Wudang Mountain Tai Chi is a Hard Martial Art 

Thank you

then it was also from Wu Dang, they follow 4 different principles.

In fact I train myself in tai chi quan and I did a lot of sweeping in fact but I can confirm it's really looks like the tiger style or the xuan wu quan, the mix of all the styles of wutang

Thank you. All equally useless in a self-defence situation but a kickass workout and health benefits out the wazoo

Love the nuance of the useless. An udder waste of time. They’d be better of doing yoga and weight training.

No, training slow is for fine tuning of body mechanics.

쇼쇼쇼ㅡㅡ 쇼인거 모르세요?

By now, the only way to actually train a martial art is doing the dishes, vacuum the floors, pick your nose. Now THOSE are top secret techniques hidden because of slaver-emperor-government-wizards. There's always something hidden because of something or someone. It can't just be a grappling art that people 200 years later thought was slo-mo breakdancing. Nah..it would make it unspecial.

@@Livingtree32 Uhh....no. That isn't the reason why it was slowed down. Like the OP said, it was to hide the techniques within those movements.

@@1flash3571 If you say so… 🙂

And what’s the purpose other than some mild fitness training? It’s definitely useless in a fight.

@@darrenstettner5381 What exactly is useless in a fight? The punches? The kicks? General Movement? Obviously this isn't a "do these movements and you win all the times", nothing is.

@@russman738 yes to all. The movements are useless, the strikes are weak and awkward. Practicing katas/forms is a dumb and ineffective way to learn practical fighting skills. There’s almost nothing about it that would be helpful in an actual fight. The minor development of flexibility, balance and strength you’d get from doing the forms would be the only minor benefit and in that case it’d be better just to go work out in a gym. I’m the opposite of the original poster. I believed in all that martial arts lore crap when I was young. I studied aikido, tai chi and kung Fu. Then I fought a boxer and got completely toyed with. I went against a wrestler and was helpless. Trust me, the traditional martial arts with all their lore and spiritual bs are absolutely useless when it comes to fighting. You’d be better off taking ballet. If you want to learn to fight then stick with the stress tested martial arts like Jiujitsu, boxing, Muay Thai, etc. those actually do work in fights.

@@darrenstettner5381 mmm, interesting opinion.

@@darrenstettner5381 Speaking the hard truth. If your interest in fighting, you are better off doing a sport that allows you to fight. It's not rocket science. Most of the people doing martial arts like the one in the video are not interested in fighting, and are not fooling themselves. They are just interested in the health benefits and cultural aspects. Would Tai Chi be useful for fighting if people actually regularly trained in a competitive, stress-testing environment? Maybe. But It would also start to look a lot like Wrestling. Even the Judo rules in the Olympics recently had to change because it was becoming too similar to Wrestling in that hyper-competitive environment (so they took away leg picks).

Nah bro this water bending but sped up

Dont see any tourists tho..

@@PAKallman you wouldn't if they are in the background taking pictures and video...

You have hit the nail on the head.

Where did you get the idea that Wudang is supposed to be where you find the highest level of skill? Connections between Wudang and Tai Chi is just propaganda from the 20th century. The history is easily debunked.

Tai Chi stems from families such as Chen Family or Yang Family. From an academic/scholar perspective, Wudang Tai Chi is fake with a made up history. The notion of martial arts in Wudang Mountain is just propaganda to make money.

This is wushu. Taoist Tai Chi escaped the mainland and most of what is left is wushu.

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​@@qaasimmiles4828 you got it ?

It is disheartening reading the comments from people who maybe are practising martial arts without getting their real meaning and goals, which is not fighting, but self control and self discipline. The problem is that Western people do not get the philosophy behind these arts and are not interested in personal development, but just in showing off a kind of power and physical strength that are just the manifestation of the their narcissism.. Pearls thrown to pigs....

Firstly, you are a racist, so you can shove your sweeping cultural assumptions where the sun don't shine. Secondly, I did not say that there is no meaning or goal in these forms. I merely asked for a demonstration. On the contrary, I believe that there are a lot of health, mental and cultural benefits to practicing forms. Furthermore, it is something people enjoy doing, so I have no problem with it. On the other hand, I do have a problem with the title of the video naming this style of training as "Hard." This video is about as soft, in the wushu sense, and in the practical sense, as you can get. Thirdly, appreciation of forms is improved through practice against an intelligent, resisting opponent. A practitioner will never fully understand their forms without this crucial element of training. You speak of personal development, but an unwillingness to apply training in context stands in the way of a practitioner's growth and knowledge. Please have an open mind about these things rather than making uninformed assumptions about people you do not know. I say this because I care deeply about the future of Chinese martial arts, and weep for what it has become.

Put a sword in their hand then imagine them using these techniques against a resisting opponent. Then you'll understand the true essence of this art. Wudang was a school famous for swordsmanship in ancient times, not empty hand fighting.

​@@johnlloyddy7016 Are you inferring that they can't fight empty handed unless they have a weapon?

@@Quantum3691 Pretty sure this martial art isn't about fighting. Training like this doesn't prepare you for fighting. More about self-development, aesthetics, culture, health, etc.

tai chi is a form of kung fu

@@daviddeyoung4183 it is purely physical. No internal development. But it is good for what it is.

Xu Xiaodong himself had said that the ones he defeated were swindlers not real martial artists.

@@elmagnifico5248 Not even just that They were in on it together with him, it was all staged so that Xu Xiao Dong can get the views