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Bagua wanabe

Ok ! A man 75 Kg wants to cross a river. There is a bridge, and a warning "NO MORE THAN 100KG" The man walks on the bridge. At the middle the bridge crushes ! WHY ???

Yeah I agree ! Except it could turn a battlefield in something more enjoyable. Being able to be in opposition to something/one with no stiffness (because it can't help..), that's something close to realization.

Yes, that's very possible. On the same time it would lost what's most precious... the instrument of self growth, the day by day valuable gift and it would become just a "self-defense" MA among others. It's very important to be able to defend yourself but nothing can prevent you of everything. In the most dangerous playgrounds, social skills will work way better than MA skills. Live in the wrong neighborhood hit the wrong person, well no, not a good idea. My 2 cents.

Ahah I knew that joke but with the local geography, maybe it's from Twain !

understand me well, at some point you are either indifferent, you cry or you laugh... at a certain level of stupidity... I laugh. That's a form of self-defense, self-preservation. All well considered, it is no so different of people bragging on martial skillz after all...

the pipa is not a guitar but yes i see what you mean and yes it's a guard with a potential of articulation lock

Sure "play the pipa"

Good story I do not question taiji's ability in fight. Certainly not the most straight forward system to learn -but effective I have no doubt about it, depending on the inclination of one's practice. I was truly interested in learning stories of taiji applied to street fights and one of my points is : violence in our world is much less physical than psychological nowadays, so physical fights are rather scarce. That's the beauty of this art you learn so much more than just fighting (if you do). Among plenty others you learn to move in a smart way, developing body's intelligence (call internal power, peng jing, ...).

what is this ? answer yeah I laughed...

Consider yourself lucky for that. Or maybe you are an "escaper". Plus generally past the 30s people wise up or get softer.

Sometimes the fight comes to you. "we don't need to look for problems..."

Second best fight is UP

Best fight is no fight

Yep can be difficult to tell what technique is what system. But last time I had a fight (well it was 7 years ago...) I could tell. I took the pipa stance (taiji chuan) aaaand... jumped to to guy's head grabbed it and hit it twice with my knee (not so taiji... but efficient enough)

Although I'm not encouraging violence, I'm glad there is at least one bum that can attest of taiji's effectiveness. @Earl Grey did you have prior martial practices ? and if yes how much taiji took place in your fighting skills. I know you practice also another system now, what balance do you find between them now ? how do they complete ?

Yes that's for sure. Thanks for your answer. Can you describe what happened during the fight ? what techniques you used ? did you ko the guy ?

Yes that thread is not about how it can be use... it's the next step : how did you use it

That's precisely not what I'm talking about EG

I know Glenn Hairston. Can you talk about your experience ?

Chill gentle thunder

https://twitter.com/manelmarquez/status/1241640440681684993?s=20

Do you think that paper is meant to be a joke or a serious recommendation ?

We lost Manu Dibango. EDIT : I didnt know he had been samplee for Michael Jackson and Rihanna