Geez!
This forum reminds me more and more of the cliche' of a soap opera.. step away for months at a time, come back and the story is still unchanged.
Once again, here are six full fights of people, albeit AMATEUR people, trained solely in Xingyi, Bagua and Chen Taiji by yours truly utilizing the concepts and methods in a resistant full contact venue.
There are no silly style boundaries, missing sweeps, throws, etc. in their performances, just good clean fighting from a traditional Internal Martial Arts background.
I mean, what do you expext when you talk about "internal" ... magical chi blasts or something? Internal martial arts are about the same thing any other martial art is about... learning how to apply the skillsets learned in life, be it combat on the leitai, in the street, or yes, against an unseen creeping disease.. hence the health emphasis in these systems in addition to combative training and discipline.
Most contemporary people have simply lost their roots. That does not invalidate the methodology.. it merely invalidates those that have lost their way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLq6FXvgtRE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z47UfJd3g0k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEMus0p-_N8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a4H_iMoEAE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yviiLACfjK8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CikExyDNPRQ
Now, for me.. back to what is important... training.
One of these days the world is going to become so politically correct that it will scare itself out of existence.
MP 2007