some kinda cool apps vid

[Bao]

This seems to be some bagua/chen TJ style dude called Xu. Some cool methods indeed. Or waddaya think really?





(Sorry if it has been up here allready. It was put up on the allmighty youtube on the 10 dec 2008)

[josh]

Looks like Xu Shixi.

[somatai]

nice...nothing like a crowd of spectators gathering in china to get em to lay down the smack!

[chud]

Nice video.
If you visit the clip on YouTube there is a positive comment from Mike Martello. He says that the guy is in Beijing.
I've always thought that Chen Taiji and Bagua make a nice fit because they both emphasize spiraling movement; this clip seems to bear that out.

[Andy_S]

Yep, this is BlackTaoist's Yin Bagua teacher, though he seems to put more emphasis on Chen Taiji (from Feng Zhi-qiang's line).

His Taiji form makes me wince, but application-wise...yes, very tasty indeed.

[middleway]

A couple of my students trained with him on a trip to china. They said his Chinna was real good ... and he liked thumb locks!

cheers
Chris

[ors]

Hi!

Well Andy, you are close enough.
Xu laoshi was a student of the late Tian Xiuchen laoshi, and was accepted as a disciple in '81 or '82 AFAIR, just as my teacher. After Tian laoshi's death he learned from Feng Zhiqiang laoshi as well, but as I know he hasn't became a disciple, and I don’t know the length of this period.
He is quite fighting oriented in his approach, and emphasizes the qin na techniques very much. I would say he is quite …brutal…
His apps are quite fine and brutal as well, as I see.

I have to add, that I haven’t know him personally, this is just what I have heard...

Örs

[Bao]

Thanks for the comments. Interesting. So this is BTs main teacher? No? Would be interesting to hear his about his experience with this guy.

I like the no-nonsense attitude. And he seem to have a good precision and control over what he does. ... I bet there will soon be someone sayin' that this ain't internal.

Chud, I think Mike saw the vid here and commented on it there directly. Thanks for pointing that out. "good down to earth Kung-Fu", that was a nice way of putting it.

[mixjourneyman]

Nice apps.
The guy is serious!

[bruce]

Thanks for the comments. Interesting. So this is BTs main teacher? No? Would be interesting to hear his about his experience with this guy.

I like the no-nonsense attitude. And he seem to have a good precision and control over what he does. ... I bet there will soon be someone sayin' that this ain't internal.

Chud, I think Mike saw the vid here and commented on it there directly. Thanks for pointing that out. "good down to earth Kung-Fu", that was a nice way of putting it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi5NlQUW ... annel_page

he is some video the novell put up that shows some of his training with his yin style teacher ...

[bruce]

His Taiji form makes me wince, but application-wise...yes, very tasty indeed.

what did you see that you did not like?

i think it looked very good.

[everything]

"that ain't internal" hahaha, just kidding. just getting that comment out of the way for you. looks great. i don't care what the label is. some stuff i definitely want to work on there. i especially like the diagonal flies with simultaneous or preceding lock.

[Bao]

Thanks Bruce. Nice to see his Yin Bagua. Some powerful moves there.

[bruce]

Thanks Bruce. Nice to see his Yin Bagua. Some powerful moves there.

yes indeed. i have felt some of his piercing palm stuff first hand in a "light" sparring/push hands setting ... good stuff!