Fatoldkungfuguy wrote:Hi. New here. Total dusclosure. Former student of adam and other huang style taiji students. Just wanted to say that all of huangs students i have met have real demonstrable skill.
Also i don't agree with the explanation of body mechanics in the video breakdowns.
I see different things happening than what is in Stuarts reakdowns. Considering a breakdown vid of my own but i sm technologically retarded.
Also when i met Adam i was not a student of his. I attended a seminar. Was invited to attack his most senior student in whatever way i wanted. Had my butt handed to me.
Also half of the people in those seminars are not students of adams but curious people from other arts.
One seminar a random guy who was taller and heavier got thrown about 6 metres away with a finger flick by adams senior disciple. Unfortunately i think the camera missed it .
Also sorry for posting on a very old thread
Fatoldkungfuguy wrote:One seminar a random guy who was taller and heavier got thrown about 6 metres away with a finger flick by adams senior disciple. Unfortunately i think the camera missed it .
marvin8 wrote:
Ultimately, these IMA demonstrations are to display IMA skills that can be used to defend oneself. To make the argument simpler, let’s say those internal skills, theories and principles work in the demonstration context. IMO, the next step should be to show how these internal skills can be transferred to the martial context. However, this is rarely shown. Adam Mizner shows this in a few of his videos (without the woo woo), beyond push hands, which I appreciate.
Besides Stuart’s analysis (which I do not necessarily agree with), IME, these skills have never been caught on video in sparring or competition. There are many videos showing internal players fighting (e.g., sparring or competition), but the internal players do not show any more skills, than a good external player. You would think there would be at least one video that showed these demonstrated internal skills in sparring or a competition, with a non-compliant opponent.
Ian wrote:Thrown 6 meters away with a finger flick. lol
Fatoldkungfuguy wrote:
I would be willing to assist with funding one of you guys attending a semiar of Adams. Not sure exactly how much $$$$ i can contribute but is anyone interested?
Fatoldkungfuguy wrote:Ian wrote:Thrown 6 meters away with a finger flick. lol
Obviously he is not just fingering him
The most dramatic demonstration of his power occurred at one of his weekend workshops. I almost hesitate to mention it as the more sceptical and insecure among us will, I suppose, choose it as a point of attack. But I cannot deny my own experience and it was this. He had 12 people stand in a large hall, each with their hands on the shoulder of the person in front of them. Then he went into the next room where he stood facing towards the people, some of whom were his pupils and some of whom were not. He had asked me to stand in the doorway with the result that I was the only one to see the whole picture. About 5 seconds after he raised his arm and pointed his palm in the direction of the 12 people - which as they were about 8 to 10 metres away confirms estimates of the speed of this type of Qi at around 0.5 metres per second - they began to lose their balance and everyone fell down. They could only guess what he had been about to do and had no outer knowledge of when he would begin. Then he asked myself and 2 others to place our hands on a large wooden table, again without warning us what would happen. Next he placed his hand on the other end of the table. I felt as if I was hit by a large wave and my body and mind reeled trying to regain my balance, which I was able to do after a few seconds. Looking round I saw the other 2 lying on the ground.
Chuangzu wrote:
I used to think it was faked until one day he pushed me right onto the floor from about four feet away with no contact whatsoever.
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