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Up to your neck might be a little deep 😉 but glad to hear you are doing it 👍🏻

It's a shame that potential martial students of Tai Chi often don't get the opportunity to study the Chuan aspects of the arts. Indeed fighting is mostly fists and feet, the throws and grappling, controls and locks are range and situation dependant. I'll be doing a video or two on push hands and its methods and way to start practicing. Yes, mma, bjj have taken their toll on cma. Some deservedly so because as in all things there are those who don't teach properly or fully and also those that are, for want of a better word, charlatans. The irony that mma and bjj are both rooted in traditional martial arts and take from them seems lost on the majority of people. We all have the same physical strengths and weaknesses, same structure and limitations. All martial arts do to one extent or another is exploit those.

This is the short form designed by Grandmaster Lam Kam Chuen of Stand Still Be Fit fame. Thanks for your kind comment.

Indeed he is and he has. Yet there is so much more to his skills also.

Thanks for your kind comment. Thankfully the recovery was relatively quick

Thanks Smoggie for your kind comment

Thanks for your kind comment

That's the way... But not when you are the crash test dummy 😂

Since the lockdown classes have been limited because we lost our hall and now halls have increased their costs so we use parks and gardens however I have been teaching online also. Use the email address on the about page and we can sort something out

Thanks. It was a long day being punched, kicked, thrown and locked joints and this was towards the end of the day.

Anzi, sempre. 🙏🏻❤️

Thanks for the kind comment. 👍🏻

Oh yes the sneaky leg trap 😉

This technique, like any technique, is being demonstrated to show said technique. If you are a martial arts student /practitioner, even if you are a boxer. Techniques are demonstrated in isolation not in reality. Indeed, this technique, like most would rarely happen like this in a fight, not impossible but highly unlikely, but then we aren't saying that's what would happen. We are stating clearly that these are Classical Techniques from a form. So thanks for your comment and for taking it completely out of context to show you know better. Well done.

Durr 🤣🤣 Clue's in the title mate

Glad it's helpful. I'm happy the herbs reached you quickly. If you need any advice just ask.

I have found it to be a very effective and useful recipe. Have fun making it. Remember the warnings 👍🏻

Yes, that's a useful tip 🙂👍🏻

Yeah... Might have to look into getting some 👍🏻

Ginger and chillies are both pain killers and circulation enhancers. You can add those. However, in the above video you have a full list of herbs to make an excellent Dit Da Jow so why not just follow the recipe. For the brandy and ginseng, put a whole root into the brandy, after a couple of weeks it will have a different texture just keep the root in there and use the brandy. Top up if necessary, the ginseng will steep and seep it's properties for a long time.

@@spinningdragontao Thank you so much for the advice! I was thinking of making a weaker dit da jow to use for my mother's knees. When you mentioned that the ginseng brandy infusion is very good for joint pains and varicose veins, I thought it would be perfect. I found that Dit Da Jow works so well but it's expensive here and as you say is a bit overkill. By the if I may ask more, Do I have to cut up the ginger and chillies? Do I have to make cut marks on the ginseng to make it seep into the brandy better? Maybe in the future I will attempt to make the dit da jow recipe since I also practice Quan Fa. But as of now due to budget and also I need to translate the ingredients to Hokkien since almost all Chinese here speak it and cannot understand Mandarin (I tried multiple times), I might have to postpone it. The ginseng brandy will be my first attempt in making homemade TCM.

There are so many variations in the many movements of the form. Interestingly enough Sifu Rand and I were discussing this aspect only today. That unlike the vast majority of martial arts use of forms, Tai Chi has multiple applications for almost all of the movements. In fact it's unusual for the movements to be only what you see. And yes it's dangerous to be around Sifu Rand and doing applications 😂

Yeah it is literally - don't cough or you won't get them back 😂

In the Lam short form this is Retreat to Pull down to chop opponent with fist to Golden Cock Stands on One Leg. So yes and no. Snake Creeps Down could be substituted in here but it comes in later in the form so it's nice to have the practice of a different technique available. I hope this answers your question.

Just to add to my previous answer; in the Guangping /Kwonping Yang Long Form Snake Creeps Down does indeed preceed Golden Rooster /Cock but the previous move to that is single whip. I'll be adding the full Long Form in the spring.

@@spinningdragontao question answered, many thanks!

You are right in this classical version the kick to the groin is not shown. Such an attack is in the many variations that exist hidden in the form. Probably the reason for this is Chinese cultural modesty. Thanks for your comment.

Relieved to hear that it's there in spirit! Is there perhaps a secret form demonstrating how to deflect, enter and strike the family jewels from every conceivable angle?@@spinningdragontao

@@Vroomfondle1066 There is so much of Tai Chi that is hidden in plain sight. The secrets of Tai Chi are all self secret; by this I mean that they reveal themselves through good tuition and persistent training. One could be told everything about Tai Chi and how it works but that academic understanding doesn't enable one to do it. With each level more opportunities of action reveal themselves. When faced with a well trained opponent the groin area is often well protected by one means or another because we all know from a very young age that area is vulnerable and especially in training. However, other areas may present as better targets which open the door to your chosen target. It's all there, it's just waiting for the practitioner to find it.

Yes indeed, knees and elbows are intrinsically powerful, they don't need a big movement lead in to use them. Always start slowly, speed is not a skill. Thanks for your kind comment.

Nice. I like it. 😃👍🏻 Thank you for your kind comment.

Thanks, I'm glad it is useful. It's not necessarily easy to put across all the relevant information but this certainly gives a different view in terms of the form. 👍🏻

Thank you for your kind comment.

Go for it. Good luck. Please send me a link 👍🏻

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😂 Indeed 🤦🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

I laughed out loud at the last line 😃 yes thankfully I wasn't thrown into the wall... This time 😂

Lol... Yeah... Pretty much.

Thanks I appreciate your kind comment. It was a particularly painful day but it's difficult to show how these work without doing them properly to an extent.

Thanks for your kind comment. Indeed an innocuous punch the chops hurt like hell 😂

Honestly This channel is so good and so informative I'm happy to contribute. Thanks for sharing your knowledge so freely

Thank you for your kind comment. Please share widely 🙂

Yep, that just about sums it up 🙂