Re: What do you think about this Taiji?
Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2023 8:34 am
I think there is a lot of temptation to say "this is what this move means" and then frame your practice around that. I think that GM Chang took that approach to his Taijiquan and it served him well, but I believe it is at a variance to the "original taijiquan" and winds up cultivating a slightly different skill set ultimately, but it's close enough to not matter much, particularly when so few exemplars of "authentic" taijiquan exist to show a better method.
Like I played around a very little bit with one of (John Wang's kungfu brother under GM Chang) Dave Picken's students/teachers under him and he would absolutely wipe the floor with 99% of the Taijiquan folks I know in open competition and probably push hands too, so...
Like I played around a very little bit with one of (John Wang's kungfu brother under GM Chang) Dave Picken's students/teachers under him and he would absolutely wipe the floor with 99% of the Taijiquan folks I know in open competition and probably push hands too, so...