Hi, is a whole different power. The bodies that are created from a specific training have different qualities. I'll link you to a video about it kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zn6veXp3qad_haM&t=

@TaijiquanExplained thanks already seen your video previously. My point is all styles use tendon strength and have rather same kind of exercises to work on tendons, after shenfa or strategy is different but strong and elastic tendons are core for all styles, don't you think so?

@@ykobusinski since the very beginning of any jibengong the exercises are very different from tradition to tradition creating even opposite qualities of Shenfa. Some traditions method implies an extreme use of tendon stiffness for example, and some others see an extreme use of relaxed stretching so to operate using the force they want you to use. Sure they all need an healthy body with capable tendons and ligaments but the specific training it changes the quality, the flavor if you want, of the force. Taijiquan it creates qualities that are unparalleled and peculiar even among the so called “internal styles of Neijia”.

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It’s a different cultural system all together. Not to teach to everyone but to reveal who’s the “the one”. Very different from our Greek based culture of teaching. To be said that when a Chinese master need to teach (to his son for example) and need to make him good so to bring forward the tradition the teaching method becomes so intense that it will be nearly impossible not to be understood. Thanks for watching, appreciated.

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@@williamkrevey1098 thanks for your well written reply. Even in the full curriculum and under the circumstances that are ideal to learn Taijiquan the practical application is not that soon, you understood it right. The training first focuses on building powers that currently the physiological body doesn’t have from the start, it takes years and it does not involve learning kicks and punches much. From a Japanese martial art perspective Taijiquan is almost Not a martial art for most part. Taijiquan have very little technique of combat per se, is more a gymnastics that eventually becomes -You. From that point onwards anything is an attack and everything is a defense. There are not many fixed patterns of counterattack like in many Japanese martial arts, there’s the practical application of a not-physiological set of powers. It’s a very free form of self defense, do not rely on dexterity or reflex much (at least not as much as Western boxing or kick boxing). It takes years yes but it depends when you start, if you start at 6yo you will get to real application by the age of 15 or 18 the latest. If you start at 45yo (with the real deal) you may never arrive to the practical application but you can still benefit a lot by the practice that do not stress much the physical body in a destructive way. Karate comes from Baihequan and in his pure form is actually not much dissimilar to what I’ve just said. The drills and patterns are more part of the force testing rather than a strategy to apply in self-defense. Modern Karate is different of course. Katana related styles of fencing are very different since the katana and similar Japanese weapons need the body to move in a certain way and therefore the body that moves the blade needs to move following certain principles. We work more in building a body, the rest will come naturally. Thanks for watching

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Plenty of exercises in the original CV imply heavy contact at full speed and strength, but today, only a few practice those exercises. As I'm saying in this video here, I'm not surprised since those exercises require a higher level of Taijiquan practice and are even potentially dangerous. With my more senior students, we practice those exercises and drills. Thanks for watching.

@@cwjorgensen1 I wouldn’t call it real McCoy, judging from the level of that line today. Said that FZW himself was a pretty decent practitioner but was not practicing the full curriculum (lack of fast form, for example) tho, at least in public. He was probably not able to perform most of the exercises due to his obvious physical limitations. I did train with some from the FZW line in Tianjin and Beijing over the many years there, and I did learn a few important things from them, but what they were doing was not complete. The point is not to follow blindly one-line thinking to know-it-all. Thanks for watching.

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@@420sigmapower Gongfu (KungFu) is an umbrella term where Taijiquan is just part of it. Indeed Taijiquan is Gongfu and it requires physical abilities and a strong body in order to be performed efficiently. Although “going low” is not higher level of practice rather than actually pretty beginner. A Master is able to bring his force and skills while normally standing straight without, almost, no help from his physical body. True that a beginner needs to gradually lower his stances so let’s say that is a mid-level of the beginner step. Thanks for watching.

@@TaijiquanExplained Of course it is not only about low but go low and stay low for 6 minutes that is not for beginners. In my experience you are always less low than you think you are. But it is also about how flexible you are how smooth the transitions of movement are etc., if your feet are in the right angles if your back is straight , if you are breathing to the dan tian, if your shoulders are relax etc. ggod luck with your channel.

@@420sigmapower in Taijiquan the physical appearance (the beauty as chinese call it) is considered beginner level. All that is concerning the physical body as his physiological ability is considered beginner level. The internal development of Qi and consequently Jin force is considered intermediate level. The use of the Jin force through the “gates” without almost never relying upon the physical body is considered advanced level. A Master is a master because have managed to develop a powered that goes far beyond stances and postures. Maybe I’ve expressed myself better now. Thanks

@@TaijiquanExplained i totally agree. i am beginner, it is very hard to control chi and hard to teach it because it is "internal" gong fu. I only did 2 full year training in china. 2 year every day for 5 to 6 hours and i am still beginner.

@@420sigmapower over 30 years of practice here, 20 living in Asia. Still hard indeed for all of us. Keep training and never give up. That’s the only secret. 🤛

@@martial-arts-virtue thank you. Master Toni teaches a very practical set of combat skills through his classes in Bangkok. Look for “internal pugilism Thailand” on Facebook so to find his videos and researches. There’s no part3 I’m sorry.

@@TaijiquanExplained thank you very much for you time spending in order to answer me and for your guidance about master Toni! Keep up the Great work you do with your insightful videos!

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I don't do free video classes. This one, and all of the other videos I publish here, wants to hopefully provoke the viewers to think so that they will start to ask themselves serious questions about their practices. I'm telling you in the video that ZD is just a word and in different traditions may mean very different results, and that's a lot to know. I can't explain what's ZD in practice in a KZbin video anyway, you will need to study and train for many years under a good teacher. Thank you for watching.

The best training partner is an actual live person. When that is not possible you can pick a tool, a tree is good for sure. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3Xbi5achsSVeqM&t=

@TaijiquanExplained Of course, it is best to have a real person for training. I was referring to the content of the video, where you show conditioning with a tree. But for sure you train different aspects of the art with a tree than a human. And you train different aspects with weapons, rou gan, wai gong nei gong etc. Every aspect needs to complement each other.

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