jaime_g wrote:This is against a hunyuan taiji teacher.
windwalker wrote:edited:
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Dmitri wrote:Again, check the size/weight difference. Once there's some skill - which all of his opponents seem to have, to varying degrees - a (much) bigger guy will have a (bigger) advantage.
I just Googled that this guy is 125lbs... which makes all of his opponents giants in comparison.
I would love for the critics here to find a guy who knows what they're doing and is heavier than them by at least 50%, and see how effortless and amazing they look going against him.windwalker wrote:edited:
not much to say
happy holidays
Haha... you too. I try not to go into things too deeply anymore -- I find more and more that the ratio of the effort (amount of typing) to the result (clear detailed view of what I think/how I feel about something) is way too high.
leifeng wrote:He is mostly following the Chen village competition formats and I think people should use these things on him too, after all that's what Taiji is all about but the whole cold or rude thing is just irrelevant for this art. Even a traditional fixed PH exercise gets completely meaningless without shoulder and elbow. One of the first things you learn in PH is how to turn the opponent's push into an elbow. The sooner we can remove these restrictions the sooner we can bring taiji back on its tracks.
C.J.W. wrote:Having watched several clips of CZQ's PH matches with various seminar attendees, I can't help but wonder if both sides were following the same set of rules.
It seems to me that while his opponents were mostly following conventional PH etiquette, he was using SJ techniques like knee bumps, trips, sweeps, and hip throws all over the place to gain advantage. The shoulder strikes he loves so much are what PH players here refer to as "issuing cold power" 放冷勁, or suddenly breaking the rhythm and sneak attacking your partner in PH. I am not sure about China, but if someone tried using those moves during a friendly PH exchange in Taiwan, it'd normally be considered extremely rude and a sure sign that they are looking for trouble.
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