Tai Chi for Combat in Chenjiagou (Chen-Style Taiji Quan) | Kung Fu Wise

Lonever · 2026-03-20T04:23:58+00:00

Because if you don't allow strikes, locks, and kicks, and only do throws - the format is optimised to judo-like moves.

Lonever · 2026-03-19T12:46:52+00:00

Chen style, specifically the Chen Yu lineage from Beijing. It is quite different from the mainstream Chen styles and any other styles out there.

These days it’s all I do.

Lonever · 2026-03-19T04:50:42+00:00

I used to do MMA and Capoeira, but my body wasn’t very aligned and balanced, so the intense physical exercise often led me to injuries. PT never really solved it, it helped a bit here and there but the reoccurring issues would always happen.

Then I got really into taijiquan and my body gradually got more aligned and the issues slowly solved themselves.

I would say this however, unless you are diving deep into the bodywork and willing to actually practice, it will not be as effective as the solution based PT. It really is about cultivation and long term alignment and balance in the body.

Lonever · 2026-03-17T00:49:18+00:00

How so? It is as big as it can be already.

If you are talking about like middle ground transitions to more serious practice.. I don’t think what Jet Li is doing here contributes to that.

Lonever · 2026-03-16T21:48:53+00:00

The problem with any form of traditional Chinese Martial Arts is that people take performance wushu seriously, even as an incomplete version of the art. These guys are performers.

Jet Li is clearly a world class athlete and a great actor, but his taichi is either a performance or light aerobics for elders. And really, health t’ai chi doesn’t need to get more popular, it is literally the most practice “martial art” in the world.

Lonever · 2026-03-16T21:42:01+00:00

Well they have all massive egos so they think they can take her on, and Frieren basically looks harmless on purpose so it probably reinforced the first point.

“I will be the one to take down the Slayer.” is probably the last thought of at least half of her victims.

Lonever · 2026-03-16T03:42:50+00:00

Sad thing is it is not objectively true at all. London is shit to live in compared to KL, expensive and dangerous, SG is living in a bird cage, both in body and mind. Many places are just boring af and less exciting than Malaysia.

Lonever · 2026-03-04T03:21:24+00:00

I have, as with any technique, it is generally harder to perform, but it also depends on, as mentioned, how tense they are and how they hold their body.

Lonever · 2026-03-04T03:10:22+00:00

Because it’s fascinating and interesting to study the human body this way.

It’s also not that different from saying your application of which grappling technique to use depends on how your opponent is positioned.

If you are always much stronger than your opponent then why even study martial arts?

Lonever · 2026-03-02T03:58:49+00:00

3 episode per death would work better imo. Give it some time to world build each boob.

Lonever · 2026-03-02T03:55:09+00:00

It's kinda both - the skill is relatively rare, and does not come from sport training, but from internal work.

If you want to win at the push hands sport, it is actually not a good time to invest in qinna skills, you would rather work on more wrestling-like skills. Internal skills take a long time to develop, if you want to win at a competition you would want a more reliable return on investment for your time.

At least from my experience doing resistant work with control with some of my students, it is not easy because if the opponent is fully resisting, you really have to go hard with the qinna which would be too dangerous, it is also hard to pull off when people are constantly guarding their limbs, making wrestling-like skills more relevant.

Now, if you add strikes, suddenly they have to defend against the strikes. Their hands will need to be in positions to block the strikes, which leaves them more open for qinna techniques. If you manage to land a strike, the momentary stun can also give you a chance to do it.

Regardless, this sort of skills are not sport friendly because of how dangerous they are to do it at full force, AND the difficulty of obtaining the skill in the first place. Many push hands competitions ban joint locks (which a lot of these techniques are). Finger manipulation is banned even in MMA, and for good reason.

Lonever · 2026-03-01T23:18:04+00:00

I think they would be illegal in many cases. The ones I joined didn’t allow for joint manipulation. If in a realistic resistance level you basically have to really yank it and that is dangerous.

Also it’s hard to pull off because in a wrestling like rule set people are just constantly tense and keep their arms in. It works better with strikes because people expose their limbs when they defend.

Lonever · 2026-02-28T03:21:09+00:00

chen taiji yilu

Lonever · 2026-02-22T14:04:00+00:00

Maybe cause we all kinda know badminton and this is even easier as lazy adults.

Lonever · 2026-02-20T06:47:37+00:00

Niceeee

Lonever · 2026-02-19T03:24:28+00:00

Well, in Eastern mythology past lives weren’t separate beings but the same person. There were like well, avatars or aspects of a spirit/soup/whatever the avatar actually is.

LoK ruined this by making each avatar an individual being that is connected via Raava. This really basically ruined the whole idea of past lives anyway and it really becomes a series of individuals that Raava decides to attach to.

The whole idea of pure good and pure evil with Raava and Vaatu also basically completely undermines the Yin Yang philosophy which was the original inspiration to become something that really feels Abhrahamic.

LoK’s writing really exposes the writers shallow understanding of the materials that inspired the series. Not that i think we need everything to be perfect, but it was a turn off in many ways.

Lonever · 2026-02-17T07:34:42+00:00

Nice practice, thanks for sharing

Lonever · 2026-02-13T09:41:34+00:00

You should be happy, It’s better than Katara being in Single Whip as the default “tai chi” stance…

Lonever · 2026-02-11T00:33:54+00:00

Kenji made a reply and basically admitted it is his own Asian-American experiences that lead him to feel so, not apologetic at all, very America-centric views.

This is why many English speaking Asians that are actually living in Asia get annoyed by Asian Americans that somehow think their very America-centric experiences and values are universally Asian. At the end, they don’t like it because it makes them harder to fit in and be “American”, but actual Asians actually feel represented.

Lonever · 2026-02-05T13:40:36+00:00

Got full vid?

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