1 Touch Knockouts (Tai Chi)

1 Touch Knockouts and Combat Tai Chi seminar preview.
These are some highlights from a free seminar we held in Peoria IL in 2012. You can watch the 50 min version right here:
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If you would like to experience this for yourself please come visit or catch us at one of our workshops or free training sessions.

[@abaddongames6285]

he looks like john cena

[@xTheQuestx]

+Abaddon Games Yeah I was thinking the same. The appearance and the voice are so near of Cena.

[@abaddongames6285]

true

[@wax-noetic]

+Abaddon Games It's actually Kevin Bacon, guys.

[@superdan387]

John Cena's twin brother took Tai Chi lessons instead of wrestling.

[@clashofclansplayaandhacker8637]

I was also thinking the same

[@da_cat]

Wow, awesome, can you move my couch ?

[@Toolswaging]

😂😂😂😂XD

[@EagleScout316]

That's me in my younger days in the black shirt and shorts, and let me tell y'all, it was no joke that I felt a force all the way down to my knees just from grabbing Sigung Clear's arm. Very much not staged; been in the martial arts for over 20 years now, and I've been rocked before in all out fights, but it's a different type of feeling with using energy: more precise, controlled, and the damage doesn't stay with you like how other attacks might. I'm an Active Duty Soldier serving overseas as of late, and there's not too many schools I've found the world over that come close to Sigung Clear's knowledge and experience.

[@MrScania1992]

1:02 and this kids is how you "push" someone away, very impressive

[@davidscott3712]

If you pause the video at exactly 3:50 you can see the line across the 'wood' where it eventually snaps when hit. Clearly pre-prepared board and real wood doesn't just snap like that. There would be splinters and dust clearly visible from the break.

[@CombatTaiChi]

+David Scott - That's called wood grain buddy. Go to your local building supply store and look at some 1inch pine boards. You'll see the same thing. Anyone who's broken a board before knows they like to break along the grain. This seminar was free & open to the public. So there were a number of skeptical folks in that room who came to see if we could live up to the hype. Including several instructors who run their own schools and have been involved in the regional Karate, TKD & Kung scene for decades. They're much more familiar with breaking than we are and have seen every trick in the book and they all got to inspect the boards before hand as does anyone else who we work with live. I recommend you check out the full 50min seminar here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZCZamWBmbGpaJY

[@axiongoblininterests1280]

Your Understanding of the Physics & Mechanics is Amazing

[@CombatTaiChi]

***** thank you.

[@jayjuliangarcia5720]

What you have to understand in this video is that the people he was pushing were not "squared up". The idea behind moving people bigger than you is to break the centerline. If you noticed the big person he pushed, he was standing sideways, not shoulders squared to the teacher. :) I'm Not dissing Tai Chi, just clarifying the movement. the same theory goes for Wing Chun

[@kennysmom137]

That's where moving your own body comes into play. At one point he mentions keeping his own body fluid and you can see that this is also missing in the "attackers" in this demonstration. In the classes I've taken (many styles of Kung Fu Wushu and Tai Chi with some Qi Gong and other stuff - I'm not sure what is a subset of other things except Qi Na has been incorporated into some of the other arts I've practiced - just that all are related), the essence of the forms is stance and movement and they are a guide and repetitive training to teach specific movements so they can be performed without conscious thought, among other things. I've had good Sifus and the first step in any fight is avoid. My first Sifi taught me that this includes avoiding the fight altogether. These are very short demonstrations out of context and I would take it to be showing what's possible using an art most people don't associate with combat and most of the time in the real world, if you find yourself in a situation where you must use your skills to defend yourself, it is usually going to be against someone who doesn't know these finer points and would never notice what you did. It's been a while since I've been able to study martial arts, so I may have some of the words spelled wrong (I learned Qi as Chi, for example but the preferred spelling has changed). I never studied where competitions were a part of it, always just for self-development and I'm almost at the point where I can return to Tai Chi classes. With a skilled practitioner, if it even gets to the point of combat, it doesn't go on forever like in the movies. Even if both parties are skilled and living the lifestyle taught, it's over quickly in real life. I think this is a good demonstration of how fast you can end something using internal (as opposed to external) strength. The real art is internal and I've heard of competitions between the best practitioners where the number of moves is ZERO. It would be over with one move and they have mastered the internal art so well, they both simply stand there and can know who wins just by sensing the other. One will simply acknowledge the other has won, they will bow, and it's over. If this is real and not just a legend, it must be the most interesting and boring (at the same time) kind of match to see.

[@MsGarethW]

Have just been on your site, luv your videos/methods, am learning Chow Gar Tong Long at the mo and it seems to derive from the same way of thinking and moving. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@TheDano1947]

This is the first Touch knockout video I've ever seen that isn't someone show boating just to impress. I'd love to learn from this guy, I think I've seen his video in a magazine.

[@julianwilde2151]

Nice one Richard. There should be more teachers around like you.

[@yessenia5388]

I swear this guy looks like a mixture of Kevin Bacon and John Cena....

[@dr.knightxdr.knightx4913]

true master who undestand his art

[@HCL991]

Finally a video of Tai Chi and pracitcal application that doesn't look fake! I'm impressed so far!

[@H.e.n.r.i]

pure martial art!!! love it!great!

[@bobbydazzler6432]

I drive a taxi and it can be daunting sometimes and often feel threatened This is an art i would love to know You mane it look so easy Thank you

[@FidelAsstro762]

I want to learn from this guy!

[@billblakely964]

This is very good.

[@ErikDaRavenEricHumphrey]

This is the only video and you are the only person I have seen who can actually perform the Flow, River Flower, Dragons Tail or the poorest definition The Death Touch (not to be confused with a karma touch/emotional manipulation; takes years to learn or must started as a child). Nice job, I enjoyed your video and lac of egotism.

[@elliottnoble7289]

Totally rad

[@funkyboodah]

the real deal... at [2:25] you can see a wave of energy literally travelling through that guy's body. Wow.

[@funkyboodah]

lennyhipp i find it weird how "fighters" are many time irrationally prejudiced against traditional martial arts. I mean you SEE the guy breaking a board with a touch. (unless you think it was rigged, I do not). Who would you rather have in your corner: a boxer who was against all kungfu or a boxer who knew all the skills of western boxing PLUS he knew how to do one touch knockouts?

[@elliottnoble7289]

To the max awesome

[@MrScania1992]

0:39 that guy must have lost alot of lunchmoney in highschool lol

[@loneblade8991]

Where's John Cena in this video? I can't see him.

[@neils68]

this guy is the real deal, now, imagine mixing your favorite martial art into that mix.

[@teddouglas6876]

good stuff...

[@ubermensch966]

Its look like easy and usefull i like it

[@SolarPlexCinema]

He looks like the Tai Chi version of John Cena.

[@MaxKesmodel]

I wish you were in LA, because I really would love to learn Tai Chi from you. I have yet to start, but the way you explain the art is amazing.

[@CombatTaiChi]

+MaxKesmodel We have students in LA you can train with. Go look them up: www.clearsilat.com/instructors

[@GrammeStudio]

+Clear's Tai Chi did not know Silat utilizes Qi/Chi

[@CombatTaiChi]

It depends on the style of Silat. Many are mixed with Kung Fu and will use the same qi / qigong terminology. Others will use similar internal skills and principles but use a different nomenclature. Others are primarily external. Silat is a very large category that includes thousands of arts which can be very different from one another.

[@elfuego121212]

I Didnt know Kevin Bacon knew tai chi .

[@do0m341]

No Kevin Bacon knows chai tea.

[@Livingtree32]

Look closer, it's John Cena!

[@ihnn810]

Livingtree32 its not...

[@cosmokramer7396]

Livingtree32 LMFAO!! That's exactly the first thing I thought.

[@elanarquista4250]

jajaja

[@volikoto]

this dude had mastered the Qi Gong!

[@dr.knightxdr.knightx4913]

true master

[@CombatTaiChi]

The only 'trick' involved is the training and work it takes to build this kind of power. We break stuff very rarely but it is useful to occasionally test the amount of power you can deliver. ...and in a video, where you can't simply reach through the screen and hit somebody to let them feel it, this one way to demonstrate the amount of power we are delivering.

[@timahartist537]

@clear's Tai chi, is it just a simple push whilst being relxed or what do you actually use to do the offensive move

[@SirSlesar]

Why the plate breaks so exactly?

[@CombatTaiChi]

Николай Гончаренко Wood breaks along the grain. Though you will see differences in the amount of splintering that happens depending on the type of strike you use.

[@Zeaiclies]

+Clear's Tai Chi Exactly. Very awesome.

[@rickyz8531]

+Clear's Tai Chi wasn't that against the grain?

[@carloso161]

Wish you were in Florida

[@raulposada5912]

beast

[@BackwoodsRifleman408]

He looks like Kevin Bacon

[@Marvel66666]

first time i see that Tai Chi works

[@IamHueGraves]

a lot of this seems like stuff in Systema too, anyone who likes Tai Chi should look at Systema

[@IamHueGraves]

Mazeh Sowjetski what do you doubt?

[@nojrewerb]

+IamHueGraves Systema actually has similar routes to tai-chi, and many of the fundemental principles are the same/similar.

[@concretejungle161]

Ok this could be...i am no practinioner of systema, but as we all use body mechanics it may be so. thanks for clarification.

[@ZaergaSamurai]

This reminds me of the basement of "fight club" lol

[@8KILLSTEP]

i like this teacher,it seems strong but non though,nice

[@concretejungle161]

there are always similarities between martial arts, but taichi is really a Kind of its own. nonetheless there a ying yang principles everywhere ;)

[@cathalodiubhain5739]

Brilliant stuff, its a pity we don't have anything like this where I live in Ireland

[@lockedfn-subpls]

Look and you might be surprised what you find

[@DJEmirMixtapes]

+Cathal Ó Diubháin you can search out the Shaolin Kung Fu and Tai Chi school in Dublin

[@ahmed142454]

cool

[@Mi-nq8nv]

Amazing skill from the first view. BUT, also watching other vids, he is not realy careful with his students. Not sure its a good idea to show off talent instead of showing it gently. On the other hands, i love tai chi and this shows its potential. My teacher also shows applications for understanding the form and also always needs to keep his skill in check to prevent me from flying off hehehehe.

[@MiguelSaeetRamirezSENSEI]

what your stile Shifu?

[@ashketchum7768]

Does Tai Chi have something to do with our nervous system and electrical energy? Please explain briefly.

[@nojrewerb]

+Ash Ketchum From the tai-chi I've done, I'm no expert, but I don't think it has much to do with it. It's got a much bigger focus on body structure and posture. When you look at this guy, you realise that he moves his whole body. When he pushes, it's not arm strength and muscle, his body moves more like a whip. So no, it's not got much to do with our nervous system or electrical energy, it's more about about the transference of kinetic energy and physics. Hope that helps!

[@CombatTaiChi]

+Ash Ketchum - Your nervous system is part of everything you do. So any type of training is conditioning the nervous system is some way or another. With Tai Chi & internal arts we just tend to focus on taking it to a more advanced level than many other types of physical training

[@ohinalam5166]

Wing chun and tai chi :)

[@vintageextreme]

does anyone know the name of the instructor..? please let me know if anyone does.. it would b very helpful.

[@CombatTaiChi]

Aditya Shetty ClearsTaiChi.com is our official Tai Chi website. You'll find all the info you need and more there.

[@sauxbmUSMC]

I hate y'all are in TN. I teach self defense and would love to learn this

[@1O9Piano]

Shotgun palm

[@sunkist562]

I thought it was john cenni from wwe :O

[@typicaldylan2802]

He looks like John cana

[@upenupen4541]

looks like a jhon. chena

[@frankiemadrid9030]

he also knows systema. yes hes the real deal

[@chikiqi]

all your videos are quite cool but why would you use these "breaking" tricks?

[@sheepinwolfclothin6716]

looks like John cena

[@SpeedWafflesGamingMusic]

JOOOHNNN CEEEENNNAAAA!!!!

[@tunefulsoulonaroll7669]

OMG I thought John Cena

[@michaeljohnson2417]

Is he John Cena ?

[@Azzataky]

Do you guys think it is worth to learn tai-ji without sparring? I'm 27 years old and would like to start some martial arts, preferably Chinese. I'm thinking wing chun or tai-ji or xing yi. But xing yi I can't find a good teacher where I live, tai-ji I found one Chinese guy but they don't do any sparring. So so far I'm leaning towards wing chun. Though I was always a lot fascinated by internal martial arts, even though it takes longer to learn it.

[@CombatTaiChi]

Azzataky Don't limit yourself. Learn what you can where you can. If a teacher doesn't teach something that's OK. Learn the things of value that they do teach and learn the other things elsewhere.

[@contemporaryfightingarts8963]

Problem is mate lots of wing chun schools dont spar, most inafective schools are not keen on letting their students see the martial art being used in real time. If your trainer discourages sparing then I would be carfull. It would be a bit like me telling you I can fly your plain because someone has told me how to do it. This is not to say that all you should care about is beating the shit out of one another but it should be a good portion of your training.i v done wing chun for a long time now so im a bit bias but try wing chun it can be affective and truly in lightening, as long as your sifu is true.

[@somekid338]

Do both, many experienced Wing Chun practicioners also practice Tai Chi. Both also use similar principles, in fact, I heard most Wing Chun techniques are actually derived from those of Tai Chi.

[@contemporaryfightingarts8963]

Enlightening

[@sirlennon24]

Stick to Tai chi. Nothing surpasses Tai chi. My master always tells me, when you can master your body/Chi; Then you can master anyone's body/Chi. I'm 28 years old, I've been practicing Chen Style tai chi for a year now. Yes, it goes take a long time to see progress, but that's inevitable with any new form or subject. If you try to do both, it will only confuse your mind. But then again, everyone is different. Safe journey my friend, and practice practice practice. For one day we will have to use our technique to not only defend ourselves, but others as well.

[@damke5578]

Lol why is every 2nd comment about John Cena :l

[@ericdurig3447]

I have embarrassed many of meat heads with this technique

[@jeremystraughn9671]

hahahahahahahahahahaha