Tai Chi Wushu

Tai Chi Wushu

what are the advantages of doing wushu (kung fu) or tai chi chuan or wing chun?

wushu, has become more of a competitive sport over the years, similar to tkd.. you can still find remnants of the traditional styles that have been watered down to accommidate contemporary students, and with wushu what you learn is contemporary.. there are very little if any sifus that still teach classic wushu, that used to be more combative, but you'd really have to search and research the lineage and skill of the instructor..
don't get me wrong it's a beautiful art form with theatrical feats of acrobatics and is a very diciplined art, but art is all it has become..

i myself am a yang taijiquan practicioner. and understanding what the guys are saying in that taiji has also become a contemporary martial art, being taught by holistic instructors as a meditative form, for health only, not knowing the very art that they are so pompously claiming to know and teach..

taijiquan is by all accounts one of the oldest martial arts in exsistance today.. and with the right instruction can also be one of the most brutal martial arts in exsistance today.. sadly there are only a few that teach it as such..

taiji is 70% shuay jiao (chinese grappling) and chin'na (joint locks and manipulations [not grappling]). it was used in china as a combative art in battles.

every movement in taiji is a kick, strike, lock, or throw.. each movement has all four possibilities otherwise it's not really taiji..

the grappling is more of a throwing, not throwing away, like aikido, but throwing downward - "my sifu says of shuay jiao, 'if i'm going to hit someone, why not hit them with the hardest thing i can find, and that's the earth!'"

you also gain the benefits of the healing aspects of taiji, which lowers blood pressure, reduces stress, fights osteo-arthritis, massages the joints and internal organs, opens the merrideans so that your body detoxifies and energy channels are cleared, extending your life so that you have longer to perfect your taiji!

but again, you have to find an authentic sifu who has learned and teaches taijiquan as a martial art.. and i can't stress it enough, again, do your research, there are tons of 'contemporary' taiji instructors who don't have a clue, who've learned the form at a three day seminar and were certified by another poser...!!!

wing chun is also a wonderful art, and is actually the basis of bruce lee's art jkd.. wing chun is a trapping art, close quarters you learn to distroy the line of attack, trap the attack and lock/break etc. said limb.. it's a fast art beautifully executed by skilled practitioners, with few high kicks, but it does contain kicks.. the advantages are speed, sensitivity and knowledge of limb manipulations. i've never trained in wing chun, but i do do jkd trapping..

well, that's what i know, i hope this helps!

~*good luck*~

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