What could this guy do using his yang style to win?

[YouKnowWho]

In an MMA enviroment, that well get you "overhanded" in the next day.
Over extending like that will also motivate the opponent to "slip and take your back" as opposed to going for the shoot.

then again he might have his backside handed to him for trying something so stupid

If your opponent can do that to you, your grip fight skill is still not good enough.

When a insect extends it's tentacles to feel the environment, if his tentacles can't send him back the right signal for him to take the right body respond, that insect's tentacles donot function correctly.

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/4472/tentacle.jpg

[bawang]

are you talking about kung fu or those japanese pornos with the octopus in the vagine?

[IronFist]

I would say most tai chi aggressive moves are not allowed in sport fighting , like striking weak areas or chin-na breaks, and using environment around area.

He is out of luck in this environment, depending on skill levels.

In this video , it does not look like the guy tried to do anything except survive without getting injured.

Seriously?

Are you saying taiji is useless without its super deadly moves?

Don't forget, the BJJ guy was also prevented from using his super deadly moves.

I wonder who would've won the fight if super deadly moves were allowed on both sides?

[bawang]

ironfist, please do not even quote him. he obviously has autism/obseesive compulsive disorder. when you stoop down to his level you insult yourself.

[IronFist]

Come on, don't make excuses. The Taiji guy reacted like a non-fighter. He didn't react like a restrained fighter who couldn't make use of his best stuff - he got plowed over by a shoot immediately and later geot floored by a bit of a sloppy hook punch he didn't seem to see coming.

I'm sorry, but if he had any fighting skills why didn't he even try a shoulder check? I'm sure those are part of the Taiji curriculum during push hands. For that matter why didn't he try to turn out of the direct line of the shoot?

And I won't even get started on his... I want to say low-inside-crescent kick....

Bolded for truth.

I still give the taiji guy props for stepping in the ring (or on the mat) against someone from another style. Hopefully he learned from this experience.

[SimonM]

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/4472/tentacle.jpg

Yeah, um, we're bipeds - what applies to insect bio-mechanics doesn't necessarily apply to ours.

[sanjuro_ronin]

Yeah, um, we're bipeds - what applies to insect bio-mechanics doesn't necessarily apply to ours.

Actually, I knew this girl...

[bawang]

Actually, I knew this girl...

who mates with men, then eat them?

[Robinhood]

Watch this one: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjU0MDgxNDA0.html

That was pretty good, rules seem to allow for real skills to be used.

[IronFist]

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

Right, because doing push-hands with a sumo wrestler shows your skill as a fighter in a fair arena.

rofl, pushing a sumo wrestler doesn't mean anything. And when the sumo wrestler was pushing really hard, the taiji guy pulled his force back a little bit and the sumo guy fell over. None of that has anything to do with fighting, though.

Here he smacks around a tomato can for a while. Still looking for a fair fight so that I can assess his skills.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i5jw8_lVkk

I will say this: he's better than a talentless nobody.

That first push where he sent him flying was stupid.

Later on he sends the guy out of the ring with a Muay Thai round kick. 404 TCMA not found.

Those videos didn't prove anything, but you already knew that

[bawang]

Later on he sends the guy out of the ring with a Muay Thai round kick. 404 TCMA not found.

train muay thai + bjj , call it tai chi.

PROBLEM SOLVED

[Frost]

If your opponent can do that to you, your grip fight skill is still not good enough.

When a insect extends it's tentacles to feel the environment, if his tentacles can't send him back the right signal for him to take the right body respond, that insect's tentacles donot function correctly.

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/4472/tentacle.jpg

please show us any examples of this working against a low shot, any

[IronFist]

It is not about the guy doing taiji but his exposure to physical conditioning methods and some level of grappling, whether incorporating BJJ, judo, shuaijiao, etc. The taiji guy thought that by running, lifting weights, etc he was polluting taiji when in fact the opposite was true because he was unfit and a laughingstock!

He failed to adapt to the trainng conditions of his opponent.

Even if the taiji guy lifted weights he still would have lost.

[IronFist]

Watch this one: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjU0MDgxNDA0.html

Why do they have to start with their hands touching?

That was weird fighting. What are the rules? Are they allowed to punch in the face?

[YouKnowWho]

Yeah, um, we're bipeds - what applies to insect bio-mechanics doesn't necessarily apply to ours.

Not if you train it.

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