Martial Arts Tai
Martial Arts Tai
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What is the difference between Tai Chi and Aikido?
I got a book that talked about both of them. Both can be used as martial arts, but Tai Chi had pictures of mostly girls, and Aikido had pictures of mostly guys. I'm a guy, and I don't know which one to choose.
I don't know very much about Aikido but I can tell you lots about Taijiquan.
The techniques of taijiquan are focused on (more or less) dirty boxing and standing grappling - elbows, knees, punches, palm slaps, and, most of all, nasty throws pulled from shuai jiao. There are very few kicking techniques in the system, most of which are low kicks (knee level and lower) used as entrances to reach the clinch, or as trips when closer. Although kicks are scarce, there are a great number of kick catches in the system, presumably because other systems that involve kicking were common at the time of taiji's development.
The taijiquan fight strategy is to either preemptively close the distance to clinch range with a low-line kick, trip, step (footwork) or grab, or more often, to employ a "counter-punching" approach -- i.e. wait for him to attack, then attack/enter via the opening he leaves. Once in the clinch, strikes, throws are used to pound and sledge the opponent.
When it comes to training you will first perform a lot of slow excersises and learn forms which should aid you in understanding whole body mechanics and a deeper feeling of relaxation.
The Taijiquan arts have a variety of two person drills and exercises designed to cultivate a high degree of sensitivity in the practitioner. Using brute force or opposing anothers power with power directly is strictly discouraged. The goal of two person training is to develop sensitivty to the point that one may avoid the opponent's power and apply one's own whole body power wher the opponent is most vulnerable. One must cultivate the ability to "stick" to the opponent, smothering the others' power and destroying their balance. Finally, the formal combat techniques must be trained until they become a reflexive reaction.
HOWEVER, modified forms of Taijiquan for health have become popular worldwide in recent times because the benefits of training have been found to be very conducive to calming the mind, relaxing the body, relieving stress, and improving one's health in general. So becareful. Ask if they teach proper martial Taijiquan. These encourage competitive pushing hands. Here's an example of a match:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=q__o_5gNX0w&feature=related
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nYm5qpT8aqw
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