These dudes lack basic technique & strategy but I'd still be impressed if an "internal" practitioner could handle this degree of competition.
what about all the clips of those here who do competition events they dont count?
These dudes lack basic technique & strategy but I'd still be impressed if an "internal" practitioner could handle this degree of competition.
windwalker wrote:These dudes lack basic technique & strategy but I'd still be impressed if an "internal" practitioner could handle this degree of competition.
what about all the clips of those here who do competition events they dont count?
GrahamB wrote:I've asked the Internet for this from day one, but is there any video anywhere of somebody actually using decent/good/accepted IP skills (or whatever you want to call it - 6 harmonies movement, internal, etc) against somebody genuinely attacking them in a non-cooperative way?
Whenever there's a video of Tai Chi people fighting sanda it gets called 'kick/punch boxing' or whatever. I'm not intersted in limited rule-set push hands videos either. Just an actual fight/spar with resistance.
Contrast this to people fighting with, say, Karate, Tae Kwon do, Judo, BJJ, Wing Chun - there definitely are videos of them actually fighting people in a recognisable way.
Yet there are no videos accepted by the majority that are representative of XingYi Bagua or Taiji.
marvin8 wrote:GrahamB wrote:I've asked the Internet for this from day one, but is there any video anywhere of somebody actually using decent/good/accepted IP skills (or whatever you want to call it - 6 harmonies movement, internal, etc) against somebody genuinely attacking them in a non-cooperative way?
Whenever there's a video of Tai Chi people fighting sanda it gets called 'kick/punch boxing' or whatever. I'm not interested in limited rule-set push hands videos either. Just an actual fight/spar with resistance.
Contrast this to people fighting with, say, Karate, Tae Kwon do, Judo, BJJ, Wing Chun - there definitely are videos of them actually fighting people in a recognisable way.
Yet there are no videos accepted by the majority that are representative of XingYi Bagua or Taiji.
What about this previous thread: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18347&st=0&sk=t&sd=a? There were other "Fight Quest" episodes on Tai chi and Xinyi, as I reccall.
Starting at @ 21:05 to 21:11, 23:56 to 27:43 and @ 40:06 to 41:47 Xingyi friendly sparring another style.
A poignant point to me was @ 22:17 I’m not like you. You have many chances to spar and practice sanshou every day. We don’t have that many chances. This is what we have to do in traditional kung fu:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZu5VUOsBM8&t=22m17s
IMO if you can’t use or practice “internal power” effectively in friendly sparring, how will you use it when your life depends on it?
GrahamB wrote:
Why are all these threads from months/years ago suddenly popping up on the forum?
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