Different Styles of Tai Chi FIST at a glance?

[CYMac]

So, as my forms collection goes, here are some cool comparison of different STYLEs of taichi (FIST ONLY IN THIS SECTION) that I do and did...just sharing~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PTEtFb5dfM
Tin Yat Taichi 108 Form 天一太極拳

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zJaaQdVQCQ
Chan Style Taichi 18 Form 陳式太極十八式

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q88evZlaQI
Chan Style (old form #1) 陳式老架一路

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TOi2REdMNY
Chan Style (old form #2) 陳式老架二路

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aypBmBrg-78
Yang Style Taichi 16 Form 楊式太極十六式

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gFaKUL1RY4
Yang Style Taichi 24 Form 楊式太極二十四式

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElzR9XDB6Gk
Wu (Ng) Style Taichi 37 Form 吳式太極三十七勢

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usTpRYRR0Oo
Mo Style Taichi 13 Form 武式太極十三勢

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns2JpOqK_kA
Suen Style 97 Form 孫式太極九十七式

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbJFhcELg60
Wudang Taichi 13 Form 武當太極十三式

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvWdnu7QW5U
Wudang Taichi 18 Form 武當太極十八式

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB0_3r3eSS4
Wudang Taichi 28 Form 武當太極二十八式

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud-HSwiuG4Q
Wudang Taichi 38 Form 武當太極三十八式

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cICMblFq83A
Wudang San Fung Taichi 42 Form 武當三豐太極 42 式

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnOCIDlMX2A
Wudang San Fung Taichi 108 Form 武當三豐太極 108 式

[taai gihk yahn]

smh.......

[CYMac]

smh.......

Don't you like this taichi all in one? yeah, it's so great!

[wenshu]

They finally kicked you out of the lobby I see.

[CYMac]

They finally kicked you out of the lobby I see.

Not really, I just change places to video record it to make it less boring.

[taai gihk yahn]

Don't you like this taichi all in one? yeah, it's so great!

it's like 15 different flavors of room-temperature vanilla ice-cream...

[CYMac]

it's like 15 different flavors of room-temperature vanilla ice-cream...

The thing is.. you are loving my posts!

[taai gihk yahn]

The thing is.. you are loving my posts!

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[CYMac]

To all above..

Why don't you guys really be serious and share some of your TaiChi forms video? I am just posting what I know and have video recorded to share with all. But it would be nice to see others also doing it as well. I do know more TaiChi forms than the above list but i have not video recorded them down and so they are not on the YouTube yet. I will surely do record them later on in the future and share them as well.

Talking about TaiChi, I kind of like my own lineage "Tin Yat Lineage"'s Taichi the most (yeah, of course!) because it is very unique, and it is not too "slow and old" looking, which is cool. PLUS it is what taught to me by Taoverse Deity as well (ignore this part if you don't believe me), so it is something special to me.

The next on the list is the WuDang style. WuDang style taichi is very fun to do because the variations in hands movements and techniques is very cool and massive, there are lots of techniques in there as well while giving you a very cool ancient and antique vibe, a big contrast to the yang style. This style remind you that "taichi is really for fighting", and not just "old man in the park" kind of kungfu.

What's your favorite style of taichi and why?

Btw, I have done Yang style taichi for over 15 yrs, but turns out the Wudang taichi really beat the style out of my list... I like the Wudang more than the yang's style very much, not only because of the forms, but also the internal part as well, it's more indepth and you are more agile and mobile with it as well.

Wudang masters are really good at kungfu I can say, they are 24/7 professionals. You can even see them on Youtube and they are performing very nicely for all to see!

[Juan Alvarez]

Wow. You seem to know a lot of different forms. The only problem I see is that you look like a noob in all of them. Do you train in one more than the others? If not, maybe you should.

[taai gihk yahn]

wow. You seem to know a lot of different forms. The only problem i see is that you look like a noob in all of them. Do you train in one more than the others? If not, maybe you should.

lololol!!!

[Darthlawyer]

Wow. You seem to know a lot of different forms. The only problem I see is that you look like a noob in all of them. Do you train in one more than the others? If not, maybe you should.

That's not fair, in some he looks like a Pilsbury Doughboy.

[Sean66]

Ok, CYMac.
Here is a video of me doing the traditional Sun form. I noticed your Sun style video, so maybe you can appreciate it.

Please forgive me though - I didn't learn it through divine intervention and I have slightly different tastes in music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uuKOIO7ztU

[taai gihk yahn]

Ok, CYMac.
Here is a video of me doing the traditional Sun form. I noticed your Sun style video, so maybe you can appreciate it.

Please forgive me though - I didn't learn it through divine intervention and I have slightly different tastes in music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uuKOIO7ztU

nice music; very appropo;

clearly, you are NOT a Celestial Master;

since you undertook the daunting task of learning from a book / video, w /out benefit of a teacher - which I commend you on, it's a hard thing to do! if I make one suggestion (and certainly, please feel free to disregard it): you appear to have a solid framework in place - but one can see the gaps between the girders; if you have an interest in filing in those gaps, consider the form in context of continuity as opposed to differentiation: meaning that, right now, the moves clearly have a begining and an end; however, perhaps consider how one might develop a continuity that begins at the beginning of the form and concludes at the end, as opposed to only within one move;

as my teacher would say, to make mashed potatos, one has to cook the potato first; then you need to chop it up, and then whip it until all the lumps dissapear - my sense is that your mashed potatos are kinda lumpy...

as a "clue", consider the movement where you step up and sepearte / bringtogether your palms: from a "qigong" perspective, what drives that movement? what does it "represent", what does it "engage"? in other words, it's not just moving hands together / apart - something "internal" supports that movement (which occurs at level of middle dantian, btw, hint, hint);

I'm not trying to be obscure, I'm not trying to be pedantic, avuncular, condescening, etc. - just throwing around some thoughts on how to move your movement into more of a "flow" state, if that is something in which you are interested (and you may not be, of course - none of what I say may apply to you at all, i may be completely off base!);

[Sean66]

Thanks for the advice, taai.

I couldn't agree with you more. Continuity of movement while preserving the proper structure/framework is something I continue to work on. And concentrating on "what drives the movement", as you aptly put it, definitely helps.

I've been doing Yang style taijiquan for many years, and decided to pick up a little Sun style when I noticed Tim Cartmell's book and dvd series on the subject (great resource material). Takes time to get into "the groove" of a different style, especially when you don't have a good teacher around. So I especially appreciate the constructive criticism!
Thanks!

Cheers,
Sean