Re: 99% of tai chi is fake
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 10:26 pm
Although JW's kill or be killed view might be considered a bit extreme I keep thinking:
1. No one should really want to kill anyone but ignoring the fact that these are martial arts practices which have a root in defending & countering dangerous situations means forgetting where this stuff all came from. Not a good idea because tofu skills won't last against a sledge hammer.
2. When people talk about overcoming a malicious opponent without harming them I keep thinking there is something really wrong. Either the attacker is a 3 year old, was not serious about hurting anyone or a useless drunk uncle that needs to be put in line. It makes sense in these situations but if there is a real danger then thinking overcoming them with little force makes things very dangerous. Better to not train at all and learn how to turn & sprint really fast while doing a serpentine.
3. The Tai Chi forms all have moves that can displace someone and control them but I know there are also a lot of moves that can only really be applied on joints to frankly mess em up. So spending a lot of time learning to neutralise an opponent and very little time learning the methods of messing them up makes me think that they are not being true to the real TC. It's like doing kickboxing and saying ... no punches. Maybe it works as a training method but misses the big picture.
1. No one should really want to kill anyone but ignoring the fact that these are martial arts practices which have a root in defending & countering dangerous situations means forgetting where this stuff all came from. Not a good idea because tofu skills won't last against a sledge hammer.
2. When people talk about overcoming a malicious opponent without harming them I keep thinking there is something really wrong. Either the attacker is a 3 year old, was not serious about hurting anyone or a useless drunk uncle that needs to be put in line. It makes sense in these situations but if there is a real danger then thinking overcoming them with little force makes things very dangerous. Better to not train at all and learn how to turn & sprint really fast while doing a serpentine.
3. The Tai Chi forms all have moves that can displace someone and control them but I know there are also a lot of moves that can only really be applied on joints to frankly mess em up. So spending a lot of time learning to neutralise an opponent and very little time learning the methods of messing them up makes me think that they are not being true to the real TC. It's like doing kickboxing and saying ... no punches. Maybe it works as a training method but misses the big picture.