clips of other styles

"Ruthlessness is the first word in the song of the White Crane." Traditional poem from White Crane kung fu.

"Tai chi is the art of concealing the hard within the soft: like a needle wrapped in cotton." Yang Cheng Fu.

TAI CHI

Yang Style

Fu Zhong When (top student of Yang Chang Fu)

Sun Style

(The form Sun Lu Tan taught Fu Chen Sung had the same basic movments as this, but a different "shape" and utilized the h'sing yi and pa kwa footwork).

Hao Style (A.K.A "Wu/Hao style)

Hao style by Hao Shao Ru

Wu Style

Traditional form

Extract showing characteristic leaning; and sword form

Wu Style ("manchurian Wu")

The other Wu style (Manchurian Wu)

Chen Style

Chen style by Lei Mu Ni

Chen tai chi (Pao Chui) - Feng Zhiqiang (In 1976, Feng Zhiqiang came from Hong Kong to Ch'en village to teach Chen style, which (along with all traditional arts) had been banned during the Cultural Revolution c.1966-1976).

Push hands

Note: Push hands is a training tool, a real fight is not like this. Push hands is designed to train sensitivity to the other person's movements and intention, not as a contest. Unfortunately in most schools today it has degenerated into a shoving contest. This has nothing ot do with tai chi, but is good fro impressing people who don't know any better...

Real push hands training:

Traditional Yang style push hands

Taiji Tui shou - Fu Sheng Yuan I

Hao Shao Ru (Hao style)