to join the national squad. That’s when I moved to KL, when I was 16.

I don’t waste time on unimportant things like playing games or watching television. I must know how to manage my time. Besides playing wushu, I also like to read. When I have free time, I study. I do go out and relax on weekends, sometimes to hang out with my friends or to go shopping. Sometimes I do watch movies with them too, I like to watch comedy.

I’m now studying Foundation in Science in IMU. I want to be a doctor but I’ve not decided what type of doctor I want to be yet. Each week, I train six days a week and each day, I train about five hours. I train for two hours in the morning and three hours in the afternoon. For the training sessions, I have to do wushu training, gym training and skills training.

This was the first time I participated in the world championship. I didn’t expect to win gold, I just wanted to do my best. I don’t really have a target of winning which medal, I just concentrated on doing my best and try not to make any mistakes. I feel happy and lucky to win the championship as it is really out of expectations for me to become a world champion.

I will train in wushu for as long as I can, perhaps until I start studying medicine, then maybe I will stop. Medicine is quite tough so if I really can’t balance both studying and wushu, I may have to give up wushu.

I think it is not a waste to give it up as it teaches me a lot. I gained a lot of previous experiences through it. I have always wanted to be a doctor because I think the feeling of helping a patient to recover from pain and disease is awesome.

When I’m training, I must have the right mindset and be positive in it, I must be focused and have a target so that I train towards my target. Whenever I train, I have a goal to train and be as skilled as my wushu senior. I aim to become like one of my seniors, Chai Fong Ying, she’s a world champion also in the taiji category.

When I train for a competition, my friends, family and coaches motivate me. One must always keep a positive mind and know clearly what you want to achieve. My next target for now is to win the second world taiji wushu championship in next year.

To be a national athlete, you have to know what you want and work hard towards your goal. It is best to balance to your education and the training, if you can do it. I think the sports helps with my education, it refreshes me and I’m healthier so my body is not weak. I’ve a younger sister who is also in wushu in the state team.

[mawali]

Hello everyone I am new here to the forum. I am going to start Tai Chi real soon and being from the Chicago area I have a lot of choices. The question I have is has anyone heard of WuShu style tai chi? This is the style they are teaching that is the closest to me but I never heard of that style until today. How does it compare to Chen,Yang,ect.? Thank you for your time,
Rich

Wushutaijiquan isn't bad. When you start exaggerating postures as in nandu, they can damage the knees (patella) due to posture extremity.
It is a great start and the postures are not that different from what is called "traditional' posture.