Appledog wrote:How do you stop someone who is a changquan master from claiming to be a tai chi master?
johnwang wrote:Appledog wrote:How do you stop someone who is a changquan master from claiming to be a tai chi master?
- The long fist GM Han Ching-Tang was also a Taiji master. People asked him why didn't he ever demonstrate Taiji to the public. He said, "We have more stuff to demo. No need to compete with others in that area". GM Han won't teach Taiji to his students until they have at least 3 years solid long fist training.
- My long fist teacher Li Mao-Ching also had published a Taiji book.
- My SC GM Chang Tung-Sheng was also a Taiji master. He won't teach Taiji to any student under 30 years old.
Appledog wrote:johnwang wrote:Appledog wrote:How do you stop someone who is a changquan master from claiming to be a tai chi master?
- The long fist GM Han Ching-Tang was also a Taiji master. People asked him why didn't he ever demonstrate Taiji to the public. He said, "We have more stuff to demo. No need to compete with others in that area". GM Han won't teach Taiji to his students until they have at least 3 years solid long fist training.
- My long fist teacher Li Mao-Ching also had published a Taiji book.
- My SC GM Chang Tung-Sheng was also a Taiji master. He won't teach Taiji to any student under 30 years old.
My first teacher was on the US wushu team in the early 90s. He told me that it is impossible to learn to be soft if you have not learned to be hard. He insisted that we learn several foundational forms from northern shaolin (like, eagle claw, praying mantis) before learning Tai Chi.
So then it is settled. Adam mizner said the same thing, so did Yang Lu-Chan, implicitly. Every master of Tai Chi has first been a changquan master...
Appledog wrote:My first teacher was on the US wushu team in the early 90s. He told me that it is impossible to learn to be soft if you have not learned to be hard. He insisted that we learn several foundational forms from northern shaolin (like, eagle claw, praying mantis) before learning Tai Chi.
So then it is settled. Adam mizner said the same thing, so did Yang Lu-Chan, implicitly. Every master of Tai Chi has first been a changquan master...
wayne hansen wrote:Only so much time
Time spent in any other art is just wasted time
Good internal arts will give you all u need
Appledog wrote:My first teacher was on the US wushu team in the early 90s. He told me that it is impossible to learn to be soft if you have not learned to be hard.
He insisted that we learn several foundational forms from northern shaolin (like, eagle claw, praying mantis) before learning Tai Chi.
So then it is settled. Adam mizner said the same thing, so did Yang Lu-Chan, implicitly. Every master of Tai Chi has first been a changquan master...
Bao wrote:Tai Chi was my first art, ...
johnwang wrote:Bao wrote:Tai Chi was my first art, ...
When I was 7, Taiji was my 1st art. I learned from a monk who was my next door neighbor in Taiwan. One day I got into a fight and I didn't know how to use Taij, I lost faith in my 1st Taiji teacher. Until I have met my SC teacher, I then relearn Taiji from him.
When I was 11. my brother-in-law from Liu He system (6 harmony) was my 2nd teacher. he taught me a "Bagua Quan (not Bagua palm)" open hand form and "Pi Shou Gan" pole form. One day I got into a fight again, I still didn't know how to use "Bagua Quan" in fighting. He stopped teaching me any more forms. He asked to to drill "1 step 3 punches" for the next 3 years. That day I started to understand how to train for fighting.
When I was 14, I jointed in the long fist information class offered by my Jian-Guo high school in Taipei, Taiwan. During the 1st day of the class, I walked toward my long fist teacher and asked him, "What will you do if I punch at your face?" I wanted to make sure that I won't just learn MA dancing from him.
During my college (TIT) years in Taiwan, I jointed in the TIT Kung Fu information class again. I continued to learn long fist from GM Han Ching-Tang's son Han Su-Yin. He really liked my form. He said all his students belong to class B. I was the only one belong to class A.
When I was in US, I invited my SC teacher to live in my house. I had learned SC from him for 3 years.
All my life, my goal in learning CMA is for fighting. Style has no meaning to me. As long as it can work in fighting, It's a good style for me.
When someon gets old, old memory is all that person has left.
What you really need, as a tai chi practitioner is fighting practice as sparring
Appledog wrote: He insisted that we learn several foundational forms from northern shaolin (like, eagle claw, praying mantis) before learning Tai Chi.
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