Ting Jin (Listening), Pts. 1 & 2 — Clear Tai Chi

[marvin8]

Clear's Internal Combat Arts
Jul 29, 2022

Source:
https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-ng289-...

Ting Jin is one of the most important skills in Tai Chi. It is impossible to progress to the highest levels of Tai Chi without it. Joins us and learn more. Part 1 of 2.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovj_OR5Umv8

Clear's Internal Combat Arts
Aug 5, 2022

Source:
https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-jj7x6-...

Ting Jin is one of the most important skills in Tai Chi. It is impossible to progress to the highest levels of Tai Chi without it. Joins us and learn more. Part 2 of 2.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb0wxBM4dqw

[GrahamB]

I'm not listening to somebody talking about listening for 1 hour 25. Who's got time for dat?

[origami_itto]

I'm not listening to somebody talking about listening for 1 hour 25. Who's got time for dat?

You are singing the song of my people, my brother!

[marvin8]

I'm not listening to somebody talking about listening for 1 hour 25. Who's got time for dat?

Not 1 hour 25, it's 3 hours 21 mins. Sorry, I fell asleep. My bad for not listening to enough of it, first. I wanted to delete it, but it's too late.

IMO, it's too vague and not worth listening to. It makes me think they don't know what they're talking about.

[marvin8]

One video of setups and what to "listen" for.

Ernest Chavez
Nov 13, 2018

Valentina Shevchenko: Foot Sweeps & Trips

Valentina Shevchenko has an insane amounts of Muay Thai fights under her belt. This fact makes people overlook her takedowns (Foot Sweeps and Trips) from clinch. Watch Valentina blend her Muay Thai background with some solid wrestling techniques. One of the best females in MMA to do it


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAmLFV2r-3E

[Bao]

Well, I don’t mind an intellectual discussion as long as people can learn valuable and useful things, stuff and tips they can actually use to enhance their practice. If it becomes a part of marketing and branding, or just a sake of ego and vanity, it tends to miss the mark. I am not sure how rambling subjective, personal experiences could benefit anyone, except for their own egos.

I am sometimes wondering how it would sound if musicians would hold the same kind of discussions. Not even yoga practitioners do this. They do, they practice and the results speak for themselves.

Sometimes the Taiji, IMA and qigong world just feels like a giant nut case.

[Tom]

. . . Sometimes the Taiji, IMA and qigong world just feels like a giant nut case.

Only sometimes?

[Bao]

. . . Sometimes the Taiji, IMA and qigong world just feels like a giant nut case.

Only sometimes?

Ha ha!

Well, the whole World is obviously totally crazy… so most of the time, Taijiquan makes perfectly sense.

[origami_itto]

. . . Sometimes the Taiji, IMA and qigong world just feels like a giant nut case.

Only sometimes?

Ha ha!

Well, the whole World is obviously totally crazy… so most of the time, Taijiquan makes perfectly sense.

It's like a granola bar. Get rid of the fruits and nuts and you still got a whole lot of flakes.

[Bao]

It's like a granola bar. Get rid of the fruits and nuts and you still got a whole lot of flakes.

That was deep.

[marvin8]

Similar to Valentina Shevchenko, Greg Nelson demonstrates listening (ting) and control (na).

Kevin Lee
Aug 6, 2022

How Wing Chun Chi Sao Improves Your Muay Thai Clinch | Coach Greg Nelson

Check out today's discussion with Coach Greg Nelson about using Wing Chun into Muay Thai or any close contact situations!

Coach Greg Nelson is one of the top trainers in the world to many UFC champions such as Dave Menne, Sean Sherk, Brock Lesnar and Rose Namajunas.

His extensive training background includes Muay Thai, Jiu Jitsu, Wrestling, Shooto, Kali, JKD, Wing Chun, and much more! Visit the link below for more information about Coach Greg Nelson:
https://theacademymn.com/greg-nelson-...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN39PXBiBOY

Kevin Lee
July 30, 2022

Create Off Balance in Muay Thai Clinch | Ajarn Greg Nelson

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/j4QcVcqj2jE

[Steve James]

Isn't it interesting that the least important tool for "listening" -in this context- are the ears. Imo, "to listen" (ting) involves using every other sense (or extra-sense) to know the opponent. Clearly it involves touch -and martial arts/sports disciplines may use touch differently (judo v muay thai). So, ime, transferring touch sensitivity from one form of grappling to another is relatively straightforward because the mechanisms are similar.

I don't think "ting" is unique to cma/tcc, apart from giving it a name, or naming it a 'jin.' There are probably lots of people who are good at it but never heard the term. Tcc -in theory- demands an extremely high level of sensitivity. You know, "a fly or a feather landing on" would set you in motion.

[Quigga]

Nope, the ears are the most important part in listening

Ears jaws jade pillow spine ming men dantian feet

[wayne hansen]

Neither a feather can land
Nor a fly alight
Without setting the body in motion

[Bao]

I don't think "ting" is unique to cma/tcc, apart from giving it a name, or naming it a 'jin.' There are probably lots of people who are good at it but never heard the term. Tcc -in theory- demands an extremely high level of sensitivity.

First, tingjin is a developed type of skill, which means that you need to practice in certain ways for a certain amount of time. You won’t have it until you have developed it.

In Taijiquan, we practice to not use strength against strength. If you understand how to not offer any resistance and to not let the opponent attach his strength directly against you, you will develop a certain type of sensitivity. If you are hard and use force against force or resistance against force, you cannot achieve what is called tingjin. So what Taijiquan calls tingjin is in fact something developed in Taijiquan specifically and is a consequence of Taijiquan practice. However, I am sure good bjj and shuaijiao practitioners can develop the same type of sensitivity. I am not convinced though that many styles have the right tools and methods to develop it. And I am far from convinced that lots of people are good at it. Even in Taijiquan I’ve only met a handful of people who “get it”.