Youngster tries to kick 50 year old Tai Chi teacher...
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- Опубліковано 30 жов 2014
- While Richard Clear was showing one of our basic Tai Chi kick slipping drills for a class full of new students, a martial artist from a rival school in the area insisted that Richard demonstrate at full speed and power. Although the young man was somewhat hostile, Sigung Clear obliged him and continued to teach the class while the fellow did his best to land his shots. You can see that Richard did not let it get in the way of explaining the drill and why it is useful.
This is just one basic drill we use for beginners, not an application in its own right. The drill develops the ability to shed hits without taking impact into you. It is meant to be practiced slowly until learned well, and then added in with a lot of other body qualities and fighting strategies.
After several attempts (which must have been frustrating), the visitor tried to get a little more fancy. You can see he comes in as if to grab or strike with his hands, even though he asked to see it with a kick. Unfortunately we were not set up to film on this night. The footage you see was captured on camera phones from the students who were present. The best angle on the action was in the mirror. Afterwards he denied that he had been hit on the head, so we've slowed it down and zoomed in to show you the little tap this fellow got as a warning.
As you can see the young man only wanted to play the kicker. He did not want to try the drill in the role of the defender, even at slow speeds. He complained that this skill alone would not work in a fighting situation. He is right about that, as this is only one small part of the fighting method we use. We asked him to stick around for light sparring with the students so that he could see it used in full context, but he declined and instantly decided to pack up his things and leave.
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this reminds me of rex kwon do
LOL! Rex only wishes he had what we have. (Don't be jealous!)
When I was watching this video, I get quite nervous when the guy trying to kick Sigung
Clear at the full speeds. I now have confidence that the Tai Chi evasion and short-distance fa jin works really well against the conventional attacks.
I was just thinking... "This looks a lot like Systema..." Then I see the Systema Tennessee logo :D
Alexander Salt (comment below), drill is done for the same reason a footballer (soccer player) learns to juggle a football(kick ups) which you hardly ever see even pro footballers use in a real game, but before every match you will see teams juggling the ball in training, and before matches to warm up. Its to develop muscle memory and skill in that specific movement, the application and timing of that move or skill comes from sparring yes, just like in football it comes from games and trial and error of when to use and when not to use. its the same with playing a musical instrument, say a guitar, you learn scales which you rarely play that way in a song, but your training your muscle memory and when you get really good you become fluid enough to play with the scale and eventually improvise, and when you get good at that, your fingers just do what you want to hear
An old zen saying applies here "through one thing know a thousand things"
I was practicing my tai Chi in a park many years ago when a young man, who'd been watching me for about 20 minutes approached me and asked what I was doing. I explained the practice to him and he told me he'd been studying martial arts and wanted me to demonstrate how it worked. At first all went well as I showed how how to deflect blows, but then the guy speeded up his kicks and punches with intent to do me harm. I was forced to defend myself for the first time in a serious situation, and my 30+ years of training proved successful. The man just backed up and quickly left without a word, and I was amazed that I was able to stay relaxed enough to allow the principles to work. Stay calm; relax, relax, relax; and don't be double-weighted. Even though I wasn't prepared, the many years of practice, along with excellent instruction kicked in when I needed it; and I am probably not as skilled as many of Clear's students.
It seems like a lot of people have something to prove these days. They figure its my way or the highway.
Beautiful! your experience is almost identical to what happened to me while doing taichi on a beach in mexico while on vacation! A guy asked me what i was doing...began to attack...i stayed calm...and spent a few minutes tossing him around with no problem until guards from a nearby hotel ran out and scared him off.
Kiro888 Is this usual?
Wow, I had a similar situation. I trained for years doing tournament karate then one day I was walking home from the movies and this guy came out of nowhere and swung a fist at my head. I instantly blocked and reverse punched him in the sloar plexis and a ref stepped out of an alley pointed at me and yelled POINT. I was amazed my training kicked in like it did.
i don't think it is usual. Either it is reported more since we now have social media forums or more people now know the arts and are practicing in public which will put us in contact with folks with a desire to pick fights. But if your question is if it is usual in mexico...i dont think it is. There are good and bad people everywhere.
Stuff like this happens. Pedagogy is not a technique, and the differing expectations of different training methods gets confusing sometimes. I wouldn't be one to judge or be overly critical of either person here. Instinct and training can take over during exchanges like this. I think that the instructor handled it well. And the visitor may have just felt it was more appropriate to leave rather than introduce more conflict. I have sometimes found myself in situations where I pushed harder than I thought I was, and realized late in the game that either my conditioning or my state of mind was not appropriate for that time and place.
these are some weird moves.
+Antoni Angelov I kno right?
I honestly don't see how Richard Clear's technique stands up. The dude is just kicking him and he is essentially just taking it full force. I can't see how Tai Chi would ever work in an actual fight
This was a simple drill for beginners on their first night. (You can see them in the mirror.) "The dude" is kicking him at full speed and force, and Sigung Clear is able to continue with the simple drill and received no damage from any of the kicks. When "the dude" indicated he wanted to do more than just kick, Sigung Clear cut off his kick (pulling what would have been an easy open shot to the groin), deflected the kick, and then politely reminded the guy to protect his face/head. You can see all of this in slow motion towards the end of the video. Sigung Clear never broke from drill and didn't have to harm the guy to make his point. If you missed that the first time, take another look. (It's all in there if you're really watching.)
I understand training to "roll with the punches" and absorbing the blow but I'm not sure I like the idea of training to "roll with a kick" or what looks like simply buckling under a kick and then exposing the back to be positionally overwhelmed by being placed behind the curve of action-reaction.
I didn't say it wouldn't work, it probably would. I was noting the seeming impracticality; it limits the ability to counter, and escape while further exposing your back. The common predictable counters from this position are back-fists and shoulder strikes. If you're at the level of absorbing a blow, logically you're at the level of avoiding it.
BlueHyena This is a drill for beginners to practice this principle against kicks. Other drills work the whole body from head to toe so that you learn to dissipate most incoming force through movement.
The next drill to do after the one shown is to begin stepping into the opponent while still using the wave movement to dissipate the force of the kick.
There are a number drills in this series, by the end of it the goal is to stand withing an arm to elbows reach of the opponent while still using the soft wavy movement to neutralize their strikes.
Of course, in application you would combine this skill with many others.
Clear's Internal Combat Arts very well said beginners have to start somewhere otherwise they can get hurt or learn too many mistakes etc.
Wondering how would tai chi stand up against grappling styles? E.g Bjj. Would a tai chi fighter be able hold his ground against a grappler?
Tai Chi has some very smart responses to grapplers of all types, including Bjj. We have plenty of grapplers come into the school who love the training. Whether a specific Tai Chi fighter has the skill to defend against a specific grappler is another matter, but Tai Chi as a whole deals with grapplers just fine. In fact, the more determined a grappler is to get you, the better the Tai Chi strategies work!
take a look at the defenders position during and after the strike. completely vulnerable to a second attack. which is why he took the full blunt force of any additional and successive attacks. pretty shitty strategy, imo.
timmerz4 In this drill you are isolating the soft slippery movement and using it as the primary means of defense. You should be able to use this skill to neutralize a strike no matter what position you are in. If you find a position where you are vulnerable you need to practice more until you can move and slip and neutralize from that position.Of course in application you combine this skill with many others.
It's very well to say "this technique works when the attacked only does this" - it is better for the partner to give some kind of followup, because in reality, that's what will happen.
I don't see what the young man was doing as 'disrespectful'.
That's true, but it's worth noting that when you do something without warning it is, in fact, a sign of disrespect. It's also a good test, to be sure, but testing like that is asking to get your ass handed to you.
That kid doesn't seem to be throwing particularly violent punches/kicks, though they are somewhat fast, or tackling the guy by the leg, as he could/should have done in a truly live situation. Whether that's because he can't do that against a live opponent or because he was treating the situation as a sparring match is unclear, I'm sure the instructor could tell which was which, and to be honest the way that kid holds and moves his hands and feet he'd get his ass handed to him by someone with real experience in the ring, to say nothing of actual anything-goes combat.
I liked the instructor's finger jab in the middle and fast reaction at the end, that was nice.
@Clear's Internal Combat Arts: Would you use that same technique against a Thai kick?
Joshua Naterman Yeah, this was just a drill where one person is throwing kicks and the other is mostly just slipping and neutralizing.Unfortunately, the kid didn't stick around for sparring. It would have been nice to see him try the same thing with a wider range of techniques and more follow up.
Clear's Internal Combat Arts Indeed. Would have been an interesting video to be sure!
No this wouldn't work against a well executed Thai Kick. And what's all this about 'punishing the student?' - you mean when he lightly placed the palm of his hand in the student's face?
This video gets me worried that people have a false expectation of what a proper blow will bring. It won't be a tap to the leg and it won't be a light slap to the face.
That lightly pressed palm to the face could have been something deadly look in to more of his teachings like his dim mak video
The instructor used maybe more Systema than Tai Chi. The young man, apparently, used Jun Fan JKD and maybe Muay Thai or Sanshou.
This was a Systema drill being done during a Systema class, but the principle involved comes directly from Tai Chi and is in both arts. It is unclear exactly what the young man's background is, but he made it clear that he really thought he had something.
Clear's Internal Combat Arts after I made the comment before this, I watched many of your videos and noticed the similarity between Tai Chi and Systema, and after that I concluded that Systema is a derivation of Tai Chi (and other martial arts maybe, like Judo), as you appointed, unfortunately, for me, that was my only conclussion maybe, because I am not an English native speaker and all the physics involved in Tai Chi is a little difficult to understand... I understand many principles in martial arts when the video is graphic, like this one, but is not the case in many of your other videos... despite this pupils could have a bad attitude, the good thing in this situation, is, that the viewers can watch a graphic video... apparently you are one of the few of the persons focused in teach the principles involved in Tai Chi.
Judging by the posture of the pupile,, he studied formaly or by himself a little, the Bruce Lee stance, and he used this front leg to do a side kick, typical of Bruce, that was the reason I bet he was a Jun Fan JKD practicioner, nevertheless, he could influenced by MMA... because he tried to do a round low kick, typical of Karate Kyokushinkai and Muay Thai, but apparently, part of Jun Fan JKD too:.ua-cam.com/video/nV1CGCm56Q0/v-deo.html
I think the majority of the viewers don't understand the technique involves a "sponginess" ; now, when this guy amped it up and got a little malicious he's lucky he didn't get his eyes poked out because that's what would've happened.
Nicholas Meyers Yeah, it can be difficult for folks to understand this method if they haven't felt that level of softness applied effectively before. That's why we encourage everyone to come see us live whenever possible so they feel it for themselves first hand.
I first encountered the spongy leg technique from a guy in Philadelphia who was operating a small dojo on the verge of failing. It's a half-decent move.
That young bearded man looks a lot like the dude from SimplePickup.
Nice Batman-styled logo, makes you wonder what DC thinks about that...
Hi Richard- enjoyed your video- reminded me of the day way back in Tampa when the 2 stickfighters came in. You remember? They didn't accomplish much either.
Attack at 0:46 was ment to brutally break the knee. What were they thinking??
Martial art is just for protect or minimize the damage if you face any treat from criminals or someone who try to hurt you. If you want to have a fight like profesional one or you want to sparr with athlete ofcause you need more than this. Train for few years then you can fight like a pro. Martial art is for protect u and ur family not to harm others.
I congratulate Sifu for his demonstrations and for not breaking that persons nose. As for the ego, Sifu Clear does not have a problem with his ego.
Thank you.
I commented on a video of clear's and asked him a question about tai chi combat it pertained to dealing with opponents faster than myself. A good friend of mine who is much more an experienced a fighter than me spar a lot and i often lose out to him when he ups his pace so I asked Sifu Clear to give me a few pointers and his advice helped a lot (I'm surprised he got back to me on it at all). I really appreciated it and it helped a lot. I managed a couple wins in our bouts and my friend acknowledged my improvement. I never took the opportunity to thank Sifu Clear till today. So I say it today Thanks a lot Sifu Clear. I still may have interpreted the advice incorrectly after reviewing something you mentioned and demonstrated in this video but i still managed to make it work.
+Crown Champion Thank you, glad we could help.
Would you use that same technique against a Thai kick, as opposed to the snap kicks being thrown by this kid?
Joshua Naterman The principle remains the same though the outward movement will change depending on what the opponent is doing. The Tai Chi classics describe it this way “The entire body is so light that a feather can be felt and so pliable that a fly cannot rest without setting it in motion.”
Clear's Internal Combat Arts ...you would probably have to go to WuDang to find someone who can apply that principal in a real fight with a Thai ... theory is good, but dont loose track of reality. This teacher knows the theory alright, but his bodylanguage is telling something else.
akashuriken Exactly, a couple of time you saw that he was late. A thai boxer would destroy him, but that is because they are used to this
Well, this teacher's insecurities are leaking throughout the whole vid. He does not have faith in his own techniques. Otherwise, why would he say "now I knocked ya out"... or "unfortunately the younster didnt stick around for sparring" ... a high level martial arts teacher would not say those things, but would make the student feel and experience them...feel me?
Greg Letter you're breaking down the physical aspect of what we see in the video. And you're absolutely right. The reason behind it is that this teacher probably was not honest to himself in terms of questioning and trying out everything that he learned from others and thus expanding one's vision of dynamics in battle. If there is one thing I've learned in MA, it's to question every single piece of knowledge that you receive instead of blindly following your teacher. The worst thing is that guys like this actually have students...and they will get the surprise of a lifetime once they're in a real fight.
Impressive and fascinating. What branch of Tai Chi Chuan do you teach? Yang? Wu? If you don't mind saying.
yeshuaservant7 Yang and Wu are the strongest influences.
He looks like a tiny Chris Pratt.
Read 'Facing Violence' by Rory Miller...then come back and comment on this video.
it's called checking a kick, and it's pretty familiar to muay thai people. Never heard of it in Tai Chi. Checking is fine for setting up a counter roundhouse, but what you want is an entry strategy because you can only soften so many blows to the leg.
harpoonflyby Yeah, the next drill after the one shown above is to step in to the opponent while still using the soft body quality to still dissipate the kick. But if a student can't negate the power of the kick while moving away from it, they won't be able to do it while moving into the kick.The difference between the way Muay Thai does this and Tai Chi is that Muay Thai is using their shin conditioning to protect the leg while Tai Chi is using softness.(They both use good timing and angles to catch the incoming kick in a way that is bad for the kicker.)
Is there any info on the younger guys history? Style? School? Years training?
Paul Tarter No, the kid was very evasive when asked about his martial arts background.
His bowing and "hand under the elbow" hand shake at the end is a strong hint he has a karate background. Probably did Karate and trains in an MMA gym now. Commendable for checking you guys out, but the teacher put him on the spot in front of everyone so his ego came to his defense
Haha that was very good best I've seen in fact
Sifu Clear had no intent when the young and inexperienced fighter overstepped the drill limitation. The kick boxer tripped Sifu Clear's body memory knowledge base, and suddenly discovered that gentleness is not synonymous with weakness or stupidity (or rudeness). I saw a limited dimension of my own progression when I laughed, but I am not that far along yet that I had no need to laugh.
Kick boxer?
Little boy bully thought he would show up teacher. Instead he brought in more business. That's Tai Chi. Seen the type before. They don't stick around long once the cowardice starts to show how insecure they are. Losers refuse to learn. Good job Sifu!
If your demonstrating how a 'fighting' technique or defense works its good to demonstrate it is functional under a little pressure in a control environment. let me clarify a control environment- it is simply an enviro where your life is not in danger..
the demo was good I thought because people can see under a little pressure that a stronger defensive technique would probably be more valuable especially since it was made evident that in a more natural situation an attacker keeps flowing... so you defense needs to be assertive enough that your structure does not break or turn to jelly. that is not good for real combat as proven time and time again...
That said Tai chi principles are 100% on the money. but principle need to be simple and strong.
I also think sparring is a skill, if not practiced then you wont have it even if your principles and thoughts are excellent, you still must practice a thing to be accomplished at it or your just a rookie. Ive never seen an exception and martial arts/combat is my life..
What teachers taught you these things?
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Sifu Clear first leaned this skill in the '80s from his Kung Fu teacher Tyrone
Jackson. You can read more about Sifu Clear's background on our website.
You should spar the other instructors at schools in Maryville. I'd be happy to set up an event and proceeds could go to charity. Would be a blast for a great cause!
+Michael Bradley - In our adults classes we train for self defense. We don't do any competition training, though there are various types of sparring & scenario training that anyone who visits is welcome to participate in.
However, some of the folks in our kids TKD program might be interested in an event like that, as they do the competition type stuff. Use one of the contact forms on our website to shoot us an email and we can put you in touch with them.
Wow, that guy had something to prove.
If someones 50yrs old why would you do this to them at 1:50
That guy needs to calm down -_-
This just won't work in a real fight. Maybe certain movements might help avoid full dmg, but how you are showing it here it just won't work (in my opinion). No disrespect. But when you look at kicks from Bas Rutten, Pat barry or Buakaw. If it lands, like the kick from the kid did (but his was soft fast). You won't get up even with those movements.
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Just look at the last kick 1:08 of the youngster, he got him. And now if you replace the youngster with Bas Rutten, Pat barry or Buakaw and the master would have been destroyed. The movement itself might work to negate some dmg. But real kicks will destroy and render the movement ineffective.
I myself practiced kungfu for years and still. But I can't lie and say that it will work in a real fight. It won't and why? Because most teachers won't teach with sparring and really applying it. And I mean real sparring (head, elbow etc..), I don't mean the kungfu sparring(no head, etc), I mean MMA/kickboxing kind of sparring(did it for a half year, it's very different). Most techniques aren't practiced in semi-real combat(sparring) and thats why alot of things you learn just won't work in a real fight. Don't get me wrong, it might work. But only if heavy repeated use in sparring sessions and becoming instinct.
And honestly most teachers are afraid of real sparring, because they dont want their ass kicked by their younger and stronger students. They themself never learned to use it in sparring, so not to lose face they don't dare spar and try to figure it out and learn with the students
Not really, if you look at highlights of Bas Rutten or Pat barry. They are just kicks, normal lowkicks or liverkicks. But they are so powerfull that they destroy everyone in their path (if you have the time you should look it up, you'll understand what i mean). But I will say, i'm talking about highly trained fighter, the average random person this technique might work (vs me it will XD).
chinoazn Like any other skill, this one works quite well if you train it properly and if you don't it won't.Our door is always open and visitors are encouraged to question and try things out. This has been our policy since the late '80s. We enjoy working with folks who have different backgrounds and skillsets.
chinoazn but you keep naming UFC fighters just cause they are in the UFC doesnt mean it will not work against a UFC fighter. Like how kung fu fighters had to learn not to get caught up in our name dont get caught up in theres (not to say these arent highly skilled ighters for they really are). I think you missed the purpose of the technique, and Tai Chi, you see tai chi works on contact not by open air. So with that this technique needs contact (like a block it needs contact to work) it wasnt ment to make the person not hit him but rather defang the kick, I mean you said it your self in the top comment, its all about redirection.
Adam Baker
I can name many more fighters(non-ufc and Buakaw is not ufc btw) that will utterly destroy that technique. I listed them because that is a good reference of plain brute force that need little training. Anyways I am not a denouncer kung-fu, I love kung-fu. It's good for the body and health. But I don't like it when a student challenges a technique and tries to debunk it, he is called disrespectfull and he should have been beaten. And at the end of the video the little piece of text was a stab at him for disrespecting the master. Which was not needed (if you ask me).
A teacher should be confidant enough that when shown wrong he can say "You got me there, let's find out together how we should apply it vs ....technique.... and learn from it together. BTW I don't mean this teacher, I never learned under him, so can't really talk about him.
Anyways im not here to bash the teacher, he sounds like a nice guy.
Is this the street kung fu class in maryville? If so had been curious on what you all do and i stumbled on to this channel. Could i possible stop by one day and get a class in?
This is in Maryville, and we always welcome new students. Contact us and make arrangements to stop by for a class: streetkungfu.com
The boy drops his gaze to the floor even as they are bowing at the end. He is aware on some level his behavior is inappropriate.
Im sorry but being loose and countering with a palm to the forehead will not knock someone out. Those kicks had the teacher off balance and they hurt. Not to mention the guy did not kick properly. Strikes must be countered with precise punches, not forehead slaps. The proper way to defend a leg kick is to check it, not to give to it.
If you are unable to knock someone out when you fully land a hit on their head, you should be training, not typing. We can teach you how to make your hits work properly: bit.ly/KO_Power
Clear's Internal Combat Arts a straight right to the jaw is usually more effective than a palm to the head from what I have seen. You do not see mixed martial artists slap someone on the head. If they do it is to manage distance, not to deliver a ko.
In point of fact the palm strike to the head was Bas Rutten's favorite knockout technique, and it has been used by many other well known UFC fighters including many times by Anderson Silva. The palm is a great tool for delivering shock power inside of a target, and if that target is a skull then the shock goes straight to the brain. Think about it like a jug of water. If you wanted to hit the outside of the jug and make the water inside slosh around, would you use an open palm or a fist?
I think that young man might have done ok in sparring.
It's entirely possible! He was an instructor at a rival school at the time, after all, though he denied it at the time. Regrettably he declined to stay and has not returned since, although he has been invited.
I've trained full contact (Nakiyama) karate and Muay Thai kickboxing with, you may have heard of him, Bennie The Jet Urquidez, as well as Yang Chen Fu taijiquan for over 45 years (that's right, I'm an old man), and the injuries sustained during my prime haunt me every morning when I wake up. Sometimes, I barely make it to the bathroom. I made the comment from a person with a long history of leg kicks and was concerned about your health. My apologies for sounding too concerning. Feel free to disregard my comments. Oh, and by the way. No. I have no need to practice trading kicks with shoes on. I've had enough leg kicks to last several lifetimes. My sparring is limited to push hands.
"Trading kicks" can do serious damage to your legs whether you wear shoes or not, as you have obviously learned the hard way. Muay Thai training often promotes strong short term self defense at the expense of long term health, as do most forms of Karate. Tai Chi explicitly shuns that approach. The slipping drills shown in this video are a great way to avoid getting injured while still training in a practical way. Sigung Clear has been training this way for over 40 years now and is in terrific shape, with no debilitating injuries to show for it.
Though he was diagnosed with arthritis at the age of 15, Sigung Clear suffers no ill effects from it even now in his 50s. He is a living testament to the results that can be achieved through proper training. Unfortunately there are many more folks out there who are living proof of the dangers of other kinds of training. We take on many students in our Tai Chi program who, like you, sustained serious injuries doing other kinds of martial practices. We have been very successful at rehabilitating all manor of old injuries. If your legs bother you that much, you may want to come out to one of our Healing workshops or Tai Chi events to see what steps you could take to begin the healing process.
There is another guy with a youtube channel, named Master Wong if that douchebag had tried that ish with him, he would have got the ever living crap beat out of him. Especially when he tried to be a smart ass with throwing that hook in at the last minute.
I Bramblebush That is so true! Master Wong exudes with charisma and takes no Bullshit
hahaha yea man that master wong guy is hilarious! but he is skilled.
That guy was a bully putting his feet on u like that wasnt very respectable and nice looked like it hurt some those kicks had harmful intent props to the sifu.
in real fight, one must not be soft like sissy
In a real fight, one must not trade hits. In a real fight, one must not stand still. In a real fight, one must not allow a hit to damage him, even if the hit lands. In a real fight, one must not be defeated by one's own ego.
I see what you did there with that eye poke 😂 i took a bit of Karate and when people get stubborn during demos you gotta give them a little tap sometimes
Clear's Internal Combat Arts after I mske the comment before this I watched msny of your videos and noticed the similarity between Tai Chi and Systema, and after that I concluded that Systema is a derivation of Tai Chi, like you appointed. Unfortunately, for me, that was my only conclussion maybe, because I am not an English native speaker and all the physics involved is a little difficult to understand... judging by the posture of the pupils,, he studied formally or by himself a little the Bruce Lee stance, and he used the front leg to do a side kick, typical of Bruce, that was the reason I bet he was a Jun Fan JKD practicioner. Nevertheless, he could be influenced by MMA... because he tried to do a round low kick, typical of Karate Kyokushinkai and Muay Thai, but present in Jun Fan JKD too according with this:.ua-cam.com/video/nV1CGCm56Q0/v-deo.html
Take it to the ufc!! Would love to see sifu in a ring. Must be a reason why we haven't yet?
I kinda wish the Sifu hurt the dude a little bit more, he needed to learn some respect that he clearly did not display
Glad you didn't get hurt. Shin and thigh kicks with shoes aren't recommended training. Next time, tell your boy to ease up.
I think you missed the point! 1) The kicker is a Krav Maga instructor in another local school. He is not "our boy," and he had no intention of "easing up." 2) If you aren't training to deal with attackers wearing shoes, you should start. I have yet to hear of a street attack (in North America, anyways) where the aggressor was barefoot. If you are exclusively training for a sport fight, then go ahead and train without shoes. If you are training for real self defense you need to know it will work in a real situation, and that means shoes on.
Clear's Internal Combat Arts. Nobody fights barefoot nowadays, but even less people than that fight with a broken knee.
None of our students or instructors have ever broken a knee (or foot, or ankle, etc.) due to training the way that we do, and we train with our shoes on at all times. If your training puts you at risk of a broken knee simply because your attacker is wearing shoes, then you must ask yourself how street effective that system really is. We insist that our students be totally prepared for the reality of street attacks, which includes knowing both how to throw a kick with shoes on, and defend against one.
Fighting is risky, otherwise nobody would need to prepare for it in a safer environment. When your training is just as dangerous as an actual fight, you defeat the purpose of preperation, which is to make the dangerous less risky. You said that the way you train makes injury less likely, I would like to ask you how your way of training simulates a fight better and is also as safe as just asking the challenger in the video to remove his shoes to prevent injury.
It is really quite simple. Shoes on training simulates a fight better because in a real fight EVERYONE WILL BE WEARING SHOES. There may be some situations, like a home invasion, where you will need to be able to operate without shoes on yourself, so it is good to train that way, too. However, even in that situation your attacker will have shoes on. If your defenses don't work against shoes, THEY DON'T WORK, PERIOD.
We train with safety in mind at all times, and in over 25 years of training this way with hundreds of students through our doors, not one single injury has occurred as a result of training in shoes. The proof, as they say, is in the pudding. Our system is safe and effective, and it better prepares our students for the reality of a fight than having the kicker remove his shoes. The real question here is, knowing that you can have both of those things at the same time, why would you do it any other way? Why would you even want to?
At 1:53, the teacher was being gentle and not use this perfect opportunity to use Fajing. The young guy would have been sent flying. I'm not an expert in Taichi but I remember being sent flying away by my teacher when I tried kicking him at full speed. I learned a lot that day hahaha
jelly man! very strange I still don't get Tai Chi? will have to do some one day!
Well, if the young man would agree for sparring it would be a real fight because he is not ready to loose and in the other hand he is not an expertician in taekwondo or whatever martial art he does, so he would be beaten.
Man, this guy was being a jerk. Just as well Clear had everything under control. He made himself look really bad in this >
What thing
young and disrespectful. We had a kid like this he was stripped off all rank and dropped to the floor by our master. I learned so much from that... he could of been destroyed or slammed hard. Instead was brought down like he was weightless.
wonderful lesson, a lucky class!
Sorry it did say teacher.
The young guy was being quite disrespectful in some ways, but in others is good cause it shows if the master can execute it in full speed.. Alot of martials fail in fights against mma fighters because they arent use to full contact fast full speed hard hitting sparring or fighting... So their tjming is ckmpletely off when the real things comes... But its not because of the art its the Individual.. I think the sifu knows his stuff but is not a great fighter especially at 50... Great teacher maybe......
The guest was very disrespectful...he is lucky he wasn't knocked out for going harder than asked to...
Amazing form
very cute...
Clear is the man the first time i watched this video i didnt see that quick slap to the face....if Clear would have applied the one touch knock out.....the young man would have took a nap or much worse......As a Taichi player myself i'd use similar tactics in this situation so i totally understood what the Sifu was doing.....moving like water neutralized the young mans kick not to mention stopping the kick at the thigh
First off that isn't tai chi.... He's obviously using another form.
***** This comes directly from the Tai Chi classics. What's being shown is a beginning drill that helps folks begin building the body skill described by Wang Tsung Yueh in his text "The Classics of Tai Chi Chuan" he says "The entire body is so light that a feather can be felt and so pliable that a fly cannot rest without setting it in motion.”
The young guy looks to me like he's trained for maybe a year in kickboxing and he thinks he's hot shit. Thin line between confidence and pride. This guy definitely has the latter.
try me
Eric Zhi Yep, was thinking the same thing. Maybe even has a few fights under his belt but ultimately far too tense to be able to beat any experienced well-rounded fighter so he visits gyms and tries to pounce on older instructors with the hopes he can redeem himself?
dhern049 see I don't wanna reply to this guy cause I have no reason to start a fight over the Internet and it's not like he'll actually show up to my gym anyway. There's always that one guy at every gym LOL
Eric Zhi Tell me about it lol he'll give you a nice fight via youtube comments though hahaha... alright let me stop
This guy had no legitimate training or fights. He looked awful.
this guys disrespect behavior ist not good but on 1:36 the Master is talking about knocking him out but u can see that the boy also hits him in the ripps. I would say the boys attack is more fatal then schlap to the face
The boy's kick came with full speed and power and did no damage to Master Clear. On the other hand, Master Clear pulled his shot completely. Master Clear normally uses that hand to break block with open palm hits like what he tapped the kid with, so a knockout would have been the best case for the kid if there had been any juice behind the hit.
Good on the kid to not just take Clear's word as gospel. Too bad he didn't stay, ego got in the way.
Dont blame him
Ni sirve el estilo
Thai Chi is a natural instinct, only some people have it instinctively automatically, let me tell you. when I was at school and when a bully tried attacking me, I WAS able to block every attack they threw at me. One reason I had this power was because I NEW I WAS NATURALLY DIFFERENT AND I NEW I WAS NATURALLY BETTER THAN EVERYONE. I'm not a physical fighter by the way
It would be interesting to see if this technique works against a seasoned MMA fighter, in the cage? Where nothing is pre arranged.
With all due respect naturally..
Chris Moon The principle of moving to eliminate or diminish the power of the opponents strikes is pretty common in sport martial arts.
i sparred with people who always use low blows to win. but I dont blame them. Your arts n your training should be able to get you ready for these thgs. otherwise you r just doing a hobby.
Wait what's with the dislikes? Are you guys hating on the young guy or the teacher? I thought the teacher was phenomenal.
Dislikes are for the bully i think not the sifu
Tai chi should never be considered a martial art or self defense. It should be in the same category as yoga. The instructor and every single tai chi fanatic need to open their eyes. I'll challenge any tai chi instructor in here to a fight, to show these poor kids that they are being setup for failure.
If you are going to come all the way out to our school anyway, we'd rather have you in class than challenge you to a fight! There are better and friendlier ways to see what we each have than that, but we have never refused a challenge to this day if you insist. Very few "challengers" ever bother to show up, and the few that have don't stick around for the challenge when they see how we warm up for real.
Wow, Sigung Clear...you have some very impressive control there. Especially when this moron was being so outrageously insulting to the point where he should have ended up getting his punk ass knocked out. You are a better man than I! Much respect.
What a shame, should have taught the boy a lesson.
Sory young boy.you r just not respectabl...sadly
lol sorry but I do tai chi ive also study other arts, im a pretty good fighter,, I would like to say I was exceptional at least thats what every teacher has told me in every art ive learnt, trying not to brag but at the same time not sound like a fake keyboard warrior...... so basically I have experience in martial arts and most certainly in the future will be teaching tai chi.... I get all these young kids and other people that try to test people and show off..... I will say people such as that will be welcome to my school.... but the lack of respect like the lack of respect he gave sifu clear in this video... would be immediately embarass the kid... after taking the first hard kick,, id ask him to do it again, hed no doubt do the same kick lol, all im saying is hed be on the floor red faced and the other students would be giggling, and id send him do the walk of shame back in line... you Never disrespect the sifu....
I am much bigger than my tai chi sifu and tbh id beat him in a streetfight, but in demonstration id always let him win that is the unspoken rule of respect... he shouodve been taught a lesson..
What Clear did required much more personal strength of character.... He warned him to stop because he didn't wanna break the guy slipping into fight mode while teaching a class. He still made his point, thoroughly embarrassed the guy, and kept his center... Isn't that great tai chi lol? Plus, any pretty much anybody can counter a move they already know is coming. Dealt with that,... just don't get too caught up in making the move they want, watch for their reply and follow that.