Experiencing Real Kung Fu: Chen Style Tai Chi 陈氏太极 

+Four Owls Just following through on my own post, as I have since 'converted' to Chen taiji, the graceful, more martial and original form of Taiji. Chen is a lifetime study but Yang was a great introduction and stepping stone to this amazing art.

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@@TheStrataminor The Yang style was created by Yang Luchan, but over the generations, it had undergone quite a fair amount of changes, most notably the removal of "fa jing" in its movements. Yang Chengfu, a descendant of Yang Luchan, also changed the movements to "large circles" performed only at a slow pace, without alternating between fast and slow which is a Yin and Yang concept retained in the Chen style. Yang Jwing Ming happens to have the same surname "Yang", which is a pretty common surname in China. He is not the creator of the Yang style, which your inserting his name in parenthesis seemed to suggest.

Chen is shaolin quan. The taiji secret is not lost but only few can achieved and it is in the open. But people are not able to grasped it. Essence of taijiquan is " use Yi/Mind, not Li/brute strength ". Yin/Yang outside is External MA. Yin/Yang express inside is Internal MA.

who is the sifu that u ended up training under? & what martial arts system do u train?

Have you watched MMA?

@@anhpham5816 MMA is also a sport. We would not know how it fares in a fight to the death. You might never even have a chance to do an arm bar or a rear naked choke on a Muay Thai boxer if you allow the latter to use his complete arsenal of attacks instead of restricting him with "You can't do this technique, and you are also not allowed to do that in the ring" Inside the ring, you are required to demonstrate sportsmanship, you score on points and win by executing a technique to KO your opponent or get a submission. In a no holds barred fight to the death, MMA is pretty much useless once you have had your eyes gouged out, limbs broken. TMA like Tai Chi were developed for the battlefield at a time when there were wars after wars in China. You learn weapons like the sword, broadsword, long pole...these are no longer the weapons of the present century. It's guns and ultimately the nuclear bomb...or perhaps bioweapons. Its Empty Hand techniques are however still useful for self defence, but those who learn its martial applications are few and far between. Most learn it for health maintenance and improvement.

To learn about Judaism you speak to a Rabbi. to learn this stuff you study it from the Masters. I learn this stuff from Mr Hung book Taichiquan very good book. Not easy to follow but very practical.in the book it show you the development of the different skills of Taichiquans by different masters. Taichi was I believe the last form but more simpler. Is very powerful and it can become very dangerous. It can also caused brain damage if the practitioner do it wrong. Their mastery is base how the body follows properly the yin and yang movement and how is apply to the apponent. No mystery just that.

中国主流媒體不可信。马桶台拍陈小旺的视頻公然造假就是明证

Aiya wat so great about tis so called kunfu , just two kids fighting each other lah if u r good in kunfu no body should know about it in the first place dont show off to others

+TotemoGaijin Fight Quest is kinda like that.

It has subtitles

getsmarthypnosis I noticed that after 2:30 into the video. Why do the subs start so late? we miss the whole intro. Anyone know that other kung fu series where the chinese guys travel all over their country searching out kung fu masters and they even did an episode in okinawa for karate? The 2nd season has no english. I wish someone would upload them in english.

MaharlikaAWA I can read subs right away

Charles Watson So that brings you to a total size of 3 inches! Good job dood!

MaharlikaAWA It's called Kung Fu Quest. User Minmin Chan has both seasons subbed in English.

Taiji uses the whole body and qi for strength, and there is nothing stronger.

+LOFT.YI Your logic is flawed in the sense that you assume taiji practitioners somehow have less reflex and strength than "trained fighters" The only person I've ever met in my life (and I've fought many opponents) that I know I don't have a single chance against in single combat (assuming we are both prepared for attack from the other) is my taiji master's master. He's incredibly powerful and fast, yet his grace, technique and precision are movie-worthy.

yet my assumption make sense, you saying you don't have chance against Taiji master, I believe you, but do you hold a chance against a world class champion fighter? look, I know the power of that art, and I respect it. but it is wrong when people push it too far and make it sounds invincible, same when those kids label MMA or BJJ invincible, it's wrong.

Actually I live in Las Vegas, and I don't throw names but I have trained with some of the most famous athletes out here and been completely unimpressed.

DeadXManXsXStare look man, I believe what you've said. just a suggestion, why not be the middle man and let those fighters try their luck with the Taiji master you know?

excelente... grato pela partilha ;-)

thanks for the thoughftul comment, charles. don't lose hope in kung fu masters! there's a famous chinese saying from lao zi (lao tzu) - those who say, don't know; and those who know, don't say. the most badass masters i've met are completely uninterested in publicity, and don't feel the need to prove themselves to anyone.

Eric Couillard "those who know, don't say", sure.. but also most who don't know don't say either, so not saying doesn't automatically raise you to some mythical stature. I'm tird of hearing those kind of excuses in defense of a fighting system that so far has not produced even one person whom I think can beat an accomplished western boxer like for example Pacquiao or Mike Tyson. If you put any kung fu master in an all out fight against an equally accomplished Thai Boxer, I'd place my bet on the Thai Boxer any day. I'd just like to see one Shaolin master or master of any kind of Kung Fu come out and show the world that Kung Fu is a for reals, and is a fighting system to be feared in real combat, and not just in theory. And no, breaking a bunch of bricks or poking a boards against your body doesn't make you a real fighter. Especially disappointing was watching those Wing Chung masters demonstrating their real combat. It was quite sad. Mike Tyson would have knocked them out cold with one punch and I think their slaps would have been worthless against a real fighter like him. I don't mean to sound disrespectful. I really would love to be proven wrong, but I'm a realist and I need proof, not theory. So please Eric, please continue to seek out some Real Kung Fu I can believe in! That would make me so happy if you would find a true master that can truly kick some serious ass. Even finding one or two real masters who can truly fight would help restore my lost faith in Kung Fu.

Charles Le Just stepping in here with my thoughts if that's okay. I don't believe that Eric was using the quote as an excuse rather than as an explanation. The fact is that 'Real' Martial Arts are just what the name should imply. It is an Art. I will grant that it is my belief that a lot of 'Martial Artists' do not practice it with that in mind but if they really want to reach the level that an Artist seeks to attain then looking at it and studying it with that view point in mind is extremely important. For the most part, in my opinion, a large percentage of the Martial World has become confused and have only further confused people that are not a part of it even further by accepting sport style combat into their Art as a means to test themselves and others at fighting. It should never be mistaken that a 'Sport Fight' and a 'Real Fight' are the same thing. They are absolutely not. This is a major reason why you will likely never see what you hope to see. Anyone with a real skill and understanding in Martial Arts should eventually discover that when you start using any kind of rule set in combat that you are going against what their Art actually is. The more rules that are applied, the further it gets away from the Art. What is a rule other than a limitation? A rule limits something. A true Art would not suffer limitations. (This is excluded for examples of something being practiced to achieve artistry within a defined rule set, such as becoming an Artist at Boxing. In that example you are already agreeing to working within the bounds of the rules of that sport. A Martial Art does not need these limitations.) Being a Martial Artist myself I can say that I would feel cofident at defending myself against someone like Mike Tyson, to use your example. But, if you were to ask me to get in the ring with him and fight him 'fairly' I would say that I am fairly confident that he would wipe the floor with me. I'm not a boxer and he has a lot of years on me at doing what he does. I believe there is a saying, "You don't box a boxer." Why would I? Now if what you are asking is for someone to put themselves out there and challenge a professional athlete to a fight where their is not any rules... I just don't think you are going to get that to happen. You are asking the boxer to step out of his world and fight against someone that has no limitation for what he can do. No rounds, no ref, no guarantee of safety. It would be likely that someone may get seriously injured or killed. I don't think there would be a lot of people that would be willing. On the flip side of that, the really accomplished Artists have only achieved what they have achieved because of a journey that led them right through the center of their very soul. You have to really go through a lot to become an Artist and that usually is only achieved by reaching a high level of maturity. Once you get there I have to say that you kind of just know it. You might be curious about how good you REALLY are but for the most part you know. You have to remove the part of yourself that lies to you. You have to learn to look at yourself honestly and see your strengths and short comings and eventually you reach a place where you can truly see yourself for exactly what you are and where you are. You can look at someone fight on a TV and visualize yourself and the movements that you would make and be able to give yourself an honest answer of whether that person would have beaten you or not if you would have been a part of that exchange in that moment. I know that might sound weird but really it is something that anyone can do if they learn what their body can do, how to read movement and distance and above all else, be able to be completely honest with themselves. That last part is the hardest of all because our minds are condition to lie to us. So, if you reach this level of maturity and know how good you are and what you can and can't do, the idea of 'proving yourself' actually becomes kind of insulting. Why should you? Who do you have to answer to? Who do you have to show? Further more, what do you even care about someone's approval? What do they know anyway? I understand that that might be a strange frame of mind to consider taking everything into account but I have to say I think very differently than I did in my earlier years of training. I'm only turning 34 this month and while a handful of people might consider that old, its fairly young in the scheme of things and also in a lot of other people's eyes. But, with me being the age that I am, I can say that that is already the way that I think. I have absolutely nothing to prove to anyone and further more I could care less what anyone thinks about my ability. In fact, most of the people that I interact with on a daily basis have no idea of what I know about how to defend myself. Honestly though, that's just the way I like it.

I've been studying Martial Arts for a while, I've looked all over NYC for a good master of the arts who's actually used it in combat. Eventually I found one as a Wing Chun master. He traveled the world to test and hone his skills. One of the most important advice he's given me is "when you know what you're doing, you don't want to do it any more." The reason being is that old martial arts was based on war, it was a killing art, people fought to the death with out rules. He's showed what kind of technique that meant, everything from eye gauges to throat punches without batting an eye. But who still fights like that? Even if you wanted to, would you be able to shoulder the consequences? I later picked up Chen Tai Chi, and was taught what each action meant, I would never use these moves on my worst enemies. One of the major problems I have with the "can you fight?" mentality, is does the person who asked that question really know what it means to fight? The ring is one thing, but to really fight, most people would just do major bodily harm, then what? For those who say they go and fight but they don't do any real harm, how good are you really? For those who do really fight and can do real harm, would you still continue? I'll give you an example, Ronda Rousey, can fight, won almost all her matches by breaking her opponent's arm. THAT is a fight. Outside the ring, that's assault. I can understand your frustration with people and their demonstrations that are planned or when people play along, but at the same time, is there a better way to do it without other getting harmed? The problem with showing real fights is what happens after the fight.

Charles Le Some of the higher level Chinese masters aren't thirsty for blood but rather civilized. Like Eric quoted Lao Tzu, many of these men train in Kung Fu but it's also a spiritual path. If Tyson and a higher level practioner met there would be blood and death. No one wins there. And what would an outsider learn from that? It's usually not until we're old and grey that we start looking at life through the right lens.

thanks! of course, i'm still learning new things every day

Eric Couillard That's nice, keep your technique sharp! I'm also learning Kung Fu. I'm from Beijing and I'm studying in LA now.

+Eric Couillard uknow China works by a communist party and cctv always hiding the truth

lol

they don't stand a chance against a 1 stripe BJJ white belt

What you fail to understand is that mma guys lose muscle strength when they age. They are useless when aged.

An MMA fighter has a chance if one of those masters uses a sable? Martial art is not only about brute force.

gr8 b8 m8

There is. The technique is supposed to be a secret but some movie production technician leaked it out, and now we know that the master had a cable tied to his body when he fell.

Tai chi chuan is most effective chinese martial art with his grappling skills

No. u don't understand chinese culture,but Mao is good at it.

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You think that these gentlemen can beat Bukahaw, the great Muay Thai fighter, I mean, so far I don't see anything serious in that video.

Haha ... you can not pull the leg if one has his full weight on the leg. Conclusion: he did not fall because the leg was pulled. Hint: look where the shoulder of the guy to the right went :D If you look carefully in slow motion you see: he was throwing him with a shoulder push above the hip, and pulled the leg AFTERWARDS to finalize the throw.

This surprises you? That a grandmaster would show a TV show advanced moves so that people at home could try them out?

Márcio Duque oh shut up stupid fool

moron

nice troll haha

This comment is ignorant.

you barely recognized the source of martial arts and how dare u be so sure about the feasibility?

southernsales7777777 He's not trolling. That is a pretty good summation

haha this is the most ignorant comment i've read in awhile. you do realize Chen Village is the birthplace of Taiji don't you?

只要碰到會中國功夫而體格適當的對手徐曉東沒什麼，打老人的拳手出了名，世界角落的人皆知道。

India was founded by English

Chris that's also the case with most "traditional " martial arts. Some of the shit they re supposed to teach u is simply impossible

1年内的情况，散打泰拳有优势，3年以后的太极武者，只要练的对，不吃亏。

还是要多了解一下，你看评论里外国人都觉得太极很有益处。 很多年后功夫怕是要去外面学了。我本身是学陈拳的，你要是有兴趣我可以给你推荐资料。

同样练5年的泰拳或者散打的轻轻松松碾压练5年太极的。但是练10年散打的绝对摆不平练10年太极的。 太极，形意，八卦都属内家拳，爆发力来自于丹田气海。练习内家拳的没有个十年八年的出不了功夫。练当年杨无敌 杨露禅还在陈家沟学艺10多年才学有所成。

Charles Mo 哥们儿是拜的师学艺吗？

李昊远 是的，这几天会去温县。

wing chun, choy lee fut and sanshou boxing are for modern world. you talk bullshit

rumel siddiqu oh shut up haha

+Mik Sivac Would you ever consider learning physics, mathematics, chemistry, or biology from an Asian, since these were Western sciences?

Your spelling is ridiculous.

Philo Sophia Your nick name is Greek. Means Philosophy.... and philosophy starts from Ancient Greece, please write me in Greek.... At least you understand what i'm saying! ;)

Youre not a fighter. Bullshido has a lot of you internet geeks full of yourselves. If you think you can assess a style by looking at a t.v. show designed to give a cursory view as opposed to actually FIGHTING someone skilled in the art...then you have just exposed your pink panties for all the real warriors to see. Every video I see you assholes mouthing off...knowing you dont fucking fight. A real fighter knows not to take shit for granted. A real fighter knows its not about the style...its about who is using it and in what situation. You are "rediculous"

Ben Real I'm talking from my TV experience, cause i've no idea about fight... i never fight... i was waiting from you to show me the way teacher Vanderlei Silva.....

Come to Indianapolis and I will

look up Xu Xiaodong a mma fighter he has taken on over 100 of these so called masters- and its hilarious

你电影看多了，真用起来谁没事在那里摆pose，瞅着空当就打。内家拳的精髓在于发力，发整劲，练的是功夫又不是招式的外形。不是行家里手，人家用了什么招你也看不出来。真正的武术打起来是不好看的。