Wudang Taihe boxing movement and application

[@ChineseOpera8]

Also, Tai He is a Dao-ist based school, forming a coiling connection (Dragon-like) between techniques. You can see 'embrace ball' , 'grasp bird's tail, 'single-whip' , 'snake creeps down' , 'hands strum lute' , '7-stars' , 'ba-gua stepping' and 'swimming dragon Qi-Gong' in this movement as well.

[@godprince7]

@ChineseOpera8 Thank you for that imput. It really helped me in understanding the style a little better. Would you happen to know how old this style is and when it was introduced into the Wudang curriculum?

[@ChineseOpera8]

@godprince7 , Wu-Dang Shan (Martial Bearing Mountain) was also known as ''Tai He Shan'' (Grand Harmony Mountain). Priest Zhang San-Feng (pronounced Jong Sahn-Fung) is usualy noted as the originator of Internal martial arts from Wu-Dang (pronounced Woo-Dong), however from the Song dynasty to the Ming Dynasty , there seem to be 'two' preists by the name of Zhang San-Feng, nobody knows for sure. Tai He Chwen follows the basic principles of Tai-Ji & Ba-Gua.

[@The_Captain40k]

Very nice application of the single whip movement, but the bagua circle stepping application was really silly. Why did he need to walk him around in a circle before he pushed him over? It was only successful in this case because the teacher did not receive any resistance from his opponent. The circle walk is a training method designed to teach the student how to move properly. When bagua circular tactics are applied in combat, it is as a very slight evasion which changes into a direct attack.

[@godprince7]

@ChineseOpera8, Could share a little history about the Wudang Tai he quan? How old is this style and who created it? It is a beautiful flowing style, somewhat like Tai chi. Peace godprince7

[@ChineseOpera8]

Wu-Dong shan shi si hen hao wu shu fa! VERY practical and efficiant gung-fu! "Tai He" means= 'Great Harmony'. This Fighting art is excellent in grappling, joint-locking and confusing the opponant in circles! It is NOT supposed to be easily 'seen/understood',...that's why it works so well,..lol'! Mei-guo ren bu ji dao!

[@ChineseOpera8]

@godprince7 , no,...unfortunately Wu-Dang history is cloudy at best,...lol'. Recorded martial arts from across the whole 'Tai He' (pronounced 'tie heh') mountain range goes back to the Han dynasty. I'm not sure when this particular form was introduced.

[@ChineseOpera8]

Also if you watch 'Tai He Quan' video on here, you can see it has some Ba-Gua technique as well. Tai hao le'!

[@Drakula5]

It is reaaly Tai He - i.e. Great (transcendental) Peace! ...If it is permoremed a little bit slower. With true respect...

[@The_Captain40k]

Don't get me wrong... I thought the original evasion of the hooking punch was good, and there was nothing wrong with the final push, but the circle walk in the middle was inexplicable!