The small bald headed fellow at the beginning of the video is Louis Kleinsmith. He was my Judo instructor at the Flushing NY YMCA Judo club. He taught us tai-chi, as well. So many years ago.
So amazing watching this film--I was wondering if my first teacher, Robert Smith, was one of these students, but didn't recognize him if he was. What a thrill to watch CMC playing and laughing and softly pushing them all against the wall!
Can someone please explain to me how do you fight with this stuff,i mean really if its just for exercise i can understand that but to defuse a violent encounter in a self defense situation you’re going to need a lot more than pushing the attacker hand to survive.
You don't fight with "this stuff". It is a training method ment to help develop the feeling of balance and consciousness of another's person openings with a possibility of adding to it your proper action. It teaches you sensibility, but it is not a fight, nor a proper sparring - just one of the many training methods preparing you for the sparring sessions, without which obviously you will not learn to fight.
It is cultivating specific skills and attributes related to energy transfer and transformation that you can use to support any martial technique. Techniques are only as good as the refined qualities underneath the movements.
