I had many hours discussion with a Chen Taiji teacher yesterday. He told me that one of his students was a wrestler. When that student trained Chen Taiji form, his head would move infront of his hands. The Chen Taiji teacher tried to correct him but without much luck. It seems that student's body posture was developed at much younger age.
I got on Google and find some pictures and clips. Indeed, their postures are to put their head before their hands.
http://imageshack.us/a/img43/2371/wrestling1h.jpg
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/6206/wrestling2z.jpg
In the following clip, we can see that wrestling special posture at 0.15, 1.30, ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVCegcfWXp8
All MA sport can develop bad habits. Should we try to avoid it to start with, or should we try to fix it later on?
Your thought?
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