Some demonstration of forms

excuter
October 10, 2008, 11:00 AM posted in General Discussion

Hi, I thought you might be interrested in seeing/ showing some demos of your style or some demonstrations you´ve come across while surfing... I start with a chen taiji vid:

 

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bababardwan
October 10, 2008, 11:21 AM

excuter,

Thanks.This was a very good demonstration of form I thought.It showed good balance,smoothness of movement ,focus,etc.Some people don't like the practice involved in form,but I think it pays dividends in the long run.

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excuter
November 09, 2008, 06:50 PM

a bit fast for my taste...but an excellent performance which makes me wish that I am at least half that active at such an age! ^_^

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GreyPhoenix
October 10, 2008, 07:20 PM

Hey - awesome group! My husband is from Malaysia and has studied 7 Star Praying Mantis since he was eight (he's now 28). He's teaching me martial arts, so I'm really interested in this group.

 

Here's a video I took with my phone of my husband's martial arts. First he's goofing off, then he gets serious. The sequence is called "Mantis Steals The Peach." Unfortunately he didn't have room to do it correctly, so I'll also post a video of someone who did. Enjoy!

 

 

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bababardwan
October 10, 2008, 10:32 PM

excuter,

thanks for the push hands video which was cool.I've never seen it on video before.Possibly more than any other set of techniques,push hand has to be felt and understood,but it's still cool to see it.

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bababardwan
October 10, 2008, 10:39 PM

brooke,

Whoa;very impressive.Good to see he has a sense of humour also.Thanks for sharing.Who did your husband train under? I remember when I was a kid visiting KL having a few kung fu lessons but while I can remember what the Sifu looked like I can't recall his name [of course I'm sure the number of Sifu's would be large in Malaysia ].

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GreyPhoenix
October 11, 2008, 02:06 AM

bababardwan,

Thanks! My husband's Sifu's name is Mr. Leong Yi Chew. I'm not positive on the spelling, though, as my husband says he'd need to look it up, but he does know the surname (Leong) is right. He was located in Petaling Jaya, a suburb-type city of KL. My husband was actually an assistant teacher there for awhile, and man is he tough, lol!

Glad you enjoyed the video. I loved the other videos too! Very cool.

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excuter
October 11, 2008, 10:47 AM

Hi Bababardwan, actuallay you can learn a lot from watching it. Of course you have to learn the routine at first, but once you´ve got it down, you can experiment and even though you may not be able to recreate it, you will see things that help you improve. My teacher calls it "to steal with the eyes"...

here´s a step by step vid made in the "Tempel park" in Hamburg ^_^

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excuter
October 10, 2008, 07:19 PM

Glad you like it ^_^

It is the Chen tai ji sword form, performed by Grand master Chen Xiao Wang who is the head of the world chen tai ji quan association (the wctag is the German part of this association) and also the head of the Chen family.

Here´s some push hands freestyle:

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bababardwan
October 11, 2008, 11:30 AM

excuter,

I didn't say there was nothing to be learnt from watching it and I did appreciate the post.I merely think that it's no substitute for feeling it,which I think is more important.But I do agree that a trained eye could certainly learn from watching as well.Thanks.

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excuter
October 11, 2008, 11:45 AM

Your right, you have to experience it and feel how it "works". What I meant was that you can learn something from watching it no matter if you watch it before or after trying to do it (even if you never try it you can learn from watching) ^_^

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excuter
October 11, 2008, 11:55 AM

By the way, I hope to see many more examples, so please every body don´t be shy and give us some thing for watching and hopefully learning a little!

(I know it´s not so easy to step into the spot light... but if you can´t get yourself to do it, maybe you know a vid some where online showing something you want to show us...please...) :-)

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cconnolly
November 08, 2008, 02:45 AM

This is one of my forms, yanqingquan, performed by Master Chen Fengqi. He's 87 years old in this video.

 

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bababardwan
November 08, 2008, 02:54 AM

cconn1717,

87 years old ! Whoa;very impressive.Balance and fluidity of movement ;excellent form.What a difference keeping active makes.

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excuter
October 11, 2008, 11:24 AM

and here´s some eye candy: