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Would love to win it , then, I could afford to pay all these wannabees a visit and test their in person skills in their awesome MA.. KC
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i think the method weight/mass transfer is one of the big differences.
here are links to a couple people that i think display understanding of chen tai chi chuan.
chen yu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SSiRbTAn3A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1PKR...eature=related
Feng Zhiqiang
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3A_0...eature=related
for a good laugh he i am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvaC2...9&feature=plcp
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bruce
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best,
bruce
Happy indeed we live,
friendly amidst the hostile.
Amidst hostile men
we dwell free from hatred.
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best,
bruce
Happy indeed we live,
friendly amidst the hostile.
Amidst hostile men
we dwell free from hatred.
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The lower the stance the lower the center of gravity.
The wider the stance, the wider the base.
How stable a stance is has to do with how it handles force being exerted upon it.
How "rooted" a stance is has to do with how "immobile" it is ( how it is able to not move from its current position).
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !
In the interest of full disclosure, I'm 40 and have a knee issue that will ultimately put me in the same position you're in now with your hip. My doctor told me already I should stop doing low squats, 1-leg-squats, etc. When I asked for how long, he said, "for ever." My response has been to cut way back on the "knee hazing" (long time in horse stance, tons of 1 leg squats, etc.) but to continue to try to hit good stances in forms and take a ****-ton of motrin.
All that being said, I think stance mechanics are more important than stance depth. So, if your stance and rooting are correct higher but you can go lower at the expense of one of the other things, you should stay higher. At some point, the ability to get low matters. One example that come to mind is our standing back sweeps (like in sparring tech 6) where you sort of need to be finishing in a bow stance (with the sweeping leg being the back leg of the bow stance) but many beginners finish bent over because they can't get low enough to det good velocity/distance with the sweeping leg. Bending over on that sweep makes you super-prone to getting pulled down by the swept party.
I'm sure I'm being clear as mud but, hopefully, you all know what I mean.
@Bruce, yes, I liked your movement with the Chen and Yang styles.
best,
bruce
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Amidst hostile men
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best,
bruce
Happy indeed we live,
friendly amidst the hostile.
Amidst hostile men
we dwell free from hatred.
http://youtube.com/profile?user=brucereiter
here is a demo video by a grandmaster of the chen taijiquan system, chen xiaowang
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkd2KvUoxuY
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