It's pretty easy to come up with your "best of Judo" clip because there's so very much material to choose from.
So then isn't it a little bit unfair to expect the same level of expertise in a non-Olympic, mostly non-competitive, grappling art that has a completely different rule set?
Dave C.Formosa Neijia
No i dont think it is .... lets ignor the Judo clip then and look at the SC clip.... its not a olympic sport, its a non funded art.... As for non competetive ... well the thread CLEARLY is about TAIJI PUSH HANDS COMPETITION ... so i dont think thats relevant.
What you are essentially saying is. SC (or judo) has better technical grappling skill that Taiji because ..... if forces you to work against resisting opponents and its methods are based around that very principle.
Hence my point is ... if you want to learn that sort of skill or use it in a resistance based/competetive environment then why not go straight for the optimum training platform for that skill ... not try to create that skillset in a competitive way from a simple training method... which is what Push hands is.
IME most good 'taiji push hands' guys that focus on the competition side, that train mainly for their competitions and this training format .... would be better off going to their local Judo School.
HOWEVER ... i am not saying that Taiji and Judo can be compared as 'art forms' ... Personally i think that Taiji has more to offer than Judo as a 'martial art'. I think it is more effective in more ranges and situations of combat.
Here i am talking about the competetive aspect of Taiji that has sprung up over the last few years ... essentially wrestling contests.... The competitors that decide this is the aspect of Taiji that they want to focus on would be better off in another art.
Just my opinion.
Cheers
Chris