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Tai Chi can improve BJJ or Grappling skills a lot. The ability to lower internally the center of gravity can make it very difficult to get taken down.
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Tai Chi can improve BJJ or Grappling skills a lot. The ability to lower internally the center of gravity can make it very difficult to get taken down.
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Tai Chi can improve BJJ or Grappling skills a lot. The ability to lower internally the center of gravity can make it very difficult to get taken down.
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I assume he's talking about Yang Jwing Ming? Very good Qin Na (kung fu joint locks) practitioner.
Some of that stuff can be applied in BJJ, but it's not a 1-to-1 fit because the positions on the ground are just so different. Still, I find it interesting to watch just for my own personal curiosity.
I assume he's talking about Yang Jwing Ming? Very good Qin Na (kung fu joint locks) practitioner.
Some of that stuff can be applied in BJJ, but it's not a 1-to-1 fit because the positions on the ground are just so different.
Ah, I searched Jwing Ming's name and found a lot of tai chi books he read. Interesting stuff, I might pick up a copy from the future.
I find tai chi interesting because might have interesting applications for grappling.
I really don't like his stuff, he produces a bunch of books on a bunch of different arts without really having a lot of credentials in any of them. If you're looking for a good tai chi book may I recommend:
http://www.amazon.com/BODY-MECHANICS-Tai-Chi-Chuan/dp/B000JV7TDQ
William Chen is all about body mechanics, there's 0% mysticism, no mention of 'chi' as some magical force, and he is one of the few tai chi guys to have participated in full contact fights (in Shanghai in the 40s). He comes from fighting and he's interested in fighting, maybe the only tai chi guy who really is.
Exactly how does one internally lower his center of gravity vs externally lowering it?
Are there any other books you would recommend? I don't plan on doing/learning Tai Chi, but would like to learn the theory and body mechanics behind it. The example you gave has body mechanics. Are there any other books you would recommend to a complete beginner?
This is why all takedown sports have rules to force the action and prohibit pure defense.
Just playing pure defense is too easy, especially if no strikes are allowed.
I don't think Sumo does specifically, which is why I like the premise. In a similar fashion, freestyle wrestling gives points for putting someone out the circle. More positive reinforcement for positional dominance than a threatening penalty like in judo.
Yes, given this comment, you are missing metric shat tons about stand up grappling.Maybe I'm missing something about standup grappling, but if I can't establish my grips and press my hips into someone, I don't know how to take them down.
Based on your extremely limited takedown mechanics, neither am I.It's definitely not an offensive martial art, and he likes to remind me that in a real fight he thinks I would take it easily. But nonetheless, if I was the aggressor, and my sole goal was to kick his ass, and his sole goal was to stop me; a grappler of over five years from doing so, I'm not sure I would succeed.
That is the worst endorsement I have read in a long time. Against a couch potato it is totally legit!tldr: Tai chi techniques would likely never fair well in a competition of martial artists against martial artists like mma, because it lacks offense. But for pure self-defense, where your opponent likely knows nothing about fighting and has shit cardio, I'm pretty sold on it's legitimacy.
'old man' wrestling is perfect for drilling balance, cant touch ground with anything but your feet or go out of bounds
i like sumo but my pet peeve there is that the circle is a little too small for more dynamic action.