Well, I actually don't care if the performance in the video is good or not, I just wanted to see what it looks like. I know this version of the Jingang cause I've seen it before.
I wonder, do you also practice wudang's youlong taiji?
Jingang wrote:Well, I actually don't care if the performance in the video is good or not, I just wanted to see what it looks like. I know this version of the Jingang cause I've seen it before.
I wonder, do you also practice wudang's youlong taiji?
Bob wrote:Sorry to interrupt this a bit but can anyone explain to me why everytime I click the above site I am redirected to a page of other clips, not related to martial arts?
I'd love to view these clips but this redirection seems to occur on other martial arts clips from this site.
river rider wrote:Li Ruidong (1851-1917) learned Yang TJQ from Wang Lanting, the palace mgr of Prince Duan, who learned directly from Yang Luchan. He had previously learned several other boxing styles, and with Wang went on to learn more including Yue family style and Nei Jia Bagua Qi Men Quan. He supposedly agreed not to teach Yang family TJQ at Yang Banhou's urging, and (of course) went on to develop his own style mixing TJQ with the other arts he knew. He became a coach to Prince Rui, became a fourth rank guard in the Forbidden City, and taught wushu in Beijing etc. His TJQ has several forms including Five Star Boxing, Five Dragon Fist, Five Animal Fist, and some 13 sword forms. Ma Jinlong, in the video, is the chairman of the Li Style Taijiquan Association and the author of a book on the style, Li Style T'ai Chi Five Hammer.
Wuyizidi wrote:Supposedly is right:) Yang Banhou was a great martial art master, but he regarded Taiji Quan as a Yang family treasure, and didn't like it when other people became famous because of it or taught it. So when he had a chance meeting with Li Ruidong at an inn, Yang seize the opportunity to do something about that. It was to be a friendly discussion of skills, but casual pushing quickly turned to barely disguise fighting. Li Ruidong was the supervisor of the guards for the Forbidden City, but his skill was still a little bit below that of Yang Banhou's. The fight ended in a draw because Li Ruidong stayed (wisely) mostly on the defensive. Afterward, Li Ruidong was very angry: "I know what you really want. Fine, you can have it, I won't teach Taiji".
As for Ma Jinlong's (Ma shiye to me) Taiji skill: he was Gao Ruizhou's deciple. Master Gao was one of Master Wang's four blood brothers. Chinese martial art family system is patterned after traditional family structure: the moment you become someone's blood brother, you become all his teachers' disciple, and all his disciples are your disciples too. This is because of meaning of blood brother, that the two friends become one and the same in terms of duties and responsibilities. I'll look after your father or son just as if they are my own. As far as they are concerned, I am you, and you are me.
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