Steve James wrote:tcc guys in tournaments. Anyway, I just threw taichi and tournament into Youtube. Here's one example.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrgBUZkazK0
Yeah, I know. It's not tcc. Oh well, maybe that's because of the context. No matter.
johnwang wrote:Steve James wrote:tcc guys in tournaments. Anyway, I just threw taichi and tournament into Youtube. Here's one example.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrgBUZkazK0
Yeah, I know. It's not tcc. Oh well, maybe that's because of the context. No matter.
What does that mean if you (general YOU) train Taiji, but you don't use Taiji in tournament fight? If we cannot proved that Taiji is an effective combat art in the past 30 years, I strongly doubt that we can prove Taiji can be an effective combat art in the next 30 years.
We have to be honest to ourselves. I think it's time to draw our conclusion.
windwalker wrote:for most people usage of the art as in a combative way is not important. ...
What does that mean if you (general YOU) train Taiji, but you don't use Taiji in tournament fight?
Steve James wrote:I am not saying that tcc training prepares someone for a bjj match.
klonk wrote:The guy's cotton is there, but where is the steel?
johnwang wrote:klonk wrote:The guy's cotton is there, but where is the steel?
IMO, you use soft for defense. You use hard for offense.
Overlord wrote:A lot of times, so called fast is really not true fast because mind is not catching up with body movements~
When the mind does not match body movements, weakness can occur.
johnwang wrote:Overlord wrote:A lot of times, so called fast is really not true fast because mind is not catching up with body movements~
When the mind does not match body movements, weakness can occur.
What weakness are you talking about?
When a knife is stabbing into your chest, you don't have time to think. You want your body to react.
One guy attacked me. Suddenly he dropped down right in front of me. I then realized that he just ran into my kick. The thing is, I didn't even remember that I had delivered that kick. My kick just went out by itself without any order from my mind.
My horse ran into the wood. A tree branch was on my chest level. I made a back flip and my feet landed on the ground. If I had to think at that moment, I could be dead. What you may call "weakness - mind is not catching up with body movements", it saved my life.
Overlord wrote:But one must have Xinyi able to keep up with opponent speed and power at the beginning, that is fundamental.
Just another perspective.
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