Compare Taiji push hands with Chinese wrestling

[MightyB]

I could've sworn that this thread was longer.

[SwaiingDragon]

Push hands is a drill

Shuai Jiao is an art- conditioning, fighting, self-defense, etc...

[Peaceful Orchid]

If we compare these 2 clips, we can see some

- similiar such as borrow force, yield, sticky, follow, lead your opponent into the emptiness, ...
- difference such as Chinese wrestling use more leg moves, and end with single leg balance.

Why can't we mix both into one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIc5NIfrnJs

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

There's a reason why no one has ever been able to do what is happening in the first clip in an open grappling competition. All open grappling competitions look much more like the second clip than the first clip because the second clip is an example of what really happens.