Push Hands - Tui Shou

[@Lohokleung]

I'm a Chinese and I marvel at your demonstration of push hands. Both of you selflessly demonstrated the prower of push hands, and you took turn to take the role-play of attacker and defender. You both must have practised for more than 10 years to have achieved such level of kung-fu. Congratulations! (P.S.I feel sorry that others have misinterpreted your demonstration as "dancing". They don't know what they have witnessed is a very superior form of kung-fu.)

[@georgeandbush]

The fluidity of the movements is a joy to watch. What beauty. The skill comes from many many hours of practice. Congratulations on your achievements.

[@blockmasterscott]

I love how rooted they were in their stances. You can't see it on the video, but they have a LOT of power.

[@chentaichiacademy]

He may not be looking with his eyes, but these drills help one to see without looking directly, very smooth.

[@xd1rtx]

never seen two guys dancing and holding hands that impressed me until now...... very good...

[@Ryooken]

You kidding right. The skill and the applications of these two men were almost flawless. This demo was not only practical but highly graciful.

[@physicalcult]

This is a very clear demonstration by two people with good skills. I'm very impressed. I trained in Taiji competition forms for a long time and won some stuff too before I started trying to learn Tui Shou. I got thrown about like a rag-doll by everyone in the class (and I mean EVERYONE). A humbling and valuable experience but hard on the ego. Everything I was doing LOOKED right, but wasn't. Taiji without Tui Shou IS just dancing. The difference is not readily evident on casual inspection.

[@Corellian]

Great demonstration, i especially liked the applications at the end. As a jiujitsu exponent, I still admire every style and taiji has a certain aesthetics you can't find anywhere else.

[@youlihan]

it is an art and it is a dance... like all the "things" in our universe... look at the earth - the moon; aren`t THEY dancing too? look at the Sun - the planets; aren`t THEY dancing too? Look at the Atom, neutron, electron, proton, aren`t THEY dancing too? From the most huge until the most small... everything is a kind of "DANCE".... "harmony"... this is what we do.

[@Bluebellinata]

Simply beautiful! Thank you...please show more of your art!

[@Hamking1]

Impressive. This looks like a very practical training set for a lot of the basic and some intermediate taiji concepts. The low postures are also excellent to defend against shoot fighting or MMA/grappler/wrestling styles. Very useful stuff. Keep up the good work!

[@youlihan]

hi, yeah... the twisting is just for practicing the hip-work. I know usually it is not twisted too much for Ji, but for a punch the hips should support behind the hit, so we r twisting a little more than usual tuishou.

[@bushin64]

Beautiful to watch! Thank you

[@cinderbutte]

A great demonstration, very fluid movement, the power evident in the force of concentration you both show. Not looking directly at the opposite person is great, shows you're leading with the tan tien, not the mind.

[@sifukungfu]

espectacular video, se aprecia la sincronizacion de estos dos maestros del tui shou. sigan enviando videos de estos expertos alemanes

[@aeortiz2004]

Excellent display of pushing hand exercise...congratulations!

[@kalavic]

nice push hand drills. It looks like you've developed great flow. It's also refreshing to see the maturity you show in handling all of the comments of people who aren't familiar with it.

[@VTXCageSC]

TOTALLY Awesome! I've been watching this over and over just trying to catch the subtle transitional moves from one point of contact to another. VERY impressive!

[@sjander29]

Pretty Incredible Pushing Hands drills - maybe the Best I`ve ever seen ! Thank you for sharing this .

[@augreydragon]

Too cool. My teacher has been teaching us push hands, and its a great exercise!

[@angel-rq4fz]

Excellent performance !

[@youlihan]

Hey Kepheri, i know what u mean... I would enjoy a real tuishou match 2, but this have nothing 2do with the routines which we r showing in THIS clip... u can find free pushhands everywhere on youtube.... :) why u dont watch them? Go to my favorites, there is also a good one from the Chen village in china... greet u.

[@AODRHINO]

Wonderful skill! What are the names of the uniforms that are being worn and where can they be bought?

[@youlihan]

@SupermarketsRevil ......... no man, we where just dancing... martial arts looks different! Greetings Ismet

[@danbien]

It was pleasure to watch this...very,very nice!Thank you for posting!

[@b747power]

These guys are masters. Very nice demonstration of tai chi. Tai chi - the most powerful martial art in the whole world! Practice tai chi only with love and good thoughts and only for health and you will be masters.

[@youlihan]

@Blackdog23a .... yes, its only the routines, nothing else guys... chill... and yeah... we working on our rooting, thanks :)

[@BlackWinnyFr]

Great ! Awesome ! A wonderful technical and spiritual demonstration !

[@Metatron141]

Great momentous articulation of force and yield. I enjoyed watching this. Thanks.

[@vonfuerstenberg]

Master Himmet, ich hoffe ich kann bald mit dir pushing hands machen und von dir lernen. Grüsse aus Patagonien.

[@broxmouth]

Beautiful demonstration - great skills and fluidity of motion. Inspires me to want to learn Taichi (I just begain training in Yang style). This is purely a DEMONSTRATION for public entertainment - and it is certainly entertaining. Thanks for producing it.

[@youlihan]

Hi richnwood, ur corrections r 4 which style of taijiquan?(which taijiquan-style r u practicing?) my meaning is, different styles, different ways and different usage... it is much better to "feel" the moves than just "seeing" them... I`m pretty sure, ones u "feel" our tuishou u will know better...

[@cfG21]

Not bad. Hips are better than most and you actually have a straight back unlike most people. Are these just routines that are shown or actual push hands? Is this chen style?

[@dekal1]

The rocking on the heel. Does that mess with your root? People have said not to use this method. I notice a lot of Wu Stylists practice it. I find that I can play with my center and root a bit easier. However, in Chen style, we remain rooted in pus hands. Can you explain the reason for this? Aside from that question regarding this video, I Think both of you have tremendous skill.

[@MrStanley85]

Wow this was great i've seen some Videos about the core elements of Tui Shou and this was a great demonstration of the movements interacting. It would be interesting to see how fast someone of you guys will lie on the ground if this case would be intended :)

[@AODRHINO]

Fantastic demo! I am interested in any info on the uniforms used in this demo, what are they called and where can they be bought! Thanks!

[@shakaama]

Looks just like Iai Kido and Ju Jutsu. Only difference is the concentration in the chi flow from the initial attack. Ai Kido and Ju Jutsu concentrate on directing the attack into your own counter, after the attack. However, this might seem weird, until I say that my styles came from Okinawa.

[@serenebboy]

nice, well done graceful movement which is what martial arts is all about.

[@DahrAmahr]

As far as I'm aware push hands main design is to develop in performing it individual a sort of instinct that alows to interpret opponents intentions (not the general Idea "he's going to hurt me" but what will he do) and thus alowing to counter it with apropriate tai chi technique.

[@disihing]

Excellent demonstration, I really enjoyed it, thank you.

[@AODRHINO]

Fantastic demo! I would love some information on the uniforms that were worn, what are they called and where may I buy them. I live in Detroit, Mich, Thanks !

[@TKane001]

is this tai chi or a wudang internal martial art? i know push hands is used in tai chi but isn't wudang pai its own martial art? someone clarify please,

[@youlihan]

Hi, for ur point 3) go 2 my favorites and watch "wang xian push hands" i think u know WANG XIAN, one of highest level Taijiquan Masters during our time, worldwide famous.. watch carefully his toes! 2) one MUST know all.. big/small/middle wide motions of circles at tuishou... tuishou is NOT for defence or some... it is JUST practice "feeling" and body motion/connected motion... during "big" motions one can practice the "hippower" better...

[@youlihan]

in tuishou it absolutely doesnt matter who is in a better "angle" or position, it is JUST practicing some skills. The positions can be this or that way... thats the why there r so manny styles. ohh yeah... temple taiji? never heared of... what temple? which temple? :) man there r so manny temples, u know what i mean?

[@KonaDaGamah]

what style clothing is the guy wearing light brown uniform?

[@Skillking22]

Greetings. What style of Taiji is this? The way you apply the ''Single whip'' at the end of the video looks quite different from what I had been taught though. I was taught to pull the opponent's arm across my chest instead.

[@Weston1968]

I can see alot of Aikido movement in this drill. Ikkyo, Nikkyo, irimi, tenkan & ushiro. Good stuff!

[@dnltb]

It seems so natural and easy! that s what s so impressive about it!

[@cloud0123]

I agree about the exaggeration of movement. You look at most masters, there is very little actual visible movement when uprooting their opponents...

[@youlihan]

well those r the basics my friend... :) AND ones again and 4the last time; since 6-7 years of practicing like that, my knees didnt hurt even a little... just do the right QiGong and bring the Energy in2 ur knees and everything is fine.

[@munchichi8]

Great Push Hand demo! Watching an opponent is irrelevant in advance training. Push Hands helps develop reaction skills and your eyes are actually inferior to reaction time compared to sensing your opponent through connecting with him. This is called "listening energy" that you must develop from Push Hand. Rooting is not applicable in all situations especially moving Push Hands.

[@sifupayam]

Excellent work.

[@MichaelButchin]

I know that you already told us you spent six years learning on Wudangshan-- But how many years altogether have you been practicing Chinese martial arts?

[@Ryooken]

Very nice demonstration. I enjoyed this as usual but interests me the most is in the single push hands where each took turns being the aggressor, is that usually done or was that for demonstration purposes? The direct push was a little forced and I wanted to know is that done to simulate the aggressive tension of the opponent to get you used to deflecting smoothly or was that just to demonstrate to non-practitioners?

[@BenCSTJQ]

very nice and clear movement, thx for posting!

[@youlihan]

@bit1101 ...yeah... we r breaking every Limitation... greetings.

[@youlihan]

HEY Marcelo!!! Wie geht es Dir? Es freut mich so sehr, das hier zu lesen!! Du weist doch besser als ich, dass ich kein "Master" bin... haha, das ist echt toll! Ich schreibe Dir mal über deinen Chanel! Bis dann :) Ismet

[@brassmonkey84]

i saw this video in a wing chun group at facebook. is this taiji or wingchun?

[@AODRHINO]

Fantastic demo!! I have been trying to find info on the uniforms that were worn on the demo, what are the names of them and where can they be bought?

[@echoqee]

think what is behind the movement. not just the style

[@xander55577]

@SupermarketsRevil it is exactly that. the exercise is the sensitivity to and awareness of an opponent. This methodology works...I promise you.

[@JonValkenberg]

Of course. Not choreographed taiji is quite effective, but of course it doesn't look as beautiful then. And this demo served to show the principles, which it does in a perfection I have seldom seen, even in china.

[@manolomaru]

nice video brother! very low stace, great techniques .....so nice!

[@DahrAmahr]

as for the movie shown here... whoaaa ... it's one of best performance I've seen. Obviously it is more of a DISPLAY but done both gracefuly and skillfuly. Btw 1:33 - 2:18 ... omg that's some amazing leg strength (not only because they/you were able to do it, but also without any visible strain on the rest of the body)

[@youlihan]

@bookguy12000 ... thanks :) i don`t know where i look during a real fight, maybe i look to the "happening" not to opponent, or his center... just to the "happening" until now it worked out well... but on the other side, u r right... looking "away" from the opponent will not work:)

[@ffferol]

It constantly amazes me how much egoistic posturing I see in martial arts comments sections. I have never heard a master of internal martial arts trash another practitioner. A small amount of research and the respect which is basic to ALL internal martial arts would quickly show these two men have been at it with great dedication for years. I note that many martial artists who lose fights, do so because they underestimate the opposition. Ego does not make masters.

[@QuanYin71]

Really cool Vid !!! excellent job

[@munchichi8]

I enjoyed it. Thanks for showing this video of Push Hands. Watching an opponent is irrelevant in advance level of Tai Chi or any Chinese martial arts. Your "listening" reaction skill is faster then the eye's ability to follow movements so watching your opponent is actually slower in responding to an opponent. Rooting is not applicable in all situation especially moving Push Hands.

[@youlihan]

Hi Ghostfuture, thank u 4 ur comment. u speak from "true seeker", but who claimed to be a "true seeker"? maybe i will in the future, but right now, all i know is, that i still am a beginner.... And why i should not teach? If the people like to learn from THIS beginner, of course i give them all i have, even mistakes! So THEY have the opportunity for self-correcting-experience! About ur 15 year old son, maybe u r right :)

[@eleszar1]

are they dancing?

[@BlithesomeWayfarer]

this is very good, thank you for posting :)

[@Stahldonner]

it´s like chi sao in wing chun, looks realy good here. it is not easy to react on light pressure like these guy´s do. nice push hands

[@youlihan]

hi, yeah the knees... a long story man with the knees.... I`m doin this now for about 24years. 6years this kind of Taijiquan stuff. Man i had knee pain long time ago... since i`m doin Taijiquan this way, no even little problems since 2000.

[@marcditcher]

very nice push hands, I like that ur doing the fast neutralisation aswell :)

[@Aikidopoi]

Very nice, but something doesn't seem right.. I watched this video a long while ago and recently stumbled upon it in thought. I had remembered the way they move their heads... It just doesn't flow, if you know what I mean. (I know that seems weird.. heh...)

[@mystictouch9]

I love this style... very healing and spiritual it seems compared to the other push hands :) where can i learn this style in NY ?

[@youlihan]

thank u 4 ur efforts! I will try to understand u! best wishes...

[@IanSinclairTaiChi]

Sinkandrelax, your comment does a disservice to G.M. Huang, & to these demonstrators. There are many aspects to tuishou training. Huang Laoshi's demos try to show what cannot be shown, & are difficult to understand. As good as Huang was, & as much as I respect the Zheng Manqing lineage, this is a much more practical demonstration than his are. I'm sure G.M. Huang would not have insulted these folks. In fact, I suspect he would have applauded their excellent (and very classy) demonstration.

[@lichtakira]

great!!! you are so good.

[@shifumilazzo]

Wonderfull, congratulations , beawtifull TUI SHOU, I can see the natural Qi fluiding and your body- mind rlaxing . you are expert. A big hug for both. shifu gustavo Milazzo amituofo.

[@senseistrange]

I enjoyed this very much.

[@micicila]

great video

[@dekal1]

Yes this is good push hands. Real good demonstration.

[@THEJKDMAN]

great work.

[@Graymanone]

Very impressive! High level sill.

[@shenhe6281]

You guys look awesome.

[@Siberianhusky89]

They're pretty good... They got pretty low too. It'd be hard to knock them off their center in that low of a stance. Still, I wish they pushed earlier to show the reason this martial arts is effective. The way they did it though wasn't too clear for people who don't understand.

[@youlihan]

@eleszar1 yes we are!

[@misb]

this is beautiful :) thanks for sharing

[@Delices]

ahaha! excellent response!! by the way, my boyfriend and I found your performance really impressive!!! Greets from Belgium!

[@bazrun]

that was a great demonstration

[@youlihan]

@sinkandrelax ... maybe we r breaking rules, but it works :) watch our competitions:) An maybe u can visit us to teach proper Tui Shou? would ya?

[@youlihan]

the upgoing toes let the hips lean back more free, without the upper body is involved.

[@tgal164]

Beautiful.

[@cloud0123]

It's good, just a bit too much "opening" when the guy on right pushes. Leaves the back wide open

[@youlihan]

man u r right with everything u say... maybe even u spoke less ... even maybe i´m more worse than what u speak about me without knowing me :) anyway keep up the good work on giving others lections and maybe w`ll meet one day so we can know each other better ;) greetings from berlin... Ismet

[@johnofthehunt]

Beautiful!

[@jamescardinell]

nice, clear video- thanks for posting!

[@0xsuperman]

Are u You Li Han, sounds like a Chinese name!?

[@pyroclasim]

how can i learn tai chi in a country that have no tai chi master ??????????