Strong Man vs Tai Chi: Using Tai Chi to Overcome Strength; A Secret Revealed
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- čas přidán 20. 06. 2024
- In this video, Susan Thompson Tai Chi, picks a person she does not know who has considerable size and strength advantage and experiments to see if she can move him from his base when he resists. She demonstrates using the Tai Chi principle of connecting to the opponents fascia. Watch as Susan not only demonstrates success, but also teaches the technique in a short amount of time to someone not indoctrinated to Tai Chi.
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Nice explanation and demo. Txs. Request for a longer in depth version of this content, especially with how to connect form practice to this.
Absolutely! I certainly will do so. Right now I'm just demonstrating and laying the ground work so people can see it's possible. Later I'll give specific instructions, drills and put it into the context of our Tai Chi movements.
@@InternalTaiChi Very cool. Tell us more please!
Will do!
I have learned so much from your videos. Would love to see more videos on this topic.
Thankyou for all that you do to bring our tai chi to another level.
That is my goal, to bring Tai Chi to a better understood level. I'll definitely be posting more videos on this and related topics.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Excellent demonstration! Great explanation!
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Thank you for the comment, for watching and subscribing!
Wow! Perfect! You are a incredible teacher, Susan! Looking forward and hoping to be a student of yours someday! Best wishes!
Thank you, Sam! I'm glad you're still watching. Thanks for the comments too. One day I'll do a workshop and maybe you can come and learn directly! In the meantime I always enjoy knowing you're watching, learning and valuing my videos.
I love your channel. I've been watching your channel since I discovered it about 8 years ago. I don't know why, but I thought you were based in New England. This video looks like it could have been filmed on my old street in Frisco TX. What a shocker!
Thank you so much. Yes you are right! I live in the DFW area. In fact I used to teach Tai Chi in Frisco.
Thank you for being a dedicated viewer.
you could explain the essence of tai chi better than any master tai chi, so far no chinese tai chi master had ever explained this to us. please continue your good work.
Thank you for your kind comment! I will certainly keep producing videos and lessons to bring a deeper understanding of Tai Chi to the world!
Cool!
Thank you. ☺️
Great work 💪🏼👊🏼🙏🏼🙂☯️
Thank you 🙌
Great demonstration 👍
Thank you! 😊
That was beautiful.
Thank you! 😊
More like this plz 😉
You bet! I have two more ready to go. I'm choosing random people to keep it real. Thanks for watching!
Hey, that was cool. You've got great energy. Great video.
Thank you so much 🤗
@ChristianCBE Yes of course, I was talking about her personality and charisma on camera. But yeah, that is a good trick, she might have been doing a couple of other simple things too that most Muggles don't usually think about.😉
I guess you could qualify all hidden Tai Chi techniques and intentions as "tricks." That is what makes Tai Chi so magical and counter intuitive. Thanks, @alsporter88, for your comment. 👍
Thanks for explaining power of tai chi over raw physical strength.
Can you pls give some demo on power of chi alone.
Yes, I will do that. I will say it is a more subtle technique and sometimes hard to show on video. Also, it will bring alot of doubters. :-) But I will make a video. I have a short showing moving someone with Song and Qi. Thanks for watching and for making the request!
I think the fascia is the body's energetic distribution system and houses the qi pathways that branch off to the organs.
What a great insight! I think so too. Have you read the book: "Fascia: What it is and Why it Matters”? From the sound of your comment, I think you would really like that book.
I’ve been seeing a lot of these demos on YT lately and my wife saw this and wanted to try. Neither of us got any reaction at all.
Thanks for commenting. The one thing people leave out is connecting to the other person's joints. You probably had the fascia but didn't connect to the joints.
If you were here, I could teach you both just as quickly and easily as I did Casey. ☺️
Feel free to email me and we can troubleshoot.
@@ChristianCBE that might be your 40 year old trick but that’s not what she is doing. 🙏🏼
Thank you @40JoCharles for your support and accurate insight.
i'm a bit confused : you pushed casey over by confusing his nervous system b/c the force of your push stays in the fascial layers, not directing your force through his muscles or bones... and then you also said that if he can lift using his fascia, then he can lift more?? can you clarify? esp about how to access our fascia to lift more or be stronger (and presumably faster)...?
This is a great question. The key is to bypass your own muscular force as well and to use your fascia as much as possible instead. I'll make a video demonstrating the differences. In the meantime you can try holding and carrying two fairly heavy grocery bags. First carry them by contracting your muscles, your biceps, deltoid, etc all working. This is how we normally carry the bags. Next, let your arms down by your side while carrying the bags. Imagine the external mesh of fascia and become comfortable with the weight you're carrying, allowing it to spread over your back. Now you're sending and using the fascia to support and carry the bags instead. When you lift the bags to the counter, continue to spread the force weight across the body rather than to the muscles.
The interesting thing is fascia remodels itself based on how we use it. If it speed you want, you can develop the fascia to support speed and reduce injury.
You're confused because it's silly. Fascia Ishtar some mystical "system" that your body is confused by... your body knows exactly what fascia is surrounds every connective tissue organ etcetera in the body
I am an occupational therapist and have an intimate knowledge of the fascia and it's feedback system. I have dissected and held human fascia in my hands. What are your qualifications to make such as statement? Our muscles, joints and tendons/ligaments have golgi receptors which work and are activated through heavy work, gravity and force and gives us proprioceptive feedback. When someone issues through the body directly, these golgi receptors are activated and give the person proprioceptive feedback, allowing them to know exactly where the force is coming from and how to counter it. The fascia on the other hand does not have these receptors. Our neurological system can not interpret light influence upon the fascia. That is where the body gets confused and can't engage an immediate counter to that issuance. All I ask is that you try it before you start name calling and labeling with derogatory comments such as "silly."
3:01 and 4:05 Nice application I am working to make this feel noncrazy that way I feel it will be more accessible for me to use.Hopefully with a little more experiance
Just a bit of practice and trusting the technique and you'll have it in no time.
@@InternalTaiChiThank you for the encouragement I go to a pushhands meet up in Los Angeles.I have an awesome teacher I met there who showed me something very similar to what your demonstrating here
Finding a good practice partner is often the most challenging part. You're lucky you have a group to work with!
@@ChristianCBEIf shes doing this by only physical means then he will feel this and resist with enough streagth not to be moved. You can move someone by bypassing the physical and using sensitivity to enter and connect to feel where there is streagth and where there is no support and yes you do change the angle but there is alot more going on
I see the haters enjoyed this one. That means you are doing something right. 😂👌🏼💪🏼👊🏼🙏🏼☯️
Thank you! That is what my mentor and Tai chi friend says as well. It is hard to believe and understand unless you actually feel it. Thanks for the insight, support and comments!
This is why I like to call taijiquan friction boxing.
That is a really great name for it! Superficial friction, just riding on the top surface. Thanks for watching, for your insight and comment!
Very impressive on the lady's side. But... When the man is doing it to her, i feel as soon as she gets a little bit of the feeling she exaggerates her reaction to move back. Ive trained with people who do internals that have done the same thing as if its a positive reinforcement. If he was to do it to a thrid party it might be less effectivie
This is good insight and viewpoint. Keep in mind I am about 100lbs lighter than him. If he was doing it to someone of equal size the initial results might not be as dramatic. He did learn fast and I did not exaggerate. You'll see differing results as I video more people. The good point you do make is it is important to practice with a variety of people, strengths, mindsets and sizes.
First subject ? 😱
Yes my first random person with no knowledge of Tai Chi or what I was going to do. As opposed to my students who have some anticipation and understanding. Casey therefore is my first random person to try this with and more to come!
Pretty good. Hands placement isn't issue when you reach higher stages
Very true.
@@ChristianCBE that's just a beginner stage demonstration
Just tapping into the balance. Nothing "western" about the other way - in fact we know about "fascia" thanks to western science
The western example was the issuance of force without regard to the fascia. Force on force. The technique used instead, is to use a lighter touch while tapping into the fascia. This is a more eastern approach in my perspective. You are correct that we are discovering more scientifically about the fascia thanks to western medicine. Perhaps a better delineation on my part would simply be Force/Strength vs light touch and fascia connection rather than whose responsible for the concept.
Not to be a troll here as Tai Chi already receives it's fair share of negativity from naysayers within the MMA community on the regular, but did you really name your channel "Internal Tai Chi"? Talk about redundant, it's like a channel devoted to professional swimming naming its channel, "Wet Water Swimming", or a carpentry channel called "Working With Wood From Trees", or a channel devoted to art called "Painting with Pigments" or a bowling channel called "Bowling With Balls". I have been involved with Chen, Yang, and Wu styles of Taijiquan starting back in the late 80's and I have yet to hear of any branch of Tai Chi that was purposely external in its training or use. That said your skill in Tai Chi is excellent, your knowledge of Tai Chi is excellent and your ability to teach and explain everything clearly is also excellent.
Ha! Ha! I like your comment and insight. You are very correct that it is a redundancy. However, and sadly, many people only know and have experienced Tai Chi from a superficial, external manner. You have been blessed in your martial art journey if you have not witnessed that. Many people start completely external (learning just the movements for "exercise") and never realize that there is an entirely different and valuable part to Tai Chi which involves that which is not seen, but is felt and cultivated in a different way than just in movements and forms.
Also, keep in mind CZcams algorithms works on WORDS and TITLES. So the wording, no matter how redundant it may seem, is helpful in people finding me.
By the way, I play Uke too!
Wishing you the best.
@@InternalTaiChi Ok, that's a valid point, and I can understand why you named your channel the way you did in regards to the algorithms used on YT and the misconceptions beginners may have with what Tai Chi is. That's awesome that your a fellow Uker, I love playing it daily. May you have continued success with your channel and wishing you the best as well.
@@BaritoneUkeBeast4Life Thanks for understanding. One of my main goals is to elevate the knowledge of what Tai Chi is, and ...isn't. 🙂 I have a degree in music, but my instrument was a low brass instrument. When I could no longer play it due to the weight of it, I dabbled in other instruments. I'm not super advanced, but I enjoy the Uke! That is great that you play it daily. Enjoy!
@@ChristianCBE You’re wrong, and don’t know what you’re actually seeing. If you touched hands with her you would change your arrogant tune.
Haha, hey bro, just want to let you know that you got one like from me.
It’s the same rant as my teacher talked to some old folks 20 years ago about “qi gong martial art”.
Well, good martial art includes qi in it already. If some schools need separately qi gong form, there might be something wrong.
Grote handen heeft die gast 😳
Ik ben ook heel klein.
Waste of your time