origami_itto wrote:The part I have reservations about is how heavy his foot lands. Picking the leg up high is a good thing IMHO, but putting it down too hard with committed weight seems like a bad idea.
Quigga wrote:The step in the clip would be a very easy target for at least a sweep if not worse
If you want to step farther you have to go lower first.
robert wrote:origami_itto wrote:The part I have reservations about is how heavy his foot lands. Picking the leg up high is a good thing IMHO, but putting it down too hard with committed weight seems like a bad idea.
OK. I suspect he's stepping too wide for his ability. I've been taught to put the foot down empty. If you want a wider stance then slide the foot out. Leather or smooth soled gongfu shoes help.
wayne hansen wrote:Chen have a very good sliding step where you rub the heel along the ground
Really stretches the legs
I don’t know how anyone can tell he can be swept if you don’t know where his opponent is
Bhassler wrote:As I was taught, there is not "a" way to step in Chen taiji. Rather, there are a variety of different ways to step that are specific to any given movement in the form. If I were to measure based on what I learned, I would say that in the gif in the original post, he is using a combination of wrong methods for that point in the form, and executing them poorly, to boot. That said, I have no idea what his lineage is or what he's trying to accomplish there, so it may be perfectly valid for what he's training for.
You (general "you") can't really talk about Chen style stepping in a generic sense, because there are a variety of methods, and different lineages have different notions as to what is correct. One could certainly debate about what is martially useful, however...
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