Quote Originally Posted by tjqg
I know some great Tai Chi fighters too, but they studied other martial arts before they studied Tai Chi.
I never saw a person who can fight a boxer after yang style tai chi training.
with chen style training, you may good at Fali or pushing hand, but you still can't fight a boxer.
I have to disagree with you there. The problem is that if you stand up and trade punches with a boxer, you're going to get hit, and hit hard! A good TCC man doesn't do that, he wouldn't stand in a boxers stance and trade punches with a boxer, or even try to wrestle with a wrestler. I fooled around with a boxer some and I came in close, closed the gap, and once I had contact with his body, it became a different game.