Bob wrote:Very useful interview and thank you Graham.
Twocircles13 - I'm wondering if you have any insights into the story about GM Liu and Chen Fake. I heard this long before Chen style taijiquan reached the Taste of China Chen Xiaowang performances.
Chen Fake and Liu Yunqiao met at a Military institute in Beijing in 1928 and spent a day exchanging material. Liu was struck by how similar the Chen style that Chen Fake demonstrated was to the baji that he demonstrated. Nothing more was ever detailed in explanation other than something about fajin expression. When I started in Wutan only in-the-door disciples were permitted to learn baji and was told to take up the Chen taiji because it was similar in nature to the baji - after years of thinking about it I am not sure about this and see Liu Yunqiao's baji closer in nature to Xing Yi.
Any insights into this would be appreciated - there seems to be some variation in the baji practices of Wutan among the various branches.
twocircles13 wrote:@windwalker
Thanks for the ZMP reference. My thesis for my masters degree was regarding sway during standing, so I referenced ZMP although it was not a critical part of my research. I am not sure how you are applying it to taijiquan or what in the interview trigged your thoughts on this topic.
KongFuGongFu wrote:I really enjoyed this podcast and found it insightful, though I disagree that the taiji method is lost, or that if it was, we would need to come together somehow and find it again. It just sounds like another instance of worshipping the past. Granted, the ancestors were skilled, but so were plenty of their descendants... if the real thing was in the past, lineage would be futile and evolution would be impossible.
KongFuGongFu wrote:It's also interesting that this idea is mentioned, if I remember correctly, alongside the idea that putting a personal spin on the art is a mistake, or some people received an incomplete transmission. If that's so, what are we to make of Chen Zhonghua's, let alone Hong Junsheng's, own idiosyncrasies, or the origin story of PM?
KongFuGongFu wrote:No disrespect to PM. I just think this art should evolve, and it's only natural that it would eventually branch off into slightly different directions or flavors. We can accept that these different "Taijiquan" arts do the "Taiji" part differently. Chen Zhonghua's conception of Taiji is very interesting and thought provoking, and maybe it could have application in a different line, but if that line is well-defined, it probably won't yield the same result if other concepts or methods are being used.
wayne hansen wrote:I wonder if the training done in the manner of the above clip causes micro concussions and can lead to brain damage
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