Best Tai Chi Documentary: The Grand Ultimate Fist

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10,000 Victories Kung Fu, Tai Chi, Qigong, Xingyi

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@Nedley1 2 жыл бұрын

Nicely done, Rachel and Scott! Thanks!

@10000Victories 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@ozsvathlaszlo6805 Жыл бұрын

Wudang Grandmaster Zhong Yun Long RESPECT 😂

@winfielddixon5166 9 ай бұрын

There is also the Tai Chi Saber form which I prefer to the sword form, has more of a Conan The Barbarian vibe to it!

@hamstring6792 Жыл бұрын

To be accurate, Taiji translates most closely to Extreme Polarity, a synonym for Yin/Yang.

@JustinThorts 3 ай бұрын

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@KelGhu Жыл бұрын

In the documentary, he says that Wudang was known for its martial arts, notably its sword. That is absolutely false. Throughout history, Wudang was never a martial art place like Shaolin was. Wudang only became associated with martial arts in 1928 when they classified Chinese boxing styles for the first national martial arts tournament organized by the Central Guoshu Institute. It's only then that styles like Taiji Quan, Xing Yi Quan and Bagua Zhang were associates with Wudang. Stories and movies began to feature Wudang as the rival school to Shaolin. It's folklore but it's not rooted in any truth. Wudang rediscovered its reputation and used it for marketing purposes to promote itself. Their martial arts are obscure. No one can truly trace their lineage back before 1928. It's sketchy and most likely fabricated. So Wudang mountain martial arts tradition is approximately a hundred years old. It's great and legit as an internal martial art, but it's not what it claims to be. It's not the old art it portrayed itself to be. For people who are familiar internal martial arts, it's obvious Wudang stole from the Yang family to create their their own style. If Wudang really was there origin of Taiji Quan, it would look much more like Chen family's Taiji Quan, as Yang style was created from Chen style. So why does Wudang Taiji Quan looks like Yang style? It makes absolutely no sense. This is one of the red flags about Wudang as a martial arts cradle. Other than that, there are many mistakes in this documentary. For example, Sanshou is not a 2-person form. Sanshou means "free hands" and designates free fighting/sparring. I guess it's an OK video for promotion.

@greenshifu 11 ай бұрын

If you are true in what you say then a documentary should be accurate

@greenshifu 11 ай бұрын

After reading your comment, I had a quick research on the internet and you were absolutely correct in the points you make. You obviously have a good knowledge background, thank you. Here's a question to you, which came first, Kungfu or Tai Chi ?

@KelGhu 11 ай бұрын

Gong Fu (Kung Fu) designates all traditional Chinese martial arts, including Taiji Quan. Modern Taiji Quan has its roots in the Chen family boxing style, which clearly draws from Shaolin. One of the movements of Chen Style Taiji Quan is "Buddha warrior pounds the mortar". The Buddha is not a Taoist entity, obviously. Shaolin is commonly considered the first formalized King Fu systems (styles) in traditional Chinese martial arts. And is the origin of most Chinese martial arts, one way or the other. But not only Chinese, but Japanese and other countries too, like Karate, Shorinji Kempo (which means Shaolin Fists), etc... So Shaolin Gong Fu came before Taiji Quan, up and it's not even close. That's for what we can historically trace back. We can't trace Taiji Quan past Chen Wanting. So we don't know what happened before, unfortunately... Watch this video if you want to see what is the skill we try to develop with authentic Taiji Quan is and why we learn it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXiogWiObJ16Z9ksi=ax0hZATXigHpqlFB The most important is to understand the internal power of internal martial arts. Masters from different martial arts exhibits those powers. I recommend you watch these masters. It looks fake, but it's not. Taichi and other internal martial arts - Mark Rasmus - Adam Mizner - Liang Dehua - Richard Huang - Howard Wang Aikido - Shibata Yoshi - Makoto Okamoto Daito Ryu - Roy Goldberg - George Ledyard - Nomoto Tadashi Yoshinkan - Susumu Chino

@greenshifu 11 ай бұрын

@@KelGhu a sincere thankyou for your reply. I will certainly be looking into those names in some more detail. I had a feeling gong fu was first, but I couldn't seem to find this answer on the internet. I practice Tai Chi and also karate, I'm amazed how similar some movements can be. It is obvious to me that the influence from Chinese martial arts is evident in Japanese arts too. Thank you again.

@KelGhu 11 ай бұрын

@@greenshifu My pleasure. Thanks for being open-minded. Oh, one detail. Shaolin quan came before Taiji Quan. But they are both Kung Fu.