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Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2016 11:25 pmPosted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 1:02 amwayne hansen wrote:Form and pushing do not seperate
What is seen in form is there in pushing
Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 11:48 pmPosted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 11:51 pmPosted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 12:07 amPosted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 5:05 pmTaste of Death wrote:Separate the qi from the movement
Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 5:09 pmwayne hansen wrote:Only one spot but I'm still waiting to see if anyone else picks it up
Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 6:36 pmwillywrong wrote:Taste of Death wrote:Separate the qi from the movement
Tasty did say the above in the original OP and I could see a lot of what I consider internal just housed in a strange form expression.
Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 8:34 pmPosted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 9:19 pmIan wrote:This is the guy who can kill you with one touch, right?
Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 9:42 pmPosted: Sun Feb 14, 2016 6:14 pmTaste of Death wrote:willywrong wrote:Separate the qi from the movement
[/quote].[/quote]But as you can see, the form is not what's important
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 7:11 amTaste of Death wrote:
Yes, like you and I-mon say, the form is strange looking. But as you can see, the form is not what's important.
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 7:59 amamor wrote:Taste of Death wrote:
Yes, like you and I-mon say, the form is strange looking. But as you can see, the form is not what's important.
I quite like his form. Obviously it's not going to 'flow' because he is demonstrating for his students but his posture looks solid for a guy his age and the movements of arms and legs all appear to co-ordinate and come from the center. His form looks more medium-ish frame.
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 10:52 amSam's father was a doctor in the Chinese armed forces in the 1940's-50's and he arranged for Sam to receive instruction from high level military martial arts teachers including Lau Fat Mang (Eagle Claw), Han Xingyuan (Yiquan, Xingyiquan, Baguazhang), Yu Pengxi (Yiquan), Chang Dongshen (Shuaijiao), and Zhang Xiang Wu (Taijiquan, Xingyiquan, Baguazhang).
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Master Tam began his teaching in the San Francisco Bay Area, but soon he was
conducting workshops and retreats in the United States, Europe, the Middle East
and Asia. As his reputation spread worldwide, it became his turn not only to carry
on the tradition of shifu, but also to become recognized as one of the world’s
greatest authorities on the internal martial arts.
As part and parcel of this reality, a steady and increasing stream of visitors from all
over the world has come knocking at his door, seeking individual training, instruction
and counseling. Many, if not most, of these visitors are already teachers of martial
arts and in fact come to Master Tam to learn his style with the intent of teaching it.
Though he has not sought out this recognition, the process has made Master Tam
a de facto “teacher of teachers.” In Chinese, there is a term for this: dashi (大師),
an honorific bestowed strictly on the basis of skill and actual achievement. Da
meaning “big” and “shi” meaning “teacher”, dashi (大師) literally means “Big
Teacher.” The dashi is a purveyor of enlightenment, sought out by other teachers
who desire to receive the deepest knowledge and acquire the most refined skills.