Ian wrote:I don't know why anyone would admit to training taichee fan.
i admit it i train tai chi fan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjsP2l39RXM
Ian wrote:I don't know why anyone would admit to training taichee fan.
JessOBrien wrote:TT Liang insisted on calling his Tai Ji San Shou form "Two Person Dance". He felt that Taiji's signature skills of fluidity, sensitivity and relaxed power could be better trained if people put aside their fighting mentality for a while and just focused on the skills. many internal martial arts use cooperative training in order to teach real skills rather than testosterone fueled clinch contests. Jonathan Russell's book gives a very good description of the form and the skills it trains in his book.
"neijia boxer" is clearly just the type of person that TT Liang had in mind when he changed the name of the form. A lot of times our egos and vision of who we think we are clouds the training of the actual skills. Who gives a fuck what it's called, the 88 move san shou form contains a plethora of fighting skills that are quite useful in two-person interactions.
-Jess O'Brien
Ian wrote:I don't know why anyone would admit to training taichee fan.
I-mon wrote:neijia boxer are you incapable of simply enjoying movement and rhythm? do you have to constantly tell yourself that you're baddass practicing serious fighting stuff? don't you ever do a little foot shuffle when you're sparring just for fun - just because it feels good? isn't that dancing?
Muhammad Ali was dancing when he trained and when he fought, no doubt.
I-mon wrote:i play capoeira angola. when i was living in brazil a year or so ago i had many many guys try to take my head off during capoeira games once they saw that i could play. i got kicked hard in the face and swept and slammed on the ground many times, and i often saw other people get badly injured, take full on headbutts in the mouth, etc.
so the answer is yes, some dancers trade blows when dancing!
all that fancy footwork in boxing IS DANCING dude! you need to get yourself a trainer like apollo creed and get with it!
step-step-jab-jab-cross!-bob-uppercut!-shuffleshuffle-powpowpow!
Ian wrote:I don't know why anyone would admit to training taichee fan.
Ian wrote:TaoJoannes wrote:Ian wrote:I don't know why anyone would admit to training taichee fan.
Because it's friggin awesome. I'll try to get a presentable demo together at some point in the coming months.
Do you get to kiai as you whip those badboys open?
"KIAI!!!" *ZOP*
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