Combat Tai Chi - Using Chin Na 

... that's why you learn neigong to take a glancing hit to administer the coup de gras.

You need to develop "Eagle Eyes", or "Eagle Vision", which is to see globally, noticing the slightest movements of your surroundings. Here is a description.... www.martialarts-london.co.uk/martial-arts-articles/eagle-vision.html

Hi Bob, the ability to respond to an incoming strike relies on the ability to read your opponent’s body. Based on their stance and position, there will be a limited number of ways they can strike - or at least strike with any power.

Use peripheral vision to contemplate the shoulders-head triangle. If the opponent doesn't move, you remain still. If he/she moves slightly, you move first.

For me, my ability to feel or see their punch came from countless sparring sessions over a period of years. Because it’s Tai Chi, it seems mystical, but the truth is that anyone that has trained and fought in a lot of matches can do it.

Thank you

Thank you for bringing the error in spelling to our attention! I will talk to our editorial folks and have that fixed. Regarding Tai Chi Chuan (more properly Taijiquan) being only soft or internal, I believe that is a fundamental misunderstanding of the art. Taijiquan (太极拳) literally means grand ultimate FIST. The last character is commonly used for “boxing”. The internal aspect of Taijiquan indicates the source of the energy that is from the core (internal) not kinetic energy from the muscles (external). Regarding hard vs soft, Taijiquan is frequently characterized as “iron wrapped in silk”. It is soft and flowing until the energy is released, at which point the iron (hard) becomes very apparent. Taijiquan, if practiced without the hard or external aspect is merely a qigong focused on moving the internal energy. Thank you for your respectful comments!!

@@ShaolinArtsAZTai Chi Chaun never tenses the muscles, even when striking. A strike in Tai Chi Chuan is delivered with a soft, fluid hand or foot, allowing the chi to emanate from the Lao Gong (hand) or Yongquan (foot) points. This allows Tai Chi Chuan to create internal organ, joint and muscle damage with little or no visual marks to the body. Tai Chi refers to the spiritual aspect, Quan (hand or fist) refers to the martial aspect.

@@williampalminteri1727 I’m curious how you came to that conclusion.

​@@ShaolinArtsAZ These are not conclusions that I arrived at, this is Tai Chi Chuan.

@@williampalminteri1727 which begs the question… Tai Chi Chuan according to whom? See for example… “Even though the Chen Style still mostly involves soft movements, there is a mixture of hard and soft movements. Again, it should be clear to the spectator that the force of the movement is not necessarily constantly soft, but hard movements are scattered throughout the form set. For example, in the First Lu of the Chen Style, about 30% (or roughly 25) of the 83 forms involve some degree of hard movements. Just like in the case of fast and slow movements, it may be only part of a form that is hard, i.e., even within one form, there could be a mixture of hard and soft movements. It is important to emphasize that hard and soft as described in this paragraph refer to the external appearance of the form movement. Through Taiji qigong practice, a form movement may appear to be soft externally, but internally it may be very hard.” www.dontow.com/2008/04/brief-comparison-of-the-chen-and-yang-style-taijiquan/

That is true in any martial art.

Not at all.

@@ShaolinArtsAZ Interesting, thank you. FB does strange things.

Absolutely. Want to come in and give it a try? I think you may misunderstand. The movement is not designed merely to push. If forcefully applied, the opponent’s wrist will be shattered. By moving the opponent to the ground, one gains an advantage in the fight. It’s not the whole fight, just a part. The way to win a fight is to give yourself a series of advantages.

@@ShaolinArtsAZ This technique is absolute bullshido and I can bet my entire existance that neither you nor anyone else in the history of humanity has ever pulled it off

@@jansettler4828 All techniques are bull including wrestling boxing grappling etc. The only way your techniques will work is if the other individual is very bad or don't know how to fight as good as you or it's a surprise attack.

@@jamesnevitt3400 Talking like someone who has no fucking clue of what he's talking about