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Li Style with fajin expression


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_0eBbYJhlk



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unQb6KM7hVo

Wu Deliang demonstrates Li style Tai Chi style



Other Stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb8aazY1wnU

A snapshot of Mr. Bai Yucai’s apprenticeship

The Fa Jin here is much more natural than shown elsewhere
The pushing is a little clumsy
Where does Li style originate

I've always liked the Li Style - the baji master in Tianjin does it really well as is all of his material but he passed on at a young age - if I find it I will post it

Thanks

wayne hansen wrote:The Fa Jin here is much more natural than shown elsewhere
The pushing is a little clumsy
Where does Li style originate

Yang Luchan > Wang Lanting > Li Ruidong.

Always liked his Li style - this is the one

His baj and pigua were also excellent

https://youtu.be/-inaa-VBQnM?si=QmE4bYlgwYo-6F3y

My student Geoff when he was in China in the 80’s was introduced to 3 teachers in a remote part of China
They showed him the opening of their form and recited a poem
It started
Take one big watermelon
Cut it in half
Give half to one person
Half to the other

Their form started like this one
You can see where the poem matches the moves

When they recited the poem the all laughed

The ripe watermelon crack open just by the sight of a knife.

My main teacher of CMA(in Sweden) together with a colleague(from another European country) during their visit to Taiwan in late 70’s encountered the XYQ half-step, they thought the teacher said bamboo, they actually kept that belief since neither of them never learned Chinese….

I learnt both names for hsing I stepping
Bamboo and chicken

By coincidence, here’s the Li bamboo step……
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2014-04/21 ... 160210.htm

Neither TJQ or XYQ, but could be added for extra footwork skill ?

Must be some connection to the Phillipines