The discussion is about the kind of Martial art that you are performing, is not about who is better, and at no time we put in doubt your abilities in your art, you are an example not only for other children but for everybody. And your form is realy beautifull. Congratulations. All the good wishes for you, and your Master.
EXCELLENT - Clean smooth moves and knows what he is doing. This kid has talent and it is always better to start them young. This is proof that Tai Chi is as good for kids as it is for the elderly.
This kid is the son of a good friend of Grandmaster Cheng Jin Cai, which explains why his form is very similar to Cheng Jin Cai. His father is just as amazing. His father is a classmate of Cheng Jin Cai.
Very graceful, his movements are well refined. He flows areound like water in a glass... Like someone moving a glass of water in their hand. When the move it fast, he moves fast... when they slow it down... Well, you get my point.
I like this performance! This kid is one of the younger students of Wang Xian. The rotating with the knees like he does is this kids personal style. Another student of the same group, Shen Si, is not rotating the knees to such extend. The form is a combination form, composed by Wang Xian and is Xinjia. The first 75% is following the Yilu and the other 25% are parts of the Erlu.
@pinoyPhilosopher This kid's teacher is his dad who is also a judge of Jiaozuo or a province near there. Do a search for "Opening ceremony in Jiaozuo." His dad performed in the opening ceremony at the end but unfortunately no video have him in it but his dad was the one who was wearing a white beard and mustache. His dad is badass himself. His dad is a very close friend of Cheng Jin Cai. We did dinner with his dad with Grandmaster Cheng Jin Cai during our stay at this tournament.
This is excellent, I would imagine he has a lot of family who train naturally as a family within this system of T'ai Chi. My Chinese teacher was in National level Competitions in China at the age of 11. He is an inspiration to any youngster watching....
That is one talented kid. He is going to really advance in the art. I would be very interested to see a video posted be him in, say, 15 or 20 years. Props to this kid.
In the past, when martial ability was a matter of life and death, people trained like their lives depended on it(they did) and so many masters kept their training methods and theories secret. Today, with modern technology, we have access to dvd's, books, etc. that give us access to info that was once secret. Now, the only "secret" to true ability is practice. Most people in the west are too lazy to gain true martial ability. We have everything we need to become masters except the dedication.
There is so much this child is doing right, so much detail! I can forgive his feet not always rooted when expressing, his fajin not completely expressed. This child is a prodigy. Like a child prodigy in music, time will tell if they reach full potential. None the less, this is superb. i have been in a class with 50 "instructors" or long time players, being taught by Chen Xiao Wang, less than a handful had more than this child in substance, one or two the stance skills, detail and expression.
Wu Tunan visited the Chen Villiage in 1917. To meet Chen Xin, before Chen Xin's book was published. In the interview with Wu Tu Nan, he said that both Taiji and the indigenous Pao Chui was practiced in the villiage but that Taiji came down from Jiang Fa, also introduced Wu to Du Yu Wan who practiced Taiji and who said his art came down from Jiang Fa who was of the Wudang lineage, Du's subsequent book on Taijiquan in 1935 confirms the authenticity and accuracy of Wu Tu Nan's interview material.
You know there are many different schools even in Taiji. Chinese monks who lived in the wild mountains used to watch serpents, birds, animals fight and record the actions. This is the orgin of martial art. This kid definitely does mantis since I still remember some postures but they often mix them up.
Awasome. That's simply amaizing.So young and already precise and harmonious. I feel him totaly in fusion with his art...whereas he's just teen years. The future is full of promises. I think his sifu is a very good teacher for having made a so young internal martial artist (the concept of internal explosion are not easy to understand whatever your age but overall when you're 10 years old). It's not just an actor who reproduces the lerned lesson, he leaves it.
Anybody who knows what happend to the kid since the clip was taken? He already showed significant skill at the age of ten it would be great to see what has become of him if he has followed his path
@psbauman just because the pattern is different from what you may have seen as chen style doesn't mean that it isn't chen style, all patterns have the same philosophies although they may look different.
@TheEewee72 As I've read and understood from various texts, there's supposed to be a constant flowing from yin to yang. His hands should be constantly relaxing on the way up, and be fully relaxed at the top. He released all his energy while his hands are still at his waist, therefore has no 'work' or 'power' coming up, a dead movement. Imagine flicking your wrist out as a strike, it's fast, has power - but if your wrist is fully out, there is no flick, you're simply swinging your arm to strike.
@justinvengeance As far as the origin of Taijiquan is concerned, Zhang San Feng is listed as the father of Taijiquan. Whether it was influenced by Tai Tzu Chang Chuan, that may very well be. But, most if not all literature regarding Taijiquan consider Zhang San Feng as its creator.
you would all do this young one a great service not to prasi him to much. no matter how good he looks to day and now matter how much of a head start he gets. it still takes nothing less the good teaching and many years of the deepest devotion to accomplish any thing in the internal arts. this young one may have the potential to become a great Chen Master or another well steeped scholar.
This kid's form is excellent! beautiful to watch! I'm practicing Shaolin Kung-fu and soon i'll be starting Chen Tajichuan...I like the soundtrack in this video.Does anyone know the artist?
Thats pretty interesting. I practice Yang style Tai Chi. Chen looks like it has many Bagua like movements, and it looks like its practiced faster, or is it that its practiced slowly and done quickly as combat application?
Just a little correction, Dimitri since you are not Chinese or know of OUR culture. Tai Chi is a martial art. It is commonly used with Tai Chi Chuan. Chuan means fist. Tai Chi by itself is an adjective which can be used to describe something as being superior. I don't know where you get your definition from but it is kind of silly for someone from another culture trying to explain something in Chinese.
Wow. I've been wanting to take up Tai Chi for a long time now. I already do Karate, a non-contact style, and am going for my black belt next July, and I know the feeling of raw power, but I want to learn what it means to have true finesse, to have my movements flow. Anybody know anywhere for Chen Style Tai Chi in the NE of Enland?
i also study chen taiji, all i wanted to say was that effectiveness of martial art depends on practicioner not on style. you can study the greatest martial art of all, but if you practice once a week... than its nothing...
I'm thinking of taking this in the new yr. and I was wondering.... if it's only good as an alternet forum of exersize(lol) and or more for show then use in real life? I mean is this better in tourments and as a forum of exersize then anything else? yes I know it looked good in TLA show but again more for show then anything else or something with substance to it? thax 4 any and or all help. ( smart ass remarks not counted, lol)
@wengchunuk What about Wudang Taijiquan? Taiji is an internal training method that was created by the great Daoist priest and immortal, Zhang San Feng at Wudang Mountain. Missed that one eh?
You will find in as many schools that teach each and every style of Tai Chi, that no two instructors will teach everything like for like. The authority in Chen style are the Chen clan who teach the art in the Chen village. But yes, in a way, it is quality of the move that counts.
@IrishKagura It's different than your typical Western-style-gym-membership-pumping-iron exercise. Rather than build muscles in your biceps, triceps, and any kind of -ceps, Tai Chi on the other hand is very slow, and builds endurance rather than strength. Tai Chi also builds strength in your joints. Most importantly, it is a form of mediation and a martial art; you learn about breathing, relaxing, rooting, balancing, and all those wonderful stuff that you never thought of learning.
@mamba109 thax 4 replying but u didn;t answer my question. I mean if I was att. on the street could Tai Chi Chen save my life? could I use it in a bar fight if I ever got into 1? or is this more of an alternet form of exercise then somthing I could use 2 defend myslef w/? P.S. thax again 4 the responce ^_^
cool. he's very good. i dont know chen style (i take wu, and even within that, i dun know much) but he is really amazing! HE CAN GO SO LOW!!!! he is definately very good.
last week i got the book 'the five levels of taijiquan' from grandmaster chen xiaowang after a week of training with him in slovenia. at level 5 cirular or spiral movements are so small that they are nearly invisible from outside. so i think this wobbling is also a matter of level. three days ago i saw him doing the xinjia-form with less wobbling than this young boy.
@sniperdoc8404 Actually, tai chi originated from an art called Tai Tzu Chang Chaun, which was founded by the Emperor Chao Kaung Yin. but if you really want to trace it back even more, you should go to india, or farther back, Africa. Where everything orignated for us humans.
I agree about the knee alignment, many stances are wrong and unhealthy (besides being less forcefull). The feet are often too "spread" if you know what I mean.
Very talented. Nontheless here you can see the difference between learning and understanding, between doing and being. Very good beggining, though. Time will give its reward.
@Jamesuni So true. I'm a karate man, but I major in fitness and wellness, so I love experimenting with slower movement and deep stances with my forms and techniques, as a way to develop core and inner strength. I have many older classmates who are 40+, 50+ that have limited range of motion, so one of my pet projects is finding ways to lengthen and work the body thru slower, unstable movement that develops the kinetic chain. Tai chi's been doing that for centuries, so it's a proven principle.
That practice is fine for a child to do in performance, but an adult would be looking at torn cartilage in the knees with the prolonged practice of theat side to side wobble of the knees.
