The idea of Taiji competition makes my skin crawl.

You are going to have to let me know where all these tournaments are. I want to compete more.

@ShorelineTaiChi, Nice work, Chris! 🙏💪🏾💯

This is how you do it… …. to scam people in 1983

Simmons wresting for normal people?

Before we even do that, we need to give the public a clear, simple, definition of "What is TaiJi?" e.g. when I'm asked this question, I usually answer, "whatever you do, 1. don't get thrown off, and 2. don't get stuck. everything else in TaiJi is just in service of this balance. (the 不丢不顶 principle)" i.e. if you can flow around the opponent's force and still stay on target (like a river flowing around boulders to reach the sea), you're doing TaiJi well. (And the more you practice TaiJi, the more "river-like" your approach to self defense/ combat will be.) (in ancient times, TaiJi was also known as Changquan/长拳, and the explanation was that this martial art was like the "endless waves of a long river"/如长江大浪滔滔不绝。 Unfortunately, in modern times, the word "Changquan" got coopted to refer to a composite Wushu Taolu which emphasizes "long reach", and the general public has the impression that it's just a "long fist".） In contrast, if you lose track of the opponent while dodging/withdrawing/taking a blow, or get fixated on trying to overpower the opponent in one spot, then you're NOT doing TaiJi well. (to use the river analogy, it's like a river getting totally diverted away from the sea, or dammed.) Not every TaiJi practitioner may agree with this definition of mine, but the point is we *need* to have some kind of clear, simple definition, and we *need* to have more videos letting viewers know about the definition, before we're even able to present more "real Tai Chi on video". Otherwise, almost anyone can just claim to be "doing Tai Chi", and people will still be left to rely on their own faulty judgements on which is the "real Tai Chi" video and which is not.

Tai chi was here before the video and will be here after the video. Lots of great tai chi in china not so much in the west. Full time martial arts teacher is a new thing. Other people don't matter in tai chi what matters in tai chi is you.

Tai Chi's reputation is maybe the worst it's ever been, and honestly, even as a lover of Tai Chi, I think it's deserved. There needs to be more legit Tai Chi people putting stuff out there: sparring videos and pressure testing, inter-disciplinary especially. This is a hole we can climb out of, but it's going to take a lot of serious work.

Very nice 💪☯️

Hi! I’d love to see actual application of Tai Chi in a self defense scenario. What does Tai Chi look like if your opponent isn’t cooperating? What if someone is coming at you fast and full force with the intent to harm? To me I see Tai Chi as having applications mainly to health. I think there is great benefit for health. In the situation of push hands, I understand that if you are doing push hands knowing Tai Chi VS not knowing it means you will lose. I think your average person sees that though and wants to see a self defense scenario. For example. Sees this video where an Akido black belt recognizes that his martial art isn’t practical for self defense: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3nLq2CKarNoqdksi=qRFrqReJFVFUYHmg All the love all the power. Love what you’re doing here with your channel! Please know I say this with the utmost respect. I see the great benefits and history of Tai Chi, I’m just curious if it has any real application in self defense. For example if someone uses Muai Thai, boxing, or kickboxing, or any major striking martial art against you, what does defense look like in full force? Thanks! 🙏

The best video yet -- so clear and easy to see all the moves. Thank you for posting!

Thanks for posting this Chris.

Thanks for posting ❤

Good stuff! 💪☯️

LOL Facts💯

My recently deceased father and I grew up watching David in his TV show Kung Fu. Wonderful memories. Wonderful show ❤

Thanks for posting; your website is very informative.

Well done brother! Have any recommendations for how to cultivate the Dantian? Thanks! ❤

Well done friends! Love the smirk; the sportsmanship is wonderful ❤

What is this 😂

Intresting thanks, I practice yang and chen style, high pat on horse chen style is the source, it has twice the movement and applications, it's very interesting too . Thanks for sharing

One of the girls in the background watching walked away when yellow got thrown. Moral of the story never invite your girlfriend to see you compete.

This looks like good exercise and can defend against sudden push.

Total BS - WORTHLESS ❕

Thanks for posting - love these !

Would you say this an effective martial art against say grappling, jiujitsu, or wrestling?

This is just sumo with no steps.

I'm not a big fan of fixed step pushing hands, but the KOTM format seems fun.

Yellow didn’t know the rules… did he even prepare ? White acting like he’s in UFC….bro, noone’s watching 😂

everything changes when you allow grips

Egg yolks vrs egg whites… all respect

Aikido, tai chi , and wing chun the trifecta of completely useless martial arts.

Get a wrestler to show you how to really do this

I like this rapid fire format it looks fun

What does this prove or show? This exercise? What is this training?

Go Ana!

This is weird to see such a familiar format with such restrictions.

Top athlets 😂😂😂

This is awesome. Great spin move by Chris at 6:45 to stay in the match.

For me, this is the best way to test Taijiquan skills and principles.

I want to do a same Taichi Tuishou event here in Brazil.

Full hip throw wow, White shirt goes hard AF but that is no sweep😲. Seriously though it's not much of a flex to get all pumped up and aggressive to win at pushing hands. If you really have something to prove in push hands then less is more which is why I am a fan of competitors like Chris Marshall and Sifu Niko. Looks like lots of fun but not sure how careful I could be with someone spamming hip throw attempts at me. Black shirt deserved that win.

這種鬥死牛力比賽，其實不應以人家的宗派命名，。

What a joke. Not even martial arts

WTF ? do these people think this is in any way useful or serve some purpose ? ALL the push hands competition i've seen over the years just looks like REALLY BAD wrestling !! as a lifelong martial artist i think that this is a totally USELESS ENDEAVOR...the most it can teach you is how to yield or give way while maintaining balance...the utility of which (in actual combat) is questionable (the yielding, NOT the balance) what a waste of time and energy if you think this is going to be of any use in an actual combat situation...if you think it is, i would say you have NO experience in REAL WORLD combat/self defense (which i would argue that MOST martial artists lack)...good luck deluding yourselves.

Did Yang Jun mantain "Peng" in both hands during the form pratice?

Interesting way of playing moving step....

Add some weekend classes so I can! 🙏🏻

Evidence that learning taijiquan on zoom doesn't work. Nice to see people getting together for tuishou.

No wonder it's so popular, this is the perfect learning attitude and environment.