Kung Fu of Hong Kong bonus ep: Hunyuan Taiji with Philip Ho

[@Saviohno]

I've been waiting for this bonus episode for so long! It's been tough keeping this a secret, almost forgot how many times I got thrown by Sifu Ho lol

[@Hakka_Charlie]

hi - are you the young chap being thrown around? keep up the training, we need young blood like you to keep these traditional arts alive! work hard and don't be lazy!

[@Saviohno]

@@Hakka_Charlie Yes, I'll be working harder than ever this year! Happy Year of the Dragon!

[@CorpRenegade]

Hi @Saviohno, is there a website for the tai chi school? Keen to visit if I go to HK next

[@Saviohno]

@@CorpRenegade Hi, the organization Master Ho is a part of does have a website but it's in Chinese. If you would like to meet Master Ho specifically I can ask my sifu to pass on a message for you?

[@EliteBlackSash]

Every teacher of Tai Chi I’ve ever met, who was actually into combat, was a student of grappling. It’s so good to see more of! There were days when to suggest such a thing, people would call you crazy - as if Tai Chi is meant to be some form of “Boxing” (in the western sense of Boxing 🥊). But all the tournaments, including IN Chen Village, are entirely a competition of Wrestling/Pummeling. Ba Gua too. Both very formidable forms of grappling / anti-grappling. Tui Shou Chen vs Marcelo Garcia is still one of the best examples of excellent Tai Chi skill at work under pressure. His only weakness was against leg reaping, but, Shuaijiao fills that in greatly.

[@Zz7722zZ]

This is the first time I've seen someone from the Hunyuan style demonstrate applications.

[@jonathanma713]

Don’t be distracted by the seemingly effortless upper body movements, the key to the amazing throws are his timing and positioning his footwork. Just beautiful. Thanks Will.

[@Titus-cm8gz]

Real joy in his teaching and art here. So nice to see. He seems to genuinely love what he's doing and that just makes me want to train with him.

[@Saviohno]

Master Ho is a really fun guy! He treated me and Master Lai to watch a Muay Thai / K1 competition once, he's a big fan of combat sports.

[@Titus-cm8gz]

@Saviohno Amazing! I had a ju-jitsu teacher with the same character. Always smiling, always joking, absolutely loved teaching. His class was incredibly fun and more like a family than a traditional dojo. I learned so much in there - not just the martial arts side of things. Teachers like this are worth their weight in gold.

[@Saviohno]

@@Titus-cm8gz Absolutely! I look to Master Lai as a role model. It's amazing what martial arts can teach you about life when you have a great teacher.

[@jasontay7655]

Very nice demonstration of applications but it is interesting to see that once the other Sifu adds a bit of resistance, nothing seems to work. More resistance training needed!

[@Livingtree32]

It’s rather that he hasn’t developed a lot of Jin to power these applications. It’s apparent from the beginning, even when the partners don’t resist.

[@KingoftheJiangl]

It's hard to apply a specific technique when your partner knows it and resists. These techniques aren't supposed to work when the opponent already knows what you're going to do

[@natschooler]

Good episode. Perhaps Chen does have some martial applications after all :)

[@Wilbafarce]

Great video 👍 now even more sorted against the wrist grab!

[@KingoftheJiangl]

When the mattress came out, I checked which site I was on

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

That extra content is saved for Only Fans

[@salvatoreplacidoplumari3840]

4:57....this reminds me of an okinawan master of chinese martial arts...Miyahira Tamotsu...however I am not so familiar with chinese martial arts / Wushu, but I think that Miyahira practices also a form of Taiji

[@micahthecomfortablehuman1324]

AFAIK, he does Bajiquan and Jeet Kune Do.

[@ChienandKun]

How long have you been practicing Taiji, Will? Would very much enjoy more Taiji related content, cheers!

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

I only learnt a very small amount

[@greenshifu]

How come you don't include more Taiji stuff in your videos. They are also a major part of Chinese martial arts?

[@joezane]

Your comment towards the end about openness and exchange without ego is so damn important. Thanks for saying it, 🎉

[@DamKaKaDaNi]

The qin-na looks surprisingly much like Aikido :)

[@ronaldwheeler1153]

Very Nice Extra Footage ‼️ My knowledge of Tai Chi Chuan or Tai Gek Kuen in Cantonese is Fair but not extensive, as their some many Branches to this Tree. I'm very Happy he showed the combat applications, as too many people here in the West see as nothing more than a Soft Exercise or Moving Meditation.

[@waynehansen9100]

Footwork is essential but secondary to yielding the point that is attacked

[@KingoftheJiangl]

This guy can feel your center, even your intention through his hands. He can probably even tell when you're hungry or if you're about to fart

[@BruceLee-xz8ft]

would be nice to see the taiji use against the bak mei gen jak ging " scared power "....

[@dipayandey5372]

Is it Wu ( Hao) Tai chi?

[@Zz7722zZ]

It’s probably Chen style Hunyuan Taijiquan created by Feng Zhiqiang.

[@Saviohno]

That's right! Master Ho learned from a direct ​student of Feng Zhi Qiang @@Zz7722zZ

[@Hakka_Charlie]

Awesome, so interesting to me as I also practice Hunyuan Taiji along with my Chow gar mantis. Hopefully I can meet this master when I next visit HK.

[@mooselee902]

bro wheres the subtitles?

[@jinroh516]

Why, having difficulty..? Boo hoo

[@mooselee902]

@@jinroh516 Yea big time, I dont speak chinese?

[@KingoftheJiangl]

He doesn't speak Cantonese

[@chisaomusician7752]

I think you forgot your audience. You translated when you spoke Chinese but didn't translate a word of the teaching. How about uploading some captions?

[@KingoftheJiangl]

He doesn't speak Cantonese

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

I didn't forget anyone, I was asking in Mandarin, which the teacher did speak, but he kept switching to Cantonese out of habit.

[@Saviohno]

I tried my best to translate! Unfortunately it wasn't a planned segment and I'm not familiar with Hunyuan Taiji. I will say that he managed to convey his key ideas through his physical demonstration, so the video is still very much worth watching!

[@hound8881]

I see a lot of Aikido here

[@pieterwong3683]

Aikido Its from tai ji.

[@waynehansen9100]

@@pieterwong3683I don’t know where you get that theory

[@Saviohno]

Well, Aikido and Taiji are both styles that feature a lot of grappling and they share a similar philosophy as well so that makes sense. Taiji does have more striking applications as demonstrated by Master Ho, though Taiji probably looks closer to Shuai Jiao when in practical application.

[@waynehansen9100]

Only on the most casual glance The footwork of Aikido is much more like White Crane Tai chi absorbs the attack within the stance Aikido moves out of its foot placement and then returns Admittedly at an advanced level they can seem similar but the path there is vastly different

[@Saviohno]

@@waynehansen9100 I see, those are some very good points! Now that you mention it Aikido does focus more on evading moreso than absorbing. Didn't know the footwork is similar to white crane though! Thanks for the comment!

[@stuarthughes3747]

usually enjoy your stuff but this was just bad aikido

[@Allen2saint]

Totally missing what’s going on here. Aiki arts took the locking from Chinese sources. And Aikido isn’t made to deal with complex grabs and in close fighting like this art is. This master isn’t doing fancy technique but if you watch how he combines the techniques and uses sensitivity to the partner’s balance, you’d see his Taiji is very effective. I say this as a long time Aikido student.