New Taiji teaching method

[Bob]

Just to be perfectly clear those words are from the caption of the clip - those are not my words or thoughts - my posting was to simply address the issue of fa jin training - whether it is effective or not is another issue - especially at 85 or 90

[johnwang]

More information about my Chang style Taiji.

Here are my students. They are all Taiji instructors now. Video was made 36 years ago.

[wayne hansen]

So do you think this is a good example of Chang style

[johnwang]

So do you think this is a good example of Chang style

They had about 2 years Taiji training at that time. That was what they could do 36 years ago.

[wayne hansen]

You didn't answer the question

[johnwang]

You didn't answer the question

The Chang Taiji should not have any "meaningless move (move has no MA application)". The "martial intend" is important. By using this standard, their Taiji are better than most of the Taiji forms that I have seen.

Whether your Taiji form may look good or not, if you can use your Taiji in fighting, you have good Taiji, otherwise, you don't have good Taiji.

[Appledog]

Hello, I'd like to maintain a 'cool post count' of 108 posts. This particular post has gone beyond that number and has therefore expired.

I'm sorry if you were looking for some old information but I'll do my best to answer you if you send me a DM with a question in it.

[johnwang]

what differentiates Chang taiji from, say, ...

That old Chang Taiji video was made 36 years ago (1983). The difference between Chang Taiji and Yang Taiji was just 8 moves had been changed from the original Yang Taiji.

In the past many years, Chang Taiji has been evolved.

- The leg skill had been added in, and
- train with normal speed.

Chang Taiji = Yang Taiji + 8 different moves + leg skill (sweep, cut, twist, break, block, lift, spring, hook, scoop, bite, sticky, ...)

Here is an example. It's the new way of doing Chang Taiji form.

[windwalker]

In the past many years, Chang Taiji has been evolved.

Very interesting. Are the changes done as a group
or by different older students of master Chang.

- The leg skill had been added in, and
- train with normal speed.

Chang Taiji = Yang Taiji + 8 different moves + leg skill (sweep, cut, twist, break, block, lift, spring, hook, scoop, bite, sticky, ...)

Here is an example. It's the new way of doing Chang Taiji form.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88wtw9q ... e=youtu.be

Are the movements practiced both slow and at normal speed or are there no
slow practices.

[johnwang]

Very interesting. Are the changes done as a group or by different older students of master Chang.

Are the movements practiced both slow and at normal speed or are there no slow practices.

Some old students added in more leg skill. Others added in just few. I try to add in as much as I can. I have spent a lot of time to develop my single leg balance. I want to maintain it and I don't want to lose it. When I have 1 foot on the ground, I feel young. When I have both feet on the ground, I feel old.

The normal Chang Taiji form speed depends on your breathing speed. Each move is either 1 inhale or 1 exhale. If you breath fast, you do the form fast. If you breath slow, you do the form slow. If you just finish 1 mile fast running, your Taiji form speed will be much faster.

[johnwang]

My daughter suggests me to start a "Kung Fu walk for health" program. Old people like to walk to get in shape. When they walk, they only exercise their legs. Their upper body don't have enough exercise. I will design a set of solo drills that when one walks, his upper body also does some exercise.

For example,

- 1 step 1 hook punch.
- 4 steps 1 hook punch.
- 1 step 1 hammer fist.
- 1 step 1 uppercut.
- Xing Yi Beng Quan.
- foot sweet.
- outer hook.
- diagonal cut.
- ...

Your thought?

[Trick]

. If you just finish 1 mile fast running, your Taiji form speed will be much faster.

i read that track and field 100m racers hardly breath at all during racing