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    Really interesting Video comparing Push Hands judging in America and China

    Just a quick quip YouknowWho. This was what I meant when I mentioned that the push hands I train in was criticized by some as being too much like...
    Post by: zzj, Feb 29, 2016 in forum: Tai chi
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    Tai Chi for fitness

    I was severely overweight (technically morbidly obese, but I hate that word) and into my mid thirties when I began my training in Chen style. To...
    Post by: zzj, Jan 18, 2016 in forum: Tai chi
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    Can you defend yourself using your tai chi?

    To him, the form is simply a basis tool for training the principles of tai chi. Push hands is then needed to learn how those principles would...
    Post by: zzj, Jan 4, 2016 in forum: Tai chi
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    Can you defend yourself using your tai chi?

    My teacher's take on this question was refreshingly direct. He simply said, if you trained to fight and defend yourself, then you will be able to...
    Post by: zzj, Jan 1, 2016 in forum: Tai chi
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    The Tai Chi Investment

    To be honest, very few people opt to learn tai chi for the martial application anyway. Of the students in my class, there's not a single one below...
    Post by: zzj, Sep 17, 2015 in forum: Tai chi
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    The Tai Chi Investment

    Depends on what u mean by staged. If you think what u see in the videos is rehearsed compliance, then I we can stop the discussion here; I can...
    Post by: zzj, Sep 17, 2015 in forum: Tai chi
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    The Tai Chi Investment

    2011.2 太極拳æ*¦æž—大会 決å‹æˆ¦ Finals çŽ‹æˆ¦è» Wang Zhanjun - YouTube 2011.2 太極拳æ*¦æž—大会 四強争奪第4戦 çŽ‹æˆ¦è» Wang...
    Post by: zzj, Sep 17, 2015 in forum: Tai chi
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    The Tai Chi Investment

    太極拳_大å‹æ“Šæ•—_ 截拳é“JKD - YouTube Friendly sparring between Chen style tai chi guy with JKD/Escrima (1st guy), Various Northern...
    Post by: zzj, Sep 17, 2015 in forum: Tai chi
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    The Tai Chi Investment

    Check out Nick Osipczak Get to know... "Slick" Nick Osipczak - YouTube He claims to represent Tai Chi in MMA and just won his comeback match in...
    Post by: zzj, Sep 17, 2015 in forum: Tai chi
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    Chen Style Tai Chi for self defence?

    I used to train in Judo prior to my involvement with Chen Tai Chi. My experience is that I found a lot of commonalities with Judo, but from a very...
    Post by: zzj, Sep 14, 2015 in forum: Tai chi
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    Tai Chi school in the Los Angeles area?

    I would love to hear your reasoning behind that comment.
    Post by: zzj, Aug 17, 2015 in forum: Tai chi
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    Breathing INTO dynamic movement (for fluidity)

    All movements in a form are in a cycle of yin (contraction) and yang (expansion), which correlates to your inhalation and exhalation respectively....
    Post by: zzj, Jul 8, 2015 in forum: Tai chi
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    Dissociation vs Integration of the Body

    Integration is not achieved by having different parts of your body 'dragging' other parts along during movements. Integration is the idea of...
    Post by: zzj, Jul 8, 2015 in forum: Tai chi
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    Qi is everywhere and it annoys me

    So after the bit of rambling, was I not simply saying that Qi is nothing more than an Idea, visualization tool? Well yes, and no.... This is from...
    Post by: zzj, Jun 29, 2015 in forum: Tai chi
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    Qi is everywhere and it annoys me

    Not so much an idea in a technical scientific sense, but a linguistic construct. Among chinese (mandarin or otherwise) speakers there is hardly a...
    Post by: zzj, Jun 29, 2015 in forum: Tai chi