Trick wrote:taijiquan and yiquan have the same frame, just slight difference in strategically applying it.....on a rudimentary level.
Taste of Death wrote: he is using yiquan to power his taiji.
Trick wrote:taijiquan and yiquan have the same frame.
Bao wrote:Trick wrote:taijiquan and yiquan have the same frame.
Not an Yiquan expert, but it seems like that people usually use a more solid frame and use it in a more strict manner.
Bao wrote:Taste of Death wrote: he is using yiquan to power his taiji.
Why do you believe so?
Bao wrote:Trick wrote:taijiquan and yiquan have the same frame.
Not an Yiquan expert, but it seems like that people usually use a more solid frame and use it in a more strict manner.
windwalker wrote:Nice clip.
A little curious if you or others can do what is shown in the clip.
As with many similar clips people question.
How would you explain what's going on in your own words.
I do find it interesting with taiji that people claim it's not about the movements and then when different movements or applications are shown they go back and claim it is the movement.
Taste of Death wrote:I am familiar with his training. He taught some of my yiquan teachers.
All cima's are about adaptability and change so few things should be done in a "strict" manner.
Taste of Death wrote:
With yiquan there is a lot less yielding. With taiji one allows the opponent to explore the limits of his range but with yiquan it should repel on contact.
As you know it's hard to explain in words. When training together we could reach a sort of verbal conclusion or description of what's taking place. At it's most basic it's about expansion. The push fills the body. It needs to be relaxed/soft/light enough to receive the partners energy and then expand to repel it.
Bao wrote:Taste of Death wrote:I am familiar with his training. He taught some of my yiquan teachers.
I am not asking about what you know and what conclusions you make. I ask you how you can see it in the clip.All cima's are about adaptability and change so few things should be done in a "strict" manner.
Depends. If you teacher and want to teach Yiquan, you should teach it strict from strict Yiquan principles. If you teach Tai Chi you you should teach it strictly with Tai Chi principles. If someone comes to you to learn Tai Chi, you should teach Tai Chi and not a mix of this and that. From what I can see the vid is a Tai Chi session. If the teacher here (Sam) is honest, he would either say that he mixes up stuff or he should teach Tai Chi as pure as possible. But nowhere I can read that what he shows or read is a mix, so I must presume that what he teaches is Tai Chi.
windwalker wrote:This means that not all taiji, is really taiji...
things that are not considered to be taiji can be very much taiji
What is called taiji now was not called taiji when it was first developed
Not being called as such was it then not taiji?
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