old film 1948 taiji and (looks like) Hung Gar

[Franklin]

i posted this on another thread- it was off topic- maybe it got lost.. but i think it is pretty cool

it is Chao Li Chi demoing some Taiji and looks like Hung Gar
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 3326940828

it is titled meditation on violence 1948
film by Maya Deren
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Deren

and more about Chao Li Chi
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0156874/

i met him a few years ago and took a seminar with him- he is a true taoist scholar and his taiji is pretty good too
(keep in mind this was filmed over 50 years ago)
i think he said he learned taiji from his mom


Franklin

[Franklin]

just watched the video again and at 3:04
after punch down he has jumping kicks still in his form

interesting



franklin

[I am...]

He was doing Hung Gar's Gung Ji Fuk Fu Kuen after the Tai Chi stuff in there. The choreography was there for the most part, but the execution wasn't what I would view as high level (I would have to see/feel him apply it to know though, some guys' forms look "off" but their method is nasty when working with a person). Always cool to see a video of someone doing a set I know though. It looked like at around 10 minutes or so he started freestyling and intermixing the two? Was that the case? He had a bit of Fu Hok Seung Ying Kuen in there but then he started doing some movements that looked Tai Chi inspired to me.