Complete Yang Style Tai Chi Long Form Applications - Step by Step - Part 1 

Chris, I really appreciate hearing from other martial arts instructors who enjoy my offerings. Hard style or soft style, it all comes down to being aware in the moment. Be well.

You are welcome. I appreciate your kind words. Good luck.

I wish you nearer. I always am looking for serious students. Good luck.

Thanks Michael, excellent video.Informative and entertaining.Look forward to watching the rest.

MegaSteve53 Keep me informed about your progress.

I made the applications video a few years before I made the Grasp The Bird's Tail videos. You can see how the form is evolving for me. I hope it does for you also. Let me know how you are progressing.

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+crseaquist When teaching a movement on video, one has to look at the movement step by step in slow motion. If you were to walk around in a tight circle, for instance, and did it in slow motion, at one point one would look un-natural. There is no problem with Single Whip done this way. It is a dynamic, flowing movement.

This movement also works well against a double punch. Used it in no-contact sparring with a Taekwondo guy. :-)

+Neal Linville . neal, after all this time you should know enough to realize you need to find a legit teacher. yes, u can learn all sorts of useful info from videos. but without a background you don't know what is legit or not not to mention the fact that just mimicking the methods/movements is not going to make your taijiquan very usable at all. yes, taijiquan methods can be used as a external method, but then it's not taijiquan at all now is it? where do you live ? u have internet to search online, and i imagine you can seek out teachers in ur area. is there a reason you have not done that and try to learn from videos so much. so much is not going to be in these videos, and those things you need to be able to get the full health or combat ability of taijiquan. take care dude

+Allen Franks I don't know that term. Does anyone?

+Allen Franks no he's doing typical yang style, not even close to quang ping

Thanks, where in Pennsylvania could I find an instructor in Ping ? THANKS

+Allen Franks another thing is you need to do more homework before making a decision on what you think u want to learn. if you don't do ur proper home work you will give $$ to a charlatan, and not even know it for a long timer or maybe never . you should learn what legit taijiquan is supposed to look like at the very least . then when u meet with them, you can go deeper to see what they feel like too. this will tell you if they are legit or not. a real taijiquan teacher/player has a very different feel to what they do than what you are used to. they can do this with ease too, ur cooperation is not needed . their softness will surprise you with the power they can generate . then u have a real teacher.

Thank you

Calogero Fiore Thank you for taking the time to view my video. Could you kindly tell me which applications you think would not work.

With respect manyl of them, cause a real fight moves at a fast pace and is violent, the nature of a fight is like this, fajing wont save you, neither will those fine motor skills that you develop in Taiji, although it looks beautiful and may have a place in relaxing you when you do you form if your yinian is not on fighting when you practise your form then it may be healthy, even that is debatable, mind you anything that makes you relax must be good.

Calogero Fiore WOW YOU GATHERED ALL THAT FROM A 1 HOUR VIDEO. TELL YOU WHAT MICHAEL I AM SURE CAN DEFEND HIMSELF ANYTIME HE NEEDS TO. I AM A TAI CHI MASTER 25 YEARS YANG STYLE. MY LAST FIGHT ONE PUNCH LANDED ON ME AND ASSALIANT WAS DOWN IN 2 SECONDS. TAI CHI FROM A TRUE MASTER CONSISTS OF CHEE SAU STICKY HANDS AND PUSH HANDS ALONG WITH POINT STRIKES. DO YOU REALLY THINK MICHAEL HAS THE TIME AND ENERGY TO EXPLAIN WHAT TAKES JUST TO REALLY LEARN 10 YEARS MININUM IN 60 MINUTES. TAI CHI IS NOT A INSTANT NOODLE DISH MY FIREND.

jorjiebear schick First of all thanks for your reply, 2nd there is no chi sau in Taiji, chi/Sau is from Wing Chun, if you are a MASTER why do you spell QI wrong, lol, its not CHEE, its Qi as in QiGong, right? You say you beat an opponent swiftly after he landed one punch, I assume he must have been a useless fighter, maybe drunk etc and yes, even Taiji can work against such an opponent, we dont know his level, strength etc. So yes I can say I beat some guy, but I never practised any art for 25years. If you have any proof then maybe can show us in a video of yourself beating this guy, that would be great. I have to agree with you that Tai Qi Quan is not an instant noodle dish and takes decades to master, but once you've 'Mastered' then what? Can you beat a trained fighter? I doubt it, otherwise we would see some videos of real Masters easily destroying opponents, but we never see it cause either these Masters are RARE indeed or are too shy or whatever - I believe the real Masters are RARE. May I ask in which country did you study Yang Taiji and who is/was your teacher?

Calogero Fiore What you say may be true, but my purpose is not to "show people how to fight". I show applications so Tai Chi players can understand what the movements represent, be more relaxed, have fun, get in shape, and find peace and love in their hearts. Our world is so full of fighting; we all need to find a way to live in a more caring and sharing way.