Icmac "True Push Hands 01"

Push hands should be done with grace and skill not brute force and muscle, and i demonstrate that here, and in more videos i will be uploading!
Please i hope people that are pushing and have issues being soft, smooth and connected once facing opponent in competitions contact me and we can talk =]
i pride myself on having control within pushing and being able to overcome any hard energy with Tai Chi principles!

[@elderinisrael]

Sifu, I was amazed to watch how effortless you make it look. I hope someday to be as grounded as you.

[@mindfulskills]

I like your whole trip, sifu Nicholas -- the softness, the attention, the dignity, the look. You're not just pushing hands; you're actually standing for something out there. May I ask who your teacher is or was? Thank you.

[@5elementsfit]

My Teachers are my Father LeRoy Alsup and Master Yang Jun! Thank you for the kind words!!!

[@blockmasterscott]

Dude, that skill is nothing short of a work of art! You could actually see the form!

[@richardconnelly7141]

really,who will buy it and what is it good for?

[@aljoschalong625]

@@richardconnelly7141 Take part in a Tui Shou competition, then you'll find out.

[@timbrykkk]

This is exactly how I would imagine it. Thanks!

[@scroogegood123]

The black guy truly understand Taichi

[@Ninja9JKD]

Incredible, real Tai Chi push hand internal mechanics used in tournament. OMG it works. ;)

[@nanying7747]

The coolest guy I have ever seen in my whole life

[@realLWD]

He's great! Great posture, stance and sensitivity; and he's using his centre. :)

[@HungGarEarthBender]

This was truly awesome! I have never seen anything like it. Amazing.

[@sifuniko]

Thanks man!

[@kingofaikido]

Pretty good man. Love it..!

[@indefenceofthetraditionalma]

Started off thinking the other guy wasn’t trying but realised about midway through that he really was

[@dragonrises1]

The judge in the back round to the right is Sifu Paul O Shea gentleman with the white hair. I used to train with him in wu-style tai-chi pretty Kool!

[@twotetah]

Very good form and flow.

[@Viewpoint314]

Good video series!

[@MarcoGagnon]

High skill! Happy to see good improvement in TaiChi chuan push hand! Finally understood ! and I really like the haire cut !! I would like to practice with you one day !!! Namaste!

[@anthonyallen8916]

This is great. Finally not a sumo wrestling match. Man has great skill.

[@tubber]

Kudos to both of them.

[@zzajizz]

This guy’s got skill.

[@ThompsonTaiChi]

Well played.

[@AntonAntonovwushu]

Nice!

[@charlesboardman8131]

Finally a push hands competition with real skill. You have fantastic control over your center. I'll bet you do a lot of stance training. I'd love to see you in a moving competition. Nice job. I'm thinking this is the competition in Orlando judging by the familiar faces I see in the crowd.

[@sifuniko]

Lots of stance training! Bow & Empty Stance!

[@gjigaqaquj]

Rooted like a tree, arms like swaying branches.

[@derek6817]

Masterful!!

[@matthewbreytenbach4483]

Good stuff!

[@Ninja9JKD]

Inspiring!

[@athleticoutdoorsman5227]

Great push hands skills

[@TheWarriorScholar]

excellent!

[@richardallan2767]

Nice.

[@ytb460]

This is taichi push hands. You can see you have integrated the form, you stay within the bell or circle and you accept pushes and redirect force.

[@sifuniko]

Thank you a ton! If you wish to learn more, I am teaching Tai Chi broken down in great detail ! I teach on a platform called The Dojo. Link below ! Thank you and hope to see you on it! Here are my courses! www.thedojo.com/42/SIFU_NIKO_-_Teaching_Real_Tai_Chi;_Learn_how_to_do_this_art_correctly!/courses

[@KenGullette]

Very nice!

[@mahtowa]

wow great push hands, where are you from? hope one day I can meet you.

[@dcworldnews9123]

Beautiful

[@vlhendon7185]

Cool

[@jimmy64224]

Dude awesome push hands, but that mohawk is off center just a touch and it's killing me!!

[@RobertAgarHutton]

LOL !!!

[@threespherestaijiqigong2604]

Great push hands!!

[@sifuniko]

Thank you a ton!!!! If you wish to learn more, I am teaching Tai Chi broken down in great detail ! I teach on a platform called The Dojo. Link below ! Thank you and hope to see you on it! Here are my courses! www.thedojo.com/42/SIFU_NIKO_-_Teaching_Real_Tai_Chi;_Learn_how_to_do_this_art_correctly!/courses

[@JansTaiChi]

Keep it up and thanks for sharing!

[@sifuniko]

Thanks a ton! I hope we can meet and play some day!

[@JansTaiChi]

@@sifuniko Ditto!

[@benyork3294]

Your partner was also showing good restraint(not trying to turn this into a wrestling match) and respect as well. Great video.

[@mr.patricklant4841]

Just saying here...the opponent with their back to the camera had no idea what they were doing. No idea at all. It's easy to look good when your opponent is completely unskilled. Have any videos where you sparred against a worthy opponent?

[@sifuniko]

Yes! A few bouts on this channel that show me with "Worthy" opponents...

[@5elementsfit]

✊🏿✊🏿🔥🔥

[@yahavanter]

👏👏👏

[@sifuniko]

Thanks!!!

[@jashardwallington]

Nice

[@ytb460]

He has clearly done lots of standing and is used to sinking and taking force. He seems to use his hands and arms here though so no idea how good he is at using his body to absorb and project energy. This is still far far better than most.

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Yeah

[@bcnihao]

Which tournament was this?

[@sifuniko]

bcnihao it was the ICMAC Held by Nick Scrima

[@Greendragontaichiandqigong]

I like the whole vid but I especially like around 3:20 he pushes your arm/shoulder area and your arm goes total yin allowing the energy to attach to nothing, then you rotate back up with the yang side to push him out. Great stuff!

[@joshpickles9022]

Great push hands man! Your thighs tell me you've been trained properly ;-)

[@taichipandabat6153]

precisely my brother has develop what alot of non tai chi player and tai chi players are striving to get......The understanding of letting go, obeying the principles of Tai Chi

[@arestcm1013]

smile is lovely hahaha

[@sifuniko]

I appreciate that! I love to smile!!

[@aljoschalong625]

Nice! Yes, that's Tui Shou, not the bad Judo which is seen so often.

[@sifuniko]

Thank you!!!

[@houseofkungfu2543]

Shifu!

[@MyEmmatv]

Enjoy the match but not sure why opponents are not wiping theie opponenet off of them.. Also why does the opponent why not push you when you are in down position usually you can get them off balance once they are down as they have to come back up.

[@user-og3wq1rt1s]

Слишком жестокое состязание. Его надо запретить во всем мире.

[@rossandgaylemiller8241]

he who is the softest is the strongest......

[@angeltradesfx]

You should consider going to the Kuoshu. It's a higher level of skill than that tournament and winners go on to represent team USA.

[@sifuniko]

Angel Negron Excellent, thank you! i will look into it now!

[@CottonBoxer]

you assume the skill level is higher based on this one opponent did you not ? hmmm

[@richardconnelly7141]

if all drunken fights can be settled this way then no one wins

[@taijichickstl]

They can't touch Niko!!!!

[@sifuniko]

UNTOUCHABLE haha! Thanks!!! If you wish to learn more, I am teaching Tai Chi broken down in great detail ! I teach on a platform called The Dojo. Link below ! Thank you and hope to see you on it! Here are my courses! www.thedojo.com/42/SIFU_NIKO_-_Teaching_Real_Tai_Chi;_Learn_how_to_do_this_art_correctly!/courses

[@tomjeff1743]

See Adam mizner.

[@sifuniko]

Adam mizner wouldn't stand a chance. Why don't you ask him yourself about me!

[@jdsu7150]

This style of “push hand” is certainly a sports with its own rule, but it is not the real Taiji Push Hand. Taiji uses push hand as a training or verification method to see if a practitioner has found Jin, it is not supposed to be a competitive sports.

[@tomjeff1743]

Competitive push hands is a contradiction. No song here.

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Yeah you make a good point

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Yeah you make a good point

[@donwang9117]

push like a kid

[@charlesbetancourt7337]

He recently beat a black belt in. bjj at push hands. It was at the March 26 2022 world series Tai chi competitio. Look it up.

[@user-nj5ug8gf9d]

Was für ein blödes rumgeeir es hat wohl mehr was von Ringen😅

[@maduroholdings]

Nice