I have trained Yang style Tai Chi. An Olympic calibre Judo practitioner who also trains in Tai Chi (Cheng Man Ching style) told me the other day that in his opinion there is no Tai Chi person who would be a match for the best Judo players that Japan has like Koga and he mentioned a few other names. So he is talking about the cream of the crop in both arts.

Then I talked with another person who teaches Aikido but has studied Judo, TaeKwonDo, Escrima, and was a Malaysian street fighter. And in his opinion a Judo guy would not be able to get close to a top Tai Chi guy without getting his arms broken first. He said if the Tai Chi guy plays the Judo man's game then maybe he would be in trouble but if not, then he should succeed.

Ray