This is why I have spent 25 years training tai ji quan. You have a much lower chance of losing your independence in old age. sounds like a small thing but it's the key to a long and happy life which overshadows any martial application and utility. That's just a nice byproduct. You don't know how valuable being able to move, eat and function is until you lose one of those functions. To share that with others? Wow! What a ggift to give!! Tai ji quan is a wonderful art for anybody to learn. My master's father lived to be 86 and drank and smoke every single day. His father lived to be 90 having lived through communist china and a revolution. My master looks 20 years younger than he really is. This is the real value in tai ji quan - a long, healthy, beautiful happy life.

In my limited experience taiji is quite comprehensive, including strikes, trips, throws, joint "locks", etc. The teacher who taught me the long Yang form told me of an encounter he had with a would be robber at his place of business. As the man reached to grasp or strike him he brushed his arms aside, turned to his outside, and gave him a sharp cuff on the side of the head, and then pushed him on the ribs which sent him (out of control) out the door and to the ground, hard. The guy got up and ran; end of episode. Control of one's own balance, upsetting the other's balance, using the moment to strike, grasp, twist trip, etc. becomes a choice. Sound a lot like jujutsu, judo, wrestling, karate, etc.

Perhaps the old man had only mastered the grappling aspects of Tai Chi Chuan. Or perhaps there was some other reason why he didn't use any strikes. The fact that he was able to bob and weave and evade your punches indicates that he had at least some idea about striking.

Time for Ramsey to stop dismissing arts he really knows little to nothing about. This master was far from the only one out there.

Taijiquan - Striking think Atemi Waza. It's considered the master class for CMA combat veterans. Refinement of techniques to the highest level. Techniques you have seen and used before in most CMA. Taijiquan was considered the PhD of CMA. Nothing new just focus on efficiency, economy of motion, energy conservation, kinesiology, battle experience. You've done it 1000 x's in combat before, why are you still brute forcing it? Why haven't you tried this angle, etc That is Taijiquan basically. It's the post doc for experienced fighters. The bad rep is from inexperienced fighters thinking that the techniques work without combat conditioning and sparing. Fighting and then necessary mind set. Taijiquan is akin to aikijujutsu or Japanese jujitsu. You've seen used felt all is these techniques before in CMA combat situations. Now refine them and yourself. A Taijiquan sifu told me this back in College (30 years ago) at a guest seminar at our outside training spot. I was training Nam Sil Lam/Hung Gar at the time.

You experienced real kungfu (self-defense, health, personal development), a journey not a goal.

There's taiji spear to, several other weapons. Taiji experts with coordination which is balance. Balance the most important thing in fighting.

A wonderful story; coach Dewey is really inspiring.

Go work out with Adam minzer

Time for you to meet with Adam

Think 🤔 lots of northern styles, use Chinese wrestling! Tai Chi/ Pa Kua are known for 😬

The old man was a daoist immortal who appeared as a chauffeur to the owner of the vinegar factory. You got Zhang San Fenged bro

Hawkins Cheung (Bruce Lee's bf in hong kong growing up) was like this, the guy was an amazing wing chun fighter. They show wc as being a distance fighting style in movies like Ip Man, but in truth, wc is a clinch boxing style, so a lot of grappling is in there. Thankfully Hawkins passed down authentic wc before he died, to Sifu Orr, who is one of the only wc teachers who has students who compete in mma, boxing, and sanda and are good fighters.

Marquer du respect à l’égard d’un maître a fortiori âgé est la base des arts martiaux . Ce pratiquant est sur la bonne voie.

Woah.

Throwing is NOT grappling. Grappling is grappling. Bill P.

So mifune was legit is what I’m hearing

Taichi is more of a grappling art than a striking art. The fighting distance is actually in between. The art of one touch!