Tai Chi Push-Hands ( Tui Shou, 推手)

[@kklindo007]

I've been doing all sorts of martial arts my entire life (muay thai, aikido, karate, judo, jiu jitsu). I went up against a friend who has been training in tai chi, literally, his entire life...I didn't even stand a chance. He tossed me around like a rag doll (and I outweighed him by 75 pounds). Amazing stuff.

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Wow, you did Judo, Aikido and BJJ and yet he could still outmaneuver you even tho you have a weight advantage? Not to take any praise away from him, but that sounds to me like you're not that good hahahaha. But jokes aside, how come!?!? That's crazy

[@deanmiller4806]

This guy is hands down the best martial arts teacher/master on KZbin. He puts all the popular tho fake ones to shame. Those of you who think you are so called masters or legit teachers should study this man because someone of his caliber is extremely rare in the west and maybe anywhere. Jake Mace? Now that is funny!

[@LifeForceChannel]

you should take a look at Practical Method channel. as well

[@joshpickles9022]

Have a look at chen xiao wang, fu sheng yuan for examples of internal arts masters.

[@Purwapada]

. @@LifeForceChannel - wow, i was just about to write the same thing :)

[@LifeForceChannel]

#꧁꧅Ïꦧ꧀ꦖÏ꧅꧂ 👍🙏

[@falungongboy]

And you are qualified to make such a judgement how?

[@deejaye72]

My favorite push hands video. Master Yang, your body mechanics are perfect!

[@HaiYangChannel]

Glad you like them! Thanks.

[@woodwalk]

I think Master Yang is to be congratulated for having the courage and conviction to teach REAL and TRADIONAL Martial arts in a world that finds this sort of thing threatening, judging from some of the responses posted. Real Martial arts can be rough, if you want gentleness, take up dance or perhaps Yoga, don't try to undermine arts that took decades or centuries to create and perfect. Real Kung Fu is dying out, glad to see some are keeping it alive.

[@dishirai]

Mr yang is a great teacher and his lessons are much more than in this demo video. He knows his stuff very well and it is humbling to join his classes (and see how much power he has with no effort) I wish I were still in Montreal. If you are there, try one of his classes!

[@davidmartinez9804]

He looks like a true master you were lucky to have trained with him.

[@sanjuricus]

It's more like he's locking the join out to effectively make the limb rigid and therefore more effective a lever to move balance. A subtle difference but an important one. :)

[@CottonBoxer]

YES THE LIMB IS BEING MADE RIGID WHICH , OF COURSE ALLOWS the player to control the body easily. don't forget: if they bend don't allow then to straighten out and if they are straight don't allow them to bend. so the arm isn't allowed to bend back once the attacker has had the elbow joint locked ...

[@a122339]

I like it .The student can learn many from this style. For example , as someone put the hand on your elbom you will be aware of the joint risk immediately .

[@WCLady]

I like doing this with a person who thinks they are a tough guy. It is so much fun to knock them off balance. Great video!

[@Dr-Grayson]

Really awesome demonstration, the only pure Kung Fu style I practice is Wing Chun, I really wish I knew how to do proper Push Hands to accordance with my Chi Sao and Chi Gerk, it engages so much of the body it's really fantastic. Excellent work!

[@HaiYangChannel]

hello Kenpoj81, if you think it is a joke, what can i say about this? I am the person who taught people in that video, hai yang is my name and i think i know how to use tai chi. You have to know that push-hand is a stage of learning tai chi, it is different from free application. BUT if you think my students were guaranteeing me on this video, i would like to invite you to try it with me. when i was a kid, i thought the same thing as yours when i saw tai chi people practing...

[@WuSuanSo]

Gangrene & Anh, As a Taichi coach, I can tell you that Push-hands is both a drill and a fighting style. It's designed for close range grappling & wrestling. It was more useful in the old days when people carried swords which require a few feet of space to be effective. When you're too close to your opponent you push him out to create the space needed for the sword thrust. In any case, you have to combine push-hands with other techniques to be really effective. It's not complete by itself.

[@zanystyle]

level 1 teacher with improving students who under this master will reach an exceptional understanding of taiji applications

[@YYwb]

The best demostration on KZbin Iv evern seen! well done!

[@mattbugg4568]

This is double hand twei shou done on one side, its called enticing circle. There are different parts of this tai chi and this is one of 8 methods of twei shou. There is forward backward left and right, center single hand twi shou, then there is single circle on left single circle on right two circles become one in the middle. To complete the twei shou. There is a miriad of changes from each to the others but they form the complete set of flexible range drills.

[@HaiYangChannel]

Thanks

[@drunkenwarrior14500]

I am a direct lineage holder of wang shu chen tai chi and bau gua chang. Sato Kimbie, my instructors teacher, brought wang from china to Japan for several years and introduced these chinese styles to Japan.

[@dzj20p]

Very good Demonstration of Pushing Hands... You must observe the Roots of the Master to understand the true force.

[@starr77tcc]

leaning=excess. knees collapsing and not properly alligned= collapse of structure and loss of root

[@jjd4034]

Very good stance by the teacher!

[@drunkenwarrior14500]

I practice push hands. It is like many other forms of martial arts that start slow and low to the ground. It has taught me to blend into someone elses energie and I am very smooth. It is all about repitition. The neuro pathways. the mind and body together. good stuff..

[@cham128]

exactly what usaveteran said... we're taught traditionally so to see a video like this on the net is good to see that other people understand the concepts definately a fav!

[@SunderWolf69]

He has such brilliant form. Amazing

[@CodeNerdRudi]

Truely incredible. I'd love it if there was a good internal martial arts instructor near me, but alas. Thanks for uploading.

[@humanbeing8341]

The positions of the feet on the inside of each opposite leg is from the chen tradition neither wu or yang style stand this way, this is not a criticism , merely an observation, i think it is a gret video!

[@GreatestCreation909]

exactly. people learned to believe that gung fu is some sort of martial art form because of the movies. but it really just something you put alot of time and effort into perfecting. like Kobe Bryant and Basketball. Bruce Lee and Martial Arts. etc etc. etc.

[@sammiiboyy]

it devlops the sens of touch and sensibility.. the ability to read and feel the enemy motion and move acordingly.. as for taichi it is not necessary for old people for stress relieve. this was a real martial arts to

[@Dani_Cano]

good level. People who don't understand taiji must know this is an exercice to develope skills, not a fight! The are a lot of things to develop in internal styles, that's why mastering them takes years and not months.

[@twotetah]

Such a higher level of tai chi. Very impressive, thank you for sharing.

[@HaiYangChannel]

Glad you enjoyed it!Thank,s

[@Ryooken]

There are 5 main schools of Tai Chi chuan. To become totally profiecient in each school would take on the average 10 years. The first schools is the chen school, followed by yang, followed by wu, sun, and wu.

[@HaiYangChannel]

You are the first person who think it is Xing Yi!!! you must be a genius. By the way, what is tai chi oush hand, just in your opinion? has to be very soft as jelly fish?

[@Ahem2002]

Don't know much about snapping, but breaking balance is to (my interpretation of it and what I was taught) to be HEAVIER than your opponent at a given time (you can control your centre of gravity internally), to throw him off balance. Once he's off balance, you can do whatever you want to do.

[@andysun73]

I agree, push hands teaches you how to fight you would never fight in a long stance like they are doing. Infact it has nothing to do with pushing, as pushing is external.

[@KRACKZENNY]

Very cool, a different approach to what I am learning, much lower stance for one thing!

[@Ahem2002]

I've been training in push hands for the last year and this vid is real advanced stuff. I wish the floor isn't so loud though, can't really hear what the instructor is saying.

[@mielord21]

striving for simplest natural moves but effective on defending yourself... saves time and energy....

[@godlameroso]

The trick to sensitivity traning is to understand when your opponent tenses and relaxes. A tense body will topple easily while a supple body will not.

[@kdwyermedia]

if all the thirteen postural co-ordinations are present then it's tai chi, hence the "thirteen torso method".

[@FriedChkn4Eva]

@Lukeyblades you're not payin attention.. he's not puting force on the elbow joint. The side of his wrist is on the side of the bone, not against the flexible area and his supporting hand turns the wrist upwards cus he's pullin him around the side. Breaking the arm would be easy, but it's not a break.. it's a joint lock.

[@drunkenwarrior14500]

the push hands i know doesnt include the arm snatch. this looks like the bow throw and bone lock science. its easy to do this to someone relaxed(like the free flowing push hands motion) but on the street someone might get tense(harden their body) on you and they will not be thrown around like this.......im just saying

[@leeroijenkyns]

Very Skilled Demonstration. Alot better than the wrestling around that i see.

[@Siberianhusky89]

It's actually a practice where they continue to kind of push each other and get a feel of each other's force. The point of this practice is not to really win or lose but to keep up with your opponent and get a feeling of someone else's force. In real application, someone would be getting tossed around (Most likely the person who doesn't know Tai Chi Quan)

[@drunkenwarrior14500]

by the way I took tai chi 3 days a week. 3 hrs. per for two years before I Iearned to fight with it. I've been practicing for 8 years now. I know a 20 form and 99 form. It was passed through Sato Kimbie and duke meade to me. Duke is very good and teaches in Columbus Ga. Amazing and true martial arts...An apple off the tree, not just preserves from the jar......Good jujitsu here though with the bone locks and the teachers core strength has definetly improved from what ever he is practicing.

[@Pelitaiteilija]

As Ryooken said there are many schools. Chen is oldest, but a good teacher (like the one on the vid) is more important than god school. Look for tai chi classes and ask if they teach push hands or know someone who does. There are many locking arts that teach you something like tuishou. If you can't find good TC teacher, you can try to find good aikido, jujutsu, bagua, judo etc teacher, and perhaps learn TC later. Also, TC has more form practice than tui shou, and often doesn't look like this.

[@drunkenwarrior14500]

In wang shu chen style tai chi, I get to feel my range of pwer and balance while moving forward and back and constantly . I have really never thought of keeping balance on one leg or another. It is not a main idea for me. more like good posture and moving to the full extent of range. you cannot forget the basics. move the body and that includes the waist. the basics must always be there. here i see good posture and jujitsu, but no chen push hands

[@Kuechenkraft]

this master reminds me of my sabeunim in taekwon-do. his passion is to teach others the ways he walks on.

[@TaiChiInternational]

Wonderful Techniques Thank you Shi Fu for Sharing!

[@HaiYangChannel]

You are so welcome!

[@brianhbmb]

I practice that moves with my teacher. I see a couple counter moves here where you can simply lift the elbows to continue the fight

[@culturedumouvement]

Respect Au plaisir de vous visitez.

[@clemonsx90]

We call this sticky hands at my bagua dojo. Fun exercise

[@littlecannon]

Good video, nice to see push hands and not sumo for a change. Thanks for the vid.

[@Thailearner]

Can anybody share more of this guy ? I love it.

[@entertaichi]

Great video!

[@maurus01]

Tai Chi is the ULTIMATE martial art

[@osakawayne]

Every art seems to have people that appeal to its higher ideals, which include becoming a whole, rounded person who is in harmony with himself and the world around him, and then there are those guys who think martial arts is about perfecting aggressive and dominating techniques to 'destroy your opponent'. Eventually all will realize, the opponent you need to dominate, is one's own aggressive and unbalanced nature.

[@wonkamaster101]

maybe for martial arts, but taiji is a GongFu which means something entirely different

[@Vanpur]

Why are the feet placed right to left? To understand push hands it ought to be equal, right to right, left to left.

[@HaiYangChannel]

sorry seaw3ed, i post the previous one at a wrong place, it should be for Kenpoj81...

[@MightySunTzu]

they need to move around more( around others, like in bagua).... although if this is basic pushing hands, its really good.

[@monczkam]

awesome! i haven't learned da lu yet, but this gets me excited for it

[@matoamatoro]

and actually if you know push hands well u probably will use it in a fight .. just not to that extent... but you will use it for that split second to knock your opponent off balance ... its important in any fight and the guy that knows it is guaranteed to win every time

[@woodwalk]

@thedarkener Not true, it all depends on the style and teacher. A LOT of folks can't fight with it is the sad truth. Those who can (and this Master can) are real obvious once you look around some.

[@TheBjjones]

Exactly!

[@timtimtimmaah]

martial is based on the name Mars as in Mars, god of WAR; martial arts basically means the art of WAR

[@qwenmn]

the real tai chi techniques takes many years of training before actually using in combat

[@yuhcgte]

tats some amazing art

[@HaiYangChannel]

hi, am i allowed to speak out also? I would like to exchange knowledge but i do not like personal attack. you have to know that in China, people defense their name and belief with movements in martial art community. so if someone put video, he is allowed to argue as well. and it is the basic rule on internet, i do not have to close comment or anything like that. Tai chi master should know how to chill? that is your master, maybe. Tai chi master will not "chill" when they talk about practice

[@joshpickles9022]

Do you find that sometimes it is difficult to control your temper?

[@HappyyAnnie]

Josh Pickles my dad is always angry

[@jekylfoot]

The danger with double weighting your stance, I've found, is anyone who can throw a good tight low kick will destroy one of your legs in short order.

[@ANGELSGYMSINGH]

Awesome display of prowess.

[@mdub2000]

this is cool i like this stuff...good stuff sifu...my regards to your school!

[@olstar18]

I dont really know much about martial arts but just what is this pushing hands exercise. To me it just likes a couple guys gettin all touchy feely.

[@kristoffershore]

youre right. i never thought of it like that.

[@supernev1000]

Off your balance. Make you spin like a wheel.

[@senseistrange]

I agree, it shows more principles and skill

[@kayinnasaki]

No, but its' not meant to be. It's meant to focus on the relaxing, disciplinary benefits of martial arts

[@supernev1000]

I think the students need to learn more about how to use Dan Tian.

[@tuishou]

我的意思是既然是實戰型的對練，如果真的有操作像影片所演練的招式的話，關節應該會加減有受到傷害吧！但是其實對手是活的，應該是沒那麼簡單操作到技巧! 至於擒拿手的話! 雖然天下武術本同源，但是總是會發展成為各種適合不同喜好的類型!!所以我才會覺得他所表演的技巧，與擒拿手所注重的關節抓取技巧很雷同!! 算是很新鮮的!!

[@HaiYangChannel]

what is the meaning of mater yoda?

[@arielllsarussi]

it looks nice but is that martial art realy effective in real situations?

[@mastersmartialart]

Great work!

[@drunkenwarrior14500]

It is unrealistic in a way. Push hands in the first scrolls is done with both standing in the same spot. Whoever loses his balance and moves a foot loses. In the next scrolls you learn to step in a linear fashion and turn around, In advanced stages you both can move around and whoever gets thrown down loses. sort of a game. It is somewhat soft and works on balance and range and pivoting the body out of the direct path of energy. this is ju jitsu done on someone told to stand still.

[@varkonyimihaly]

Right. I mixed it with an opther video, what took place here.

[@davidmartinez9804]

He is as real as it gets. Any of you Jake Mace wannabe's who criticize him don't know sh*t. Look how easily he moves and manipulates his students. It would be an honor to learn from somebody like that. If I was in Montreal I would for sure.

[@silafuyang8675]

+David Martinez I'd like to beat dat Jack Mace's gay face. Such as him give taijiquan a bad name. Hai Yang is surely a very good teacher.

[@LifeForceChannel]

Jake Mace is a freaken Joke. and a disgrace, to all serious martial artists(in my humble opinion)

[@antmanmax1]

And now you know what martial art waterbending is!

[@AlternativeRobbie]

My friend's dad is a black belt, he said his classes had a game similar to this, only they called it a chinese name meaning 'sticky hands'. lol. Looks like it'd be fun to play. more serious for these guys. but y'know.

[@innerachievement]

I think taiji practitioners need to practice fighting and realistic pushing situations more and talk less.. Use the taiji classics as a guide, not a bible. If you cant fight and dominate your opponent then your not upholding the tradition of the art anyway. These guys do a pretty good job and I wouldnt mind making my way over to Montreal to work with them.

[@Ryooken]

gonfu simply means skills or in layman's terms experitise. Martial arts is simply that martial arts. Tai Chi means grand ultimate fists.

[@40JoCharles]

Very nice 🙂🙏🏼☯️👊🏼

[@FruitsKami]

in all of them i see the teacher pressing a pressure point for some reason...maybe i imagined it....

[@TheCitizenPain]

This is actually the least bad Tai Chi push hands video I've seen on youtube. Most others are a load of crap with 'students' jumping and flapping like epileptic birds the moment the 'master' lays a finger on them. The stuff on this video looks like it actually works, with arm-locks, joint-locks and using momentum against the opponent.

[@Moordrecht]

try checking Jiu Jitsu, or perhaps Aikido, but Jiu jitsu for sure to find joint locks and manipulations.

[@HaiYangChannel]

again, if you want, we can try something, maybe not push-hand since i do not think you know it. or you choose what you want to do. does it sound fair to you? i am living in Canada, it is very easy for me to visit U,S,A.

[@brucenatelee]

This is my first time seeing Tai Chi as a form of combat, but what's with all the slo-mo hand switching?

[@olstar18]

So when the guy was shoved back was that because he made some kind of misstep in the movements?

[@Notagayusername10]

Tai chi is great for wrestling believe it or not the push is great

[@aznwilly211]

lol I wonder if the pupils ever get tired of being owned by their master and being pushed around

[@thedarkener]

I'm just starting out with tai chi chuan. I feel like I'm cheating even looking at this video as it normally takes years and years of training with slow movements, solo forms, etc. before they'll even show you how to fight with it.

[@TheEpoxyExperts]

Essentia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem. Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily. When man finally understands the stations of loss and truimph are fleeting moments that always flows. It is only then will he realize that both are one and the same and what carries these forces is the measure of time.

[@jfuya2000]

Please explain what you mean by "snapping" and "breaking balance", thank you :)

[@DigitalBathInAZ]

WuSuanSo- Thank for your info and thank you for correcting anhklkerioguyen. He needs more education on Tai Chi.

[@bugatchiuomo]

yup that what i thought...... your very smart...

[@Juan0003]

Maybe you should get a room with him. That would settle your hormone problems.