A Precious Video of Late Master Zhang's Tai Chi Push Hands! 先師張振華先生(師承傅鍾文大師)于紐約與黑人拳友推手實錄-以小搏大, 以弱制強!

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A Precious Video of Late Master Zhang's Tai Chi Push Hands! 先師張振華先生(師承傅鍾文大師)于紐約與黑人拳友推手實錄-以小搏大, 以弱制強!

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This is a video of my beloved late master Zhang Zhen Hwa of Shanghai , an inner circle student of Mater Fu Zhong Wen (one of Master Yang Cheng Fu's top disciple), selflessly sharing the internal knowledge of Yang Style Tai Chi Push Hands with 2 Soul Tai Chi & Bagua practitioners (the first African American gentleman is Sifu Rudy Curry jr of Queens, NY, a renowned teacher of various Chinese Martial Arts) who truthfully demonstrates the nature of inner peace, and at the same time, tearing down the barrier of culter and race! Master Zhang at the time was in his late 70s and weighed a mere 110 lbs; this video was filmed in Kissena Park, Fresh Meadows, NY, Where Mr. Zhang would teach Tai Chi and push hands every morning, regardless of weather conditions, except for days of heavy rain, all the way through his late 80s! In spite of his age of the time, the skill set he had demonstrated in the art of Yang Tai Chi was inspirational!
I would also like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to late uncle Ernie (The gentleman who was standing in the background, wearing a white jacket & white cap), he was master Zhang's most loyal student and one of the most honorable man I have ever known! He was always there to support master's teachings, all the way to the very end. I would never forget Master Zhang's heart breaking reaction at the time of loosing him, and the pain never faded away for my master. Please R.I.P. uncle Ernie!
God this video brings back so much memories of training with master Zhang at Kissena Park, being Master Zhang's ending disciple, I'm humbled, honored and grateful at the same time! I pray for the courage to carry on the torch!
I hope the friends of Tai Chi will enjoy this video and wish you all the best!

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@Inconceivable-Montoya 8 ай бұрын

If you know Taiji then you know this is a genuine master. Very rare. The student is skilled and the responses in his body, the whiplash movements of his head in response to masters Jin is powerful evidence of internal power application. An gem of a video. Thank You.

@SifuRudyuniversalkungfu 2 жыл бұрын

That's almost 30 years ago. Master Zhang was a Great Teacher all hands on.

@juanpadilla3203 8 ай бұрын

Very cool. You come across like good people man. 👍 take care

@dpc107 8 ай бұрын

Ha i knew that was Sifu Rudy Curry! Shout out to BT and man up stand up!

@wingchun-simplekungfu7584 8 ай бұрын

He has a very good stance and structure. I can see it would be easy for him to exert a lot of power but he’s happy just to play and have fun. Beautiful to observe this treasure. 🙏

@SaintSanic 2 жыл бұрын

Two people who love taiji. Beautiful to watch.

@ourtvchannel2058 Жыл бұрын

what a pleasure it must have been to learn from this man. Thanks for sharing

@dwinsemius 2 жыл бұрын

This is a gift beyond measure.

@UtubeCensors 8 ай бұрын

Amazing how these gentle soft flowing movements can be so deadly when properly applied. The breathing and composure of the Sifu was beautiful to watch. Thank you sir for posting.

@taichigoodness1798 8 ай бұрын

It is my deepest honor my friend! Thank you!

@texwan 2 жыл бұрын

I like the good natured spirit of this practice.

@damianneve 2 жыл бұрын

Wow... I've analyzed thousands of hours of video and know that guy getting thrown around is far from a beginner. This is amazing level of sensitivity and timing. Just wow 👏 😳 👏

@taichigoodness1798 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the respect you had presented for my beloved late master, and wish we can meet someday!

@damianneve 2 жыл бұрын

@@taichigoodness1798 you're welcome. most definitely would like to meet sometime and play. I'm currently in NC.

@jeffchronister4092 8 ай бұрын

I did thai chi when i was younger and the one thing i remember more than anything else was being incredibly healthy. Literally without any injury and illness for two years. My teacher moved back to china and i just stopped. Everything came back, all the normal sickness and injury that i had before i started learning. It is a beautiful art with amazing benefits that i will never truly understand . But it really works.

@Viewpoint314 8 ай бұрын

A lot of the early students in my Tai Chi class came out of competition Judo. They felt that Tai Chi enhanced their Judo fighting skill. This was in the 1970's. In the 1990'sone Olympic level Judo player found a Tai Chi master in Vancouver that he could not throw. So he stayed and studied Tai Chi for a few years. The first master Raymond Chung learned from Yang Cheng Fu's oldest son who was a fighter.

@turntablesrockmyworld9315 8 ай бұрын

I'd like to know the parameters or conditions of "not being able to throw". In full free randori ,a tai chi master would be thrown dozens of times be it Judo or Olympic wrestling. The claim that an Olympic Judo competitor could not throw a Tai Chi master is just absolutely silly unless the Judoka was being very respectful as many are, or it was just soft training, or it was some type of drill. I played Judo in the 1990s so I would probably know of the Judoka. Over the decades I heard the claim for many styles of Kung Fu, etc. where a combat athlete could not do something or another to some skinny master. In every case, it was just a drill, or just great respect, or just false.

@etwong212 9 ай бұрын

Its really nice seeing skepticism fade in real time

@taichigoodness1798 8 ай бұрын

There is no better way to put it!

@markdonovan1540 9 ай бұрын

A priceless archive of real skill and ability to share and transmit the beauty of Tai Chi through Tui Shou training.

@taichigoodness1798 9 ай бұрын

Obviously, you have a deep understanding of how the art of Tai Ji Chuan works, therefore, you have earned my deepest respect!

@lgv3051 3 жыл бұрын

This is some of the best push hands out on the youtube. Thank you for posting. A true master here

@taichigoodness1798 3 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome! Obviously, you have the eye for it, and I believe that you're a genuine martial artist yourself!

@1x1HealthyEnergybyAndrew 8 ай бұрын

@taichigoodness1798 can you tell me who's still alive that trained at Kissena Park? My teacher trained there.

@philljames6802 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice exchange with you and your Master. He seems like a very giving, joyful and highly skilled Tai Ji Player. Well done sir. Blessings on the path. Thanks for posting

@rogermanley9017 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing. I miss him so much. He was an amazing teacher and wonderful human being. This is Tui Shou!

@Cale_Davison 8 ай бұрын

This is incredible. I don't know anything about Tai Chi, but I know a little bit about how one's state of mind is the state of the art being practiced, and from that I recognize a master at play. If I am not mistaken.

@gloscope 5 ай бұрын

Very clear and extremely valuable Push Hands demonstration. Fabulous.☯️

@dr.angshumandesworld949 8 ай бұрын

Precious video

@jozefkozanowski1260 3 жыл бұрын

Good video. The Master's high skills are clearly visible.

@mariohostios 8 ай бұрын

Sifu Rudy legit enjoying the experience

@taichigoodness1798 8 ай бұрын

Sifu Rudy is a scholar, gentleman and warrior!

@nonsensicalnonsense4260 8 ай бұрын

That's awesome thanks 👍

@winfieldjay2324 8 ай бұрын

I haven't seen sifu Rudy Curry Jr. in a long time.

@kwaishiu6460 Жыл бұрын

Lucky to get to push with this master, learn a lot getting pushed by a master a that

@ElanAbneri 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing. Great skills!

@MrTigersnake 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic skills

@billymandalay193 2 жыл бұрын

Such fun. You must miss him very much.

@Taichidoc_Needleflow 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing footage. This is the park I play taiji in.

@taichigoodness1798 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to know that the spirit of Tai Ji Chuan is still alive at that park!

@carmelotaichi 3 жыл бұрын

Is that in Shanghai or?

@Taichidoc_Needleflow 3 жыл бұрын

@@carmelotaichi queens NY

@taichigoodness1798 3 жыл бұрын

@@carmelotaichi The footage was taken in Flushing, NY sir.

@patrickcollins1855 9 ай бұрын

The main exercise to develop internal strength is standing meditation. The moving exercises means nothing without the standing still.

@Cale_Davison 8 ай бұрын

Where would you suggest that one may learn to hug a tree?

@patrickcollins1855 8 ай бұрын

@@Cale_Davison Any tree would do.

@Cale_Davison 8 ай бұрын

@@patrickcollins1855 Recall reading of a group of martial artists that did standing meditation and went around demonstrating their skill to others. Not sure that is true, but in a database of studies, there was one where people that practiced qigong/taichi were better prepared for high altitude than the group jumping rope, jogging, etc. Wood you recommend any teacher sharing online for learning standing meditation? P.s. If you like reggae or country music, well, perhaps: Still is Still Moving - Toots & the Maytals with Willie Nelson

@patrickcollins1855 8 ай бұрын

@-Cale Well, the whole point of internal martial arts is to keep the practitioner healthy. The fighting part is just a bonus. I personally believe Wing Chun was meant to be an internal art. Two women created Wing Chun. The art was named after the first student by her master. Wing Chun taught her husband the art, and then he taught other men. That's where knowledge got lost in translation. Anyway, I read that external exercise may harm internal exercise gains. PS there standing meditation teachers all over KZfaq. Watch several because everyone has slight versions. Yet, the main thing is to keep your tongue connected to the roof of your mouth while standing. It's like connecting a battery to the positive post. Your feet on the ground are connecting the negative post. You don't have to stand in front of a tree. Yet, the energy from a tree can help one's progress.

@Cale_Davison 8 ай бұрын

@@patrickcollins1855 Thank you for an interesting and helpful response, which is appreciated. Once, as a child, earth and sky began to meet through my body during a storm, and I knew that lightning was forming. When I moved, the charge followed and then shifted to a transformer. The lightning blew it apart, 20 feet, perhaps, from me. The knowledge you shared about the role of the tongue is just what I needed, I think. Thank you for encouraging and inspiring practice. P.s. Although I do not practice Wing Chun, I am very happy to know that we may thank women for one more thing.

@KhASAAha 3 жыл бұрын

wonderful demonstration! thank you for sharing!

@taichigoodness1798 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words!

@SifuRudyuniversalkungfu 3 жыл бұрын

Those weren't demos. I spent years trying to toss him. Never did except when he let me. 😄

@taichigoodness1798 3 жыл бұрын

@@SifuRudyuniversalkungfu Nice hearing from you Sifu! Just wanna let you know that Master Zhang spoke highly of you, that was in Chinese of course!

@SifuRudyuniversalkungfu 3 жыл бұрын

@@taichigoodness1798 Yes Hope to catch up with you one day. He spoke with his eyes and technique. He was letting me feel whenever he would let me repeat moves. He countered everything before it got off the launching pad like many other Real Tai Chi Masters I met and studied with. What was amazing was Our age difference and him handling me effortlessly with the 21 years Martial Arts Training I had in at that time. I'm in 45 years now and still run into some extraordinary Elders now and then. He is surely missed. I will try to find some old footage I have and put up soon. Thanks again.

@taichigoodness1798 3 жыл бұрын

@@SifuRudyuniversalkungfu I have nothing but great respect for you, and I appreciate you keeping it real! Thank you for your contribution and dedication towards the art, there are not many old school practitioner as dedicated as you anymore for the least to say, and that's the exact reason of you being a great teacher as well!

@Ryan-ui1bc 8 ай бұрын

does he still teach ? will love to visit when I got to the states.

@worldtraveler007 9 ай бұрын

Any thoughts or experiences with Sifu Niko? His push hands seems really good as well.

@daltondammthebabe 8 ай бұрын

Cant believe i am seeing this.

@enniotortarolo9125 2 жыл бұрын

Very good balance, yi, xhi, tructure body,.... Softy intelligent moviments!

@taichigoodness1798 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, and lots of respect to a person who has the awareness to see what others can't see!

@stephenjohnson7770 11 ай бұрын

Hey, just stumbled across this video. Are you the student in the video? Great to see! I’ve started practicing Taiji myself for just over a year now. Where was this film please? 🙏🏻

@taichigoodness1798 11 ай бұрын

This was filmed in Kissena Park in Flushing, NY. I am honored to be one of Late Master Zhang's last disciples, and I miss him a lot! These are videos of me practicing the first sector of the form and hope I didn't let my master down: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e76EmKxhms29moE.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/et-iechmlaiZj2g.html

@stephenjohnson7770 11 ай бұрын

@@taichigoodness1798 Hey. Thanks for your response. I’ll take a look now 🙏🏻

@MrSilus2000 8 ай бұрын

This is the guy that terrifies “mixed martial artists”.

@MeozJonathan 8 ай бұрын

Like 'Sticking Hands', 'Pushing Hands' is a Tai Chi and Shaolin training method. Whilst it is useful in martial arts training and certain martial applications, it should in no way be considered a martial defence style in and of itself. A half decent fighter or a natural athlete would kick your butt if you brought only this to the table.

@ironsights1809 8 ай бұрын

No one fights like that. I was taught that in my Kung Fu class and it don't work.

@ukestudio3002 8 ай бұрын

Fighting without fighting..it’s about balance, leverage, timing ..feeling your opponents weak points and using them . Peace

@mokona27sep 3 жыл бұрын

There are several videos of Great Master Fu Zhong Wen playing push hands and they look nothing like this.

@lgv3051 3 жыл бұрын

The only footage of Fu Zhongwen that i have come across was just the very most basic exercises. What is on here is much much more than that

@Jenny-xb9zm 8 ай бұрын

The head but is the next lesson...

@HDsharp 8 ай бұрын

So the legend of the 'germ sam fung' (Cantonese) who beat a legendary Mongolian wrestler is true.

@user-wj5gf6bc5f 8 ай бұрын

😂Шарлатаны старые 👍

@555rerun Жыл бұрын

Push hands is more like a game than a martial art. Don’t use this, it will not protect you.

@CharlesBetancourt-iq9oe Жыл бұрын

If that is true than sanda, kickbox, and boxing are not martial arts.Balancr is martial art.

@laurencestacey2071 9 ай бұрын

You have no concept of what you are even saying...just parroting words.

@b2yes 8 ай бұрын

表演就天下無敵，真打起上來就無能為力

@taichigoodness1798 8 ай бұрын

先師從未有表演或自命天下無敵之意, 只是對太極拳的拳理有興趣. 至於能不能真打, 不關你屁事, 請你嘴巴給我放乾淨點. 先師當時已年近八十, 且現今已作古, 你若想真打, 你來找我打, 你看我會不會跟你玩遊戲?

@ishetrying 3 жыл бұрын

Is that Sifu Rudy Curry?

@taichigoodness1798 3 жыл бұрын

Yes sir! I have nothing but respect for Sifu Curry, master Zhang spoke highly of him as well!

@SifuRudyuniversalkungfu 3 жыл бұрын

Yes. 20 years ago. I spent a few years pushing with him every weekend 2 to 3 hours non stop some weeks. Amazing small man took on all comers. He was in his mid 70'sat the time.

@ishetrying 3 жыл бұрын

@@SifuRudyuniversalkungfu That's the end goal of these arts. It must've been awesome to see and feel in the flesh.

@SifuRudyuniversalkungfu 3 жыл бұрын

@@ishetrying Yes. I've been lucky enough to have run into quite a few who were willing to share.

@markxueyuan 3 жыл бұрын

@@SifuRudyuniversalkungfu Hi, I am a Chinese. In China some say that pushing is all fake. Can you let me know whether this is true or not?