Teaching Moments w/ Sifu Adam Mizner: Stick - Adhere to Join

[@THEMARTIALMAN]

Another video that's shows Adams profound level of internal skill and understanding of Taiji Quan. These lessons are a rare gem.

[@fetJackal]

Less so his fashion sense

[@DJAraRealSalsa]

@@andrewgohring7625 For obvious reasons authentic kung fu masters are choosey about who they teach the advanced stuff. Furthermore, even with explanations it takes years of dedicated practice to learn plus a lot of 'homework' to learn the Internals. So, it is not as simple as the Sifu 'explaining' and then the students magically performing the same skills at a seminar! Watch the clip a few more times and you will see explanations within the descriptions given by Sifu Mizner, that is if you have some valid familiarity with the concepts of the Internals.

[@DJAraRealSalsa]

​@@andrewgohring7625 The level that Sifu Mizner performs the "basic" stuff is very advanced hence all the confusion we see in the comments from 'grandmasters' of Knucklehead Fu. Also, 'sticking' on a basic level IS basic but add 'adhere' and 'follow' and you need to be advanced to make it work. Finally, I know that there are other internal styles such as Pa Kua, Hsing I, certain lineages of Five Ancestor Fist and indeed some of the lesser known higher level Shaolin styles. I agree with you that with the right teacher the (right) student can learn relatively quickly but the skill set is still 'advanced' in view of the fact that the exponents from other martial arts styles, often with decades of experience, scratch their heads and fumble all over themselves to 'debunk' methodologies about which they are totally clueless.

[@thegafferfc]

Martial Art exercise that won't work in a Martial Art situation. Ever!

[@DJAraRealSalsa]

@@thegafferfc That is because what you see in the video is an exercise which contributes to actual fighting.

[@youfafao]

A great teacher ,thank you Mr Mizner, i hope to see you in a next seminar...

[@DiscoverTaiji]

looking forward to it

[@circulationsolutions9149]

My favorite thing about Seminars are the students. So many want to learn well, but so few practice the 1000's of hours necessary to comprehend it.

[@Imisambi]

☑it can become novelty & entertainment even ... just there to "wonder" & "awe"

[@malmess2164]

Ça dépend de l' attente que l' on a de sa pratique, mais apprendre avec un enseignant qui a réellement autre chose a enseigner qu'une forme et du folklore c'est un bon début et loin d'être fréquent

[@bajuszpal172]

Already graded to some degree. Thank you Sir, Paul, 67, retired instructor.

[@nikolayordanov3115]

A couple of months i went to a tai chi si fu and i asked him for 5 minutes of his time to check how good my tai chi is. The guy was nice and kind and let me try to do somethings. After my unsuccessful attempts he showed me things that are hard to believe. He just touched my hands while we both were in pushing hands stance and my legs as if turned off. I was falling and spinning and intuitively i thought "extend your arms or you'll hit your head on the ground". After tasting this internal force twice, it was enough for me. The thing is real.

[@ShennThomas93]

I totally believe in Adam's skill .. for I've touched hands with other Tai Chi masters over the years, and I've been politely projected or thrown by non-muscular force sometimes many feet away..it feels kinda like a ShockWAVE coming up through their body at you. INTERNAL skills means that there are forces moving inside of the seemingly still body..so there is actually a LOT of movement going on inside of Adam arms, torso, legs..which we can't see or even imagine..kind of like an ECHO wave that sinks in as he is pushed on, and bounces back and projects through his body. So that skill is a genuine thing..not some sort of autosuggestion or psionic ability..hehe LOVE what you are doing Adam.. keep training and teaching, so you can be one of those 8 Taoist Immortals some day~ You probably already are.. the Yin/Yang Immortal..😁

[@williamdelong8265]

Well said ty.

[@symbolsarenotreality4595]

stick and adhere are synonyms in one context but adhere also has another context of working with the parameters of that which you are stuck to which creates the joining, the fusion and the following

[@symbolsarenotreality4595]

adhere 'to bind oneself to observance'

[@djdollase]

Thanks for this post! Loving the AirPods in your ears, Sifu. And the guy in blue constantly in Wuji stance in his legs...

[@Imisambi]

i noticed the wuji stance guy also

[@michaelj.4187]

sending love and peace to everyone...

[@obymaggle8414]

Hello Adam, I'm French, I really like watching your videos, but I have a hard time believing it, managing to send people into the air just by touching them, I would like to find something to help me believe it. THANKS

[@artestaoistasdragonesverde3047]

Existe la posibilidad de organizar un workshop en México?

[@DiscoverTaiji]

A senior student of Adam has run some in CDMX... Please email us if you'd like to help host one.

[@Keluoduo]

Thanks for all the knowledge you share, Sifu. Otherwise, would you make a video with Sifu Sergio one day ? Greatings from France.

[@Aniontedone]

All humans exert force on objects and people. It’s not impossible to neutralize, redirect or lead someone’s force. This takes a lot of practice to do.

[@Mathers150]

If this is an effective form of martial arts, can we please see an example of Adam in full contact sparring with a professional boxer, Muay Tai or BJJ fighter

[@jamesm5192]

If MMA is effective for self defense, then let's see any MMA champion up against a gun! This is how you sound... Let's see a pro fighter push hands with Adam. Oh, they already tried many times... Some of which is documented in the Power of Chi documentary.

[@AAA-tc1uh]

@@jamesm5192 Sorry but your reply makes no sense. The domain we're dealing with is unarmed hand-to-hand combat, push hands is a game, far removed from the reality of true physical altercation, MMA ruleset is much, much closer. The burden of proof is therefore on TJ practitioners, which to this date haven't produce any.

[@jamesm5192]

@@AAA-tc1uh You get to decide the rules of engagement, then you win. Nowhere in this video does it say "domain we're dealing with is unarmed hand-to-hand combat" - that's your interjection.

[@AAA-tc1uh]

@@jamesm5192 I was referring to @Mather150's comment, not what's shown in the video, and you know it. Stop trying to squirm your way out of it by poor excuses and tangentials ("gun")

[@emmanuel7085]

Can't stop watching how Sifu walks around... The conditions of the body form is the closest thing I've seen to perfection, for my level of perception!

[@Imisambi]

🤨

[@Gramercy_Stiffs]

The hands underneath really exposes the suggestive psychology of this. There is no way you can pull someone down to the ground from that position unless the person is just falling into you on purpose.

[@basteagui]

it's just push hands. the other guy is pushing onto his hands, so mizner can just lower his hands and the other guy will be forced to push down on them. it is psychological but it only works if the other person keeps the pushing psychology.

[@petermiles9224]

mugwump1234. “….the person is just falling into you on purpose.” They are falling, but they are not doing it on purpose. Bryan. “ it only works if the other person keeps the pushing psychology.” There is another mechanism. It starts out with the person having pushing intentions. But it then quickly evolves into the pusher having to use their contact pressure to prop themselves up. To keep themselves from falling. How does it go from being a push and becoming a falling reflex? Adam can get his partner to do this by sinking and yielding. Adam uses a linked internal structure in his body from the point of incoming pressure to a point on his feet. This linked internal structure yields to the incoming movement in a sequential way. First the relaxing and yielding begins at the feet, then ankles, knees hips, shoulders elbows, wrists then hands. This creates a line of movement in Adams body that falls away from the incoming pressure, towards Adams base of support. If Adam times this movement with the speed of the incoming push, then the internal structure that the pusher uses to create the push pressure with, will also begin to fall with it. As one big falling structure. Onto Adams feet. The pusher won’t notice this till it’s too late. Once the pushers structure has fallen, and is being propped up by Adams structure, Adam is skilled enough to make sure they will always need to use him for support. They are reflexively applying pressure so they don't fall even further. This is why they find themselves trapped, applying pressure on Adams downward facing palms. Not saying that Adam IS doing it this way. But it certainly can be done that way.

[@therealchristophernomiddle376]

Wrong. Stick and Adhere result in Join. Adam is using his internal quality of release along with the tactic of tai chi - stick adhere join follow - to freeze the opponent and to make the opponent stuck to him. Its more like magnetism that explains it. It's not psychological or some trick. It's physical.

[@sevenstarsofthedipper1047]

@@therealchristophernomiddle376 It absolutely is physical. My teacher has done it to me routinely and, even I have done it to others on rare occasions when I harmonized correctly. Mizner’s skill is infinitely more refined than mine.

[@twelvepetaledlotus1721]

Always wanted to control an orange.

[@schwajj]

The excellent part is: the ability to control oranges also allows you to control apples, and many other types of fruit.

[@jamessingh5087]

Need to see if this works against people who are not part of it and actually have martial arts experience. Or someone's gonna end up catching an elbow in the face.

[@whiteeagle7914]

look at the videos of what his students can do.

[@whiteeagle7914]

@@andrewgohring7625 Why would you say that?

[@whiteeagle7914]

@@andrewgohring7625 are you talking about the beginers in this video who only came for a seminar? Did you do research and watch more before these assumptions? I would be excited by the prospect of something i dont understand.

[@Imisambi]

✅

[@therealchristophernomiddle376]

Honestly what a stupid comment. Obviously you would have to be participating. He is teaching something the elemental to something bigger. The people there are trying to learn something and NOT trying to disprove by what you are suggesting - which is what exactly that they pretend to be learning and then what - they try to surprise the teacher with a rogue elbow. Come on man grow up.

[@luanchangtaichi]

Is that in Albania?

[@DiscoverTaiji]

yes

[@anthonydeutsch]

Thank you

[@alfyfajing251]

Every Video is so amazing 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@paulwilliamslew]

I want to know if this will work against a dog, monkey or horse. I want to know that people do not want to believe in it or move back to please the teacher. I want to believe it is real.

[@briansprock2248]

Super teaching!!. Would love to join your taiji CULT 🙃

[@briansprock2248]

@@andrewgohring7625 hi, I am not so much worried about it's limitations. I'm just drawn to the path inwards.

[@ecoletortuenoire]

@@andrewgohring7625 Names ! We want names ! (please?)

[@noklarok]

i think you mean cult

[@Wwim58687]

Protip: Do push hands with chumps and losers who have no balance whatsoever. Train them to hop like idiots. Claim to have magical powers.

[@DonkeyLips-gj9uq]

Or, is it possible tai chi uses a unique mechanism of force? If tai chi did not have a force mechanism, it would be a very unusual practice.

[@davidwackett9375]

I have students who have hopped like , I told them if they do that again don't bother coming again,

[@jamesm5192]

Have you ever thought "maybe I should seek out and meet other authorities in what I teach to make sure I am not deluded"?

[@davidwackett9375]

@@jamesm5192 why have you , maybe your teachers name help with this.

[@jamesm5192]

@@davidwackett9375 Are you really "David Wackett"? Hard to believe someone with this name can't write comprehensible English or grammar.

[@davidwackett9375]

@@jamesm5192 appears strange you cannot remember you teachers name. As with push hands I will soon find your weak point, you are missing by a mile.

[@sergioponzo4029]

Neo di Matrix?

[@willblackett4709]

Great demonstration, also sweeet tracksuit !!!

[@live-happy-health-today1431]

hahah i love how simple minded people who dont bother to understand themselves open thier mouths with so much disbelief, first discover who you are through sincerity and then the doors of disbelief that keep you ignorant will open to you through you own personal integrity. unfortunately your egos are stuck in over bearing bullshit due to fear of the unknown due to being lost in your imagination and due to the ingestion of mainstream media processed foods and low quality thoughts and low quality friendships. hahahaha god bless all the negative and bring them to positive this is ying and yang of the mind. Once you clean what you ingest through depletion you may see the truth of who you are and what your real cpabilities are. Fasting from all the things that produce negative in the body and mind will fast track you, educating yourself and using compassion for everything you see and touch will ultimately allow you to recieve blessings from the Akasha. This is how you start to become a master of yourself. Put it simply be real with yourself and watch this beautiful system expose itself to you

[@kennyb8696]

Would you be interested in a boxing 🥊 match

[@markdonovan1540]

A lot of doubters here. The principle being DEMONSTRATED here is a well-known Taiji principle. He isn't showing or claiming to show fighting technique. Any experienced and open-minded martial artist, of any background to speak of, will understand that THE PRINCIPLES being shown are part of a training process. How you use those principles in application will depend on how much you train applications and work on those principles. I don't know Adam, or any of his students, but I wouldn't presume that it's false just from watching a video. I have seen and experienced techniques like those being shown here. It's going to look weird on a video, you have to experience it before judging whether it may be fake or not. Think of electricity in a wire, it has a lot of energy, but we can't see it. Not seeing it, might lead us to believe that it's not real, yet touching the wire will soon show us it's real.

[@DJAraRealSalsa]

I guess the doubters are following the 'science' (the one they are aware of). We shall know these people when we see them appear to an open-air kick boxing seminar while triple-vaxxed and double masked! ;)

[@noklarok]

@@DJAraRealSalsa scientific question then: does mizner allow random people to push hands with him or does he just demo with his chosen students?

[@DJAraRealSalsa]

@@noklarok Good question. I don't think that Sifu Mizner chooses the people who attend his seminars which seem to be organized in multiple different nations. Random people attending seminars are mostly not his students. I have touched hands with an internal master (not Tai Chi) and I can assure you that they dominate you with the first touch and the idea is to finish it in or within 3 moves.

[@bernidavis3273]

It's just as you say.

[@noklarok]

@@DJAraRealSalsa you have not touched hands with Mizner and i doubt many people have as it is always the same guys he pushes around in his videos. Attending his seminar is not the same as pushing hands with him.

[@Bluedragon-co4kb]

@Discover Taiji that was pretty cool to watch ay

[@BramBramSyailendra]

join stick and follow

[@thomasbunke]

no, join, like and follow

[@stefanobernacchi3651]

Continuo a leggere commenti un po' da adepti un po' consenzienti. Da trentacinque anni pratico Tai Chi e stili interni e lavorato con molti grandi maestri come Erle Montaigue, ma non ho mai visto tutto questo "cinema". Ho provato anche con un istruttore di Adam qui in Italia, faceva le stesse cose ai suoi allievi che si vedono nei filmati di Adam, sono andato apposta per provare,ma su di me non funzionano e nemmeno sui miei allievi. Quindi?

[@DiscoverTaiji]

There is no claim being made that all instructors have an equal ability to create the same effects.

[@stefanobernacchi3651]

@@DiscoverTaiji Ti ho visto fare altre cose degne di un maestro, ma queste cose no, mi spiace. Una cosa o funziona sempre e con tutti oppure non è Tai Chi Chuan. Quello che faccio funziona anche con combattenti di Thai o MMA. Improvised combat e funziona anche per la strada. Su di me e i miei allievi quei giochini che fai vedere tu e qualcun'altro non funzianano. Quello che insegno ai miei allievi funziona sempre. Io vedo solo te e altri "maestri" farlo ma non vedo mai allievi che proggrediscono e chi lo fa accadere come a Milano lo fa solo con i suoi allievi che mancano totalmente di struttura Tai Chi. Ma quesi giochini non funzionano su di me , non funzionano sui miei allievi addestrati come si deve, e non funzionano su quelli della strada che non sanno nulla, e non funzionano con i combattenti. Insomma questi giochini non hanno niente a che vedere con il vero Tai chi Chuan. Se mai avremo modo d'incontrarci ti farò vedere che non funzionano. Pratico da trentatre anni e ho lavorato con grandi del Tai Chi Chuan e questi giochini non li hanno mai fatti e non li faccio.

[@philljames6802]

ha... I can pull him down from underneath..... because we are one.... not because I am able to pull him down.... haha love it!

[@777RAD777]

Thank you, Sifu 🙏☯️

[@jackofallmasterofnun]

Adam are u the best at this now.. are u the grand master.. I know ego question but I can't find anyone better than u

[@andyanderson4145]

There is alway someone better, but to find them is hard work.I love that he does not give a shit about comments.

[@andyanderson4145]

@@andrewgohring7625 LIKE IT

[@coenh8735]

3:28 what in the actual fuck is that blue guy doing?

[@watermelonprom7197]

Taichi Chuan or Taiji Quan as it is formally know is a Internal style of Chinese Martial Arts but what dose that actually mean many will say is is about concepts which has some truth to it but in reality it is just a way for people to explain away the things they don't understand in reality it means Grappling Taiji is a old form of wrestling that has many concepts from Daoism but concepts are only half the battle the other half is actual techniques you can not separate technique from concept doing so you will either get a form without meaning or a idea without any way to express it which is mostly the problem with Kung Fu now a days especially without the sparring idk how he came into it but this is a lie completely on the side of Technique & Concept Technique which there is none there is no Arm Drags, Clinching, Collar Ties, or any sort of basic Wrestling Techniques at all & Conceptually he has no idea what he is even talking about and it's evident enough just by seeing the lack of technique but you can really tell by how his students react too his movements they actively position themselves in a unbalanced way & over react with every single thing if it were real then one he would be using a tiny bit but notice able technique & two his student would also be reacting very gently to it aswell not stomping 3 times or being launched like 5 feet from a simple push it's a sign of being brainwashed & for those who just want the path of enlightenment he offer just leave & go study Daoism something he does not represent just by his narcissistic attitude alone pls for those who need to learn what real Taiji & what real martial arts are go watch Ramsay Dewey he is a incredible Martial Artist & person pls keep safe & don't believe this man's lies

[@WCtrainer1]

This jumping around by these complying students is simply ridiculous.

[@matthewmagda4971]

Shades and beard are on point!!

[@christianstrohmer3273]

Wow, this guy is the funniest clown i've seen,every Video is so funny, his Students are so mentale slaved, they let him all do, hoppig like little Rabbits, What's wrong with the people,who real think that works in an fight,thanks for so many funny moments with you

[@christianstrohmer3273]

👍

[@noklarok]

yeh just like Jim Jones

[@myriadmmaames]

This is absolutely ridiculous

[@alanlee6662]

Bse your students no root so you can handle them.

[@Shimkrishna]

It is useless to do tuisou with strong man

[@enforcer0011]

awesome

[@CookieScoops]

his postures can't generate sufficient enough force to justify his opponent being thrown back that much. even if it were internal energy, that can be disputed by the tension he has in his upper traps and deltoids, and by the fact his lower body doesn't move at all. you give real taijiquan a bad name, and I feel sorry for any person that has been fooled by your staged demonstrations and seminars

[@DJAraRealSalsa]

Just because you have an external understanding of the profound art of Taiji Quan it does not make Sifu MIzner's skills fake! Most if not all kung fu styles out there (and I am talking in the upper 90%) are not taught in the way that they should be. This is even more true when it comes to the Internals such as Taiji, Hsing I, Pa Kua, etc. Anyone who is lucky enough to have a real master as his teacher knows that fact. Unfortunately, many students who have a half decent teacher think that their given kung fu style begins and ends with what they know and they cannot be more wrong!

[@noklarok]

@@DJAraRealSalsa give him your money then

[@QuentinKLEau]

You are right and wrong at the same time. His postures indeed can't generate sufficient force to justify his opponent being thrown back that much, that is his opponent that is throwing himself, taiji is recycling the energy of the opponent. If you don't want to be thrown out, just do nothing, that's why against boxers it is so difficult as they are very fast and it's so difficult to get the "stick". Of course there is some level of "cooperation" as it is a seminar, therefore the speed is appropriate to work on the qualities. You have to begin slowly to be able to feel the changes and work on your timing. As a remark, against grapplers it is difficult as well as they also have the notion of "stick, adhere, join and follow" but it is not theorized as much as in taiji.

[@neizha]

@@QuentinKLEau so you're saying that if someone does boxing or wrestling they can defeat someone who is doing Mizner's training because it is less effective against these other arts. So why train what he is teaching? If boxing and wrestling are readily available and take less time to train. Why would I want to waste time learning this stuff that is only going to be useful on a very small sub set of people (if it's effective at all) when I know boxing and wrestling are effective?

[@DJAraRealSalsa]

@@noklarok It will be a pleasure to 'give him my money' because I have benefited so much from his FREE videos on KZbin that I believe that given the opportunity to attend one of his seminars anywhere near me would in turn be an opportunity for me to give him some pay-back in the way Sifu Mizner has benefited my Kung Fu knowledge base as well as to learn more from him.

[@40JoCharles]

🙂🙏🏼☯️

[@joetheplumber2970]

The video above is all well and nice, but; In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. “anonymous”.

[@whiteeagle7914]

look at his other videos. there is plenty of footage of him doing this in actual application. Especially in the earlier footage in Thailand.

[@loveandchi77]

nice jogging suit. i want one.

[@loveandchi77]

you don't happen to have a link for where to buy that same jogging suit do you? i can't seem to find that color in my search. love the tai chi too btw, thanks for sharing.

[@PhoenixDarshan]

Why is the student running off like he has been hit by a Jedi force? And do you really believe that Adam can do that to someone who is not "playing" along? This is misleading and it is delusional to think that this can be done to a non-cued in training partner.

[@noklarok]

total non-physics/ hypnotism

[@DonkeyLips-gj9uq]

@@noklarok So to be clear, u r saying what he is doing is impossible?

[@noklarok]

​@@DonkeyLips-gj9uq possible with appropriate subjects, i'm speculating that it is closer to hypnotism than tai chi classics.

[@DonkeyLips-gj9uq]

@@noklarok He would have to be hypnotizing a lot of people… hundreds? Really? I wonder how u think a real master of tai chi would effect others.. Or is Tai Ji simply false?

[@noklarok]

@@DonkeyLips-gj9uq ok, one question first- have you personally pushed hands with Mr Mizner?

[@k.schmidt8958]

those guys should learn to step back on the pressure. cringe jumping back n forth, learn to make steps!

[@jmmx69]

Lol

[@tbishop4961]

🤣

[@FightClass3]

fraude

[@TheBuddyShowWorldwide]

Coward.

[@GodOfTheInternets]

This is so dumb. Just push the guy. Magic is not real lmao

[@jamesm5192]

Yet you have the word "God" in your username...

[@GodOfTheInternets]

@@jamesm5192 so I would know

[@jamesmackenzie5904]

Fight me