windwalker wrote:
One might ask why, why do others post clips of fails, while never exposing their own work
Might be a case of crabs in a bucket...maybe
Anyway,...about the push hands BS and training tai chi method...
Push-hands proper is really limited within the scope of what is being developed and tested. But it starts with the very basic of basics before it can be anything having to do with tactics and clever hand/arm tricks.
How hard is it to stand up straight and suspend the head? Sink the elbows and press the knees up the sides of the torso? Never going to put the center into the body without training and testing those things first.
Why just start leaning as soon as the pressure enters the range of the forearms? How can there be a center when the interaction is put at arm's length? How about a little...you know...stillness first?
Gotta go out there and get your ass kicked many times before trying to win or even push someone else out. Doesn't matter what level of pressure one is engaging in developing and testing tjq, be it push-hands or full-contact sport where the other person is genuinely trying to wreck you- it boils down to EITHER, OR.
Abandon ship or go down with the ship. The former teaches nothing but validation of a misguided sense of progress, whereas the latter...well. Or,...just ignore that basic truth and continue arguing with people here who have been there and done that until you've cultivated a nice comfy sense of victimhood.
Really liked the blue t-shirt and sunglasses guy. Grey t-shirt guy showed some very good stuff as well. Matt wouldn't even need six months to be ring-ready if he trained in the right fighty school.