Taiji's wild man clip

[knifethrower]

Yep you have me, knifethrower, to think for bringing this long haired dope smoker to the forefront again No thread is too buried

Earle has one third the idea down...he only really gets the strikes that travel away from his body to "work". those are the "closed" or yang strikes. If he learns to use the other hand to draw or strike while dragging down the opponents strike (traveling back toward himself) he will be twice as fast and even more powerful.

Can you give me a move out of any generic Tai Chi form to illustraight this, something that most other Tai Chi people will understand also? When I do fa-jing there's a Reboud in the other hand/body; is that what your getting at? Being that it's one of the other Thirds that Erle dosen't have, I doubt I'm going to guess this right away.

well the third part is the synergistic effect of getting the yin and yang strikes to hit so close together it sounds like one long hit...only you and the guy you hit will ever know the strikes were slightly staggered, not at the same time. once you can do that...imagine striking both sides of the jaw in opposite directions 4 times under a second...thats whats missing.

Double Phoenix punch maybe? If so that would make the whole strike a "closed" one...or would it?

Basically I need a common frame of referance to work from, in other words the form, but if you can come up with something better, go for it. Good luck. I know the internal is a bitch to talk about.

[BoarSpear]

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[knifethrower]

Yes i do old Yang...(I better not get any of you sick basterds taken that quote out of context ) so lets talk about Double Pheonix Punch or Carry The Tiger Back To The Mountain (I'll get back to your exercise in a minute). My form can get pretty wierd so keep that in mind...At the end of either of these strikes, plus many other places, I'll get some violent, wicked, crazy ass shakes; so yea, I'm looking at about 4 or 5 punches in under a second. I never tried to do this kinda stuff; my form just got really wierd one day and thats when Taiji started getting real fun

Now before I go off thinking that I'm some kinda bad ass kung fu guy or something, I'd like to say the mitt is a different story. My punches tend to puss out around the wrist area; they are nothing NEAR what Erle can do...but give me time However, I can break a board (one inch pine) with a one to six inch palmheal strike; which I think is a good indicator of fa-jing. Right? So I might be on the right track to understanding what your talking about.

The violent shakes are the only way I can think of to get the "striking both sides of the jaw in opposite directions 4 times under a second". This is kinda like a dog when he bites down and starts shaking to kill something. Maybe its the same shaking that this Bagua dude does? In the video clip below, that old guy got in a horse stance with his palms facing out and started shaking. I havn't forgoten about your exercise, but what do you think about what I'm saying so far? I'm I on the right track?

HEHEHE you cant find an 80 yr old boxer who knows who he is, much less still teaching or throwing strikes....

check out this old dude he is a boxer...a chinese boxer

http://media.putfile.com/gggg60

[BoarSpear]

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[knifethrower]

Why do you think I posted the iron palm questions to begin with? In all seriousness BoarSpear, thanks. I'm flying blind here. Anyway, I went ahead and did what I thought was right before I read your post and all I can say is PHUK YEAH! I'm riding on a pretty good ki buzz right now and the form?...Really got fuk'in wierd

Thanks again

oh yeah..the two man fighting set. Thats a long story but yes I know it but I've got no one to trian with...oh well...

[BoarSpear]

Anyway, I went ahead and did what I thought was right before I read your post and all I can say is PHUK YEAH! I'm riding on a pretty good ki buzz right now and the form?...Really got fuk'in wierd

Thanks again

One of the most comforting things i ever read was that in his elder years when asked what he would call his art, Sun luc tang replied "Changing palm, because its different every time I do it"

[Shibumi]

Earle?

Is that a recent clip or has Earle faded into the background. His advice was insightful though

[knifethrower]

Is that a recent clip or has Earle faded into the background. His advice was insightful though

What do you mean by "faded into the backgroud"? Are you talking about the quallity of the clip?