Overlord wrote:Just to clarify, Chen Pengfei start training with Basic Wushu stretch and kicks.
Chen Xiaowang said his son was 3 when that video was filmed and Chen Pengfei was born in 1988 so that seems reasonable. Let's say he worked on the form for a year - so you're saying Chen Pengfei started doing wushu stretches and kicks when he was 1 year old?
Taiji is all about stretching - what makes it external? There are some things you don't stretch in the form, like the hamstrings, so I think it is important to do some hamstring stretches as part of warm ups and there are other stretches people may want to add in as well.
Kicks are part of internal forms and if done as part of an internal system should be done internally. I've been taught kick sets as part of both xingyi and taiji systems.
Overlord wrote:ZZ is something you build up with times~
I posted the link to the interview with CZQ, you can read it for yourself. I've seen other kids at Chen Xiaoxing's school who were 3-5 years old practicing ZZ. It's not just internal martial arts - after learning taiji for a year I was in Taipei and worked with a praying mantis guy. He taught me an 18 posture taiji qigong and a praying mantis standing set. After I learned the standing set he had a 5 or 6 year old kid do it with me - and of course the kid was much better - lower stances that he could hold longer.
Overlord wrote:And CXE were described to be one of the greatest kicker by those who know him very well~
Who is CXE?