Taiji has no legs. Very few "leg moves" can be found in Taiji and that's the problem.
This guy had SC training.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9H4sa2aGUc
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chen style taijiquan has total of two sweeps. and theres two takedowns in that 108 longfist that nobody does. everything else is punching
the boxing techniques in tai chi is very beautiful but its not wrestling
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The throwing "intend" such as
- touching head to the knee (for hip throw),
- lift leg straight up in the air (for leg lift),
- spin body to the maximum (for cracking throw),
- Twist upper body to one direction while twist lower body to the opposite direction (for foot sweep),
are not emphasised in the Taiji basic training.
This will offend many, but everyone knows who I am by now
If your tai chi doesn't have sweeps, trips, throws, takedowns then you have defective tai chi, ie you learned it wrong or you are just short sighted
I am actually of the opinion Tai Chi is best understood as a wrestling art, not a striking one
wrestling is important but its not in tai chi period. people try to "extrapolate" from forms because they refuse to admit theres things missing
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some advocate "leg blocking" so any turn with a bow stance is this throw... we have this in Lama and CLF
any kick is a sweep, is a throw, etc... some tai chi has been "made dumb" but the movements are in some forms
again, some traditions have, others are watered down
not WHAT, but HOW
most practical fighting skill is not emphasised in current TCMA practice
Last edited by bawang; 04-29-2011 at 06:59 PM.
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