T T Liang 150 step

[windwalker]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIdU5ZBwLAk

[origami_itto]

Hearts and stars. My first Taijiquan form. Of course I have the DVD this came from "Two by Demian" https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1641645/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

The documentary about Master Liang includes some weapons forms and an interview.

This was shot some time in the 70s, so you're looking at a man in his 70s who had been given less than a year to live in his 30s when he decided to stop drinking and whoring and take up Taijiquan.

I can't find it in the video right this second, but I'm pretty sure he does the final grasp sparrows tail with stealing steps, which I just don't see anybody else doing ever.

[wayne hansen]

TT,s book is a classic
We do the 108 with those steps
We also have a 300 step form with follow stepping all the way through
Even though I don’t do that form but it is part of the system

[Shinobi]

Always good to see a Liang video. I was just reading about him (again) earlier and find it amazing how in the 1970s, in his 70s, at a time when he could've just stayed in the USA surrounded by dozens of students fawning over him, he decided to go back to Taiwan for a year or two to become a student once again, learning from Li Jinfei and Wei Xiaotang.

[origami_itto]

You know I am an unrepentant fanboy of his, and that is first and foremost due to his attitude toward learning and teaching.

[origami_itto]

TT,s book is a classic
We do the 108 with those steps
We also have a 300 step form with follow stepping all the way through
Even though I don’t do that form but it is part of the system

I love his book but I found it difficult because he translated absolutely everything. In common usage we tend to use the Chinese terms as jargon and it took me a while to make all the correlations and get a useful understanding of what he was talking about.

[origami_itto]

Reminded me I had put this clip together
https://youtu.be/glT8zmAZcLk