Dmitri wrote:I completely disagree. There is a tiny overlap in what they are showing, but if I watched both videos without sound I would come to very different conclusions as to what's going on in each. Interesting enough he talks about some of the same things that Dan, and Roy talk and demo in the other clip.
Over the years, I've touched hands plenty of times with folks from both of these "camps"/"schools of thought"/"training styles", both in "demo" mode and non-cooperatively.The teacher demoning is a noted master head of the n-wu style, in the clip I believe hes in his late 70s or early 80s. No I would say that you've never touched hands with anyone of his level in taiji...If you had you would know. In general, probably the most dramatic distinction is that the former (shown in the first clip) becomes stiff and fairly ineffective under real/more pressure and doesn't look anything like the demo anymore, whereas the latter looks and feels pretty much the same, with pressure or without. Again based on your experience mine are different. With those that I know they ask for more pressure which one soons learns why its not good to "give more then one can eat"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1GHIqp57XQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU330bFFonY
some of its in Russian...one is translating what is said in Chinese to another person in Russian.
The teacher is quite famous and very skilled. Maybe this will help in explaining and understanding his view point
The first he touches on open close
The second clip he talks about kong jin, and space
王培生
Wang Peisheng
Born 1919
Wuqing, Hebei, China
Died 2004 (aged 84–85)
Beijing, China
Notable students Luo Shuhuan (骆舒焕),
Gao Zhuangfei (高壮飞)
I have to wonder if you really feel that you've met anyone of his skill level......
my point and only point is that with out understanding what is being said.
Unless one has had a similar experience its kinda hard to evaluate to talk about it...
more so if the point as often happens on this site, it seems the real point is to denigrate the teachers.
that is except those that some know....even if they appear to be doing the same things...