I was a student of Wen Xu and Gerald Sharp both who studied directly with Ma Yueh Liang. The form is exactly as you see it here. Every movement has multiple martial and health applications. Master Ma is about 90 here.

@aaronk108kravetz8

4 жыл бұрын

@Brian O'Kongkohr Look up Gerald Sharp. He was a student of Master Ma. He lives in L.A.

@AwesomeArgos

3 жыл бұрын

@Brian O'Kongkohr Sifu Gerald Sharp used to live in Long Beech or thereabouts.

@itinerantpoet1341

2 жыл бұрын

You were clearly taught well. My own teacher had a bit of a reputation for high-level technique, and adored, and was adored by Ma Sifu. My understanding is that Ma and his colleagues came from a very special generation that benefited from great masters of the prior generation coming together to research and exchange information, which allowed they and their students to continue advancing the arts for the subsequent generations. 🙏🙏🙏

That is so magnificent, normally people cannot finish this in nice form in 6mins. He did this in 3:23

@itinerantpoet1341

2 жыл бұрын

In his 90's!!! 🙏🙏🙏

An amazing display. Thanks for posting

@familiesijbel

6 жыл бұрын

Richard, jij geeft toch ook les hierin? Ik zag tenminste een bericht van ene Richard op NineforN*ws..

masterpiece....

Pure gold

Thank for sharing.

his kicks at his age, wow

So, why are we in the west not ensuring that our senior citizens remain as agile as this great master instead of shoving our elders into nursing homes to await their death?

Half man, half trousers but all master.

So good. No one like this anymore.

@itinerantpoet1341

2 жыл бұрын

Mostly true, but only because our generation makes a lot of excuses about having no time. But I still think it's possible for a few of us to get there, assuming we can eliminate distraction and train assiduously our entire lives.

Masterful.

None higher he truly was The Grandmaster superb career.

magnifico

Very good!

老師傅、真功夫。

What was Sifu Ma's age at the time this was filmed?

跟打楊式太極拳沒什麼差別！基本相同。

That is going to be difficult to complete as one flow, when I have the coordination to accomplish each of the individual maneuvers. I think in the middle, the master was perhaps delivering ad hoc a bit.

I see a lot of old, large frame Chen there. It's in disguise, but it's there.

@Willy_Xie

4 жыл бұрын

There is nothing to do with Chen style . Chen style is not taichi. It's Pao Chui炮捶.(a kind of northern chinese kung fu)

@mongolchiuud8931

4 жыл бұрын

@@Willy_Xie Chen style is both "Taiji" with its first 108 long form AND Pao Chui(cannon Punch) style. And who taught Yang Luchan Taijiquan again?

@Willy_Xie

4 жыл бұрын

@@mongolchiuud8931Have you ever seen any Chen style master can release the force (发放) like Yang or Wu style, all Chen style master do is just a qinna(joint lock) or shuai jiao(wrestling) because They don't have real internal power like Yang or Wu style. Even though Yang Luchan is Chan Changxing's student but who is Chen Channgxing's teacher still a clue . But what we know is Yang family members never mention about Chen Wangting(Chen style ancestor) they all said that Taiji is from Zhang Sanfeng

@Willy_Xie

4 жыл бұрын

I have learned Chen style in Beijing and I have been to Chen Jiagou for study Taijiquan, so I can make sure that chen style has no internal power like Yang or Wu Style.

@Willy_Xie

4 жыл бұрын

www.tsukino.ca/wiki/taiji:wu_tu-nan

Fast yes, but not really in balance at all

@taichiwonders8784

2 жыл бұрын

Really? in terms of being able to stand on one leg balance, or "balance" in the Tai Chi sense. I see balance of upper and lower, forwards and backwards, left and right, up and down, inner and outer... very balanced in mine and many knowledgeable practitioners' opinions.

@itinerantpoet1341

2 жыл бұрын

@Tai Chi Wonders Balance typically declines over 80, even for the very greatest. But what I tend to see on youtube is young, strong "masters" who wobble on one leg. You can bet that Ma Sifu was as rock solid as a Shaolin monk or Wudang priest when he was young in middle age. I'm extraordinarily impressed with Ma Sifu's ability to still do those kicks over 90, and shift to the next movement without even a wobble!

@itinerantpoet1341

2 жыл бұрын

Seconding Tai Chi Wonders. Just look at what this great master does at 1:26. Very few young practitioners can do that. It took me more than a decade of faithful practice, and I still have to do it pretty much every day if I want to keep it!

@mrenormouscroc

2 жыл бұрын

@@itinerantpoet1341 You're right, for however old he is , he's doing better than me. I was comparing to Cheng Man Ching, My error, for each is perfect in it's own way.

@itinerantpoet1341

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrenormouscroc Understood, and it says a lot that you acknowledge that. (I sometimes have to make a few mea culpas too-it's social media;) imho, a big blindspot for American Yang stylists is they ignore the Yang that came down from Li Yu Lin, who was a top disciple of Sun Lutang, in addition to Song Wei-I, Li Jinglin, and integrated traditional Wudang into tai chi and tai chi sword. I have the greatest respect for Cheng Manching-without him and his students, I probably never would have come to these arts, but if you like this Wu, you need to expand your horizons, and also seek what comes from Ma's friends and colleagues: kzread.info/dash/bejne/a2aBtsGJY7zQn7A.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/rJ2fyNF_Y5zWYcY.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZZNhlquwac29opc.html These great masters were exchanging information, which is why Ma and Ma's generation were so good. (Ma's sword was also similarly celebrated.) And if you want to have that flow like Ma and that waist technique, which albeit can be hard to see at such an advanced age b/c it's become so deeply internalized, you want to check out forms like this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/a6dpo7qnaaS7hdI.html Don't get locked into one system or school. These were people who admired Ma, and were admired by him, because there are very few in this class in any generation. kzread.info/dash/bejne/dalnu8yBeaXcnrQ.html My tai chi would be nothing special without all of these great masters, including Prof Cheng, who introduced tai chi to the west and produced many great students. Cheng started late, but was a great scholar and kept improving his whole life: kzread.info/dash/bejne/c3uupKuNhrS8dag.html vs: kzread.info/dash/bejne/g2yN3KOFk6qzpbQ.html But there's more than Cheng for tai chi, and if you're truly serious about something like sword, you need to go beyond tai chi and integrate traditional wudang: kzread.info/dash/bejne/p6akuLx8ac62mNI.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/pZiAx81_ZNDXqrA.html Because Prof. Cheng was not famous for sword, not in these circles, but Ma and Li were considered the best of the best in their generation.

Nice dance moves..LMFAO

@alexchesss

3 жыл бұрын

Ummm, como ves nadie te responde (como sucede con cualquier troll) pero como soy novato en esto de youtube, te comentaré algo. Yo era cinturón marrón de kárate. Tenía muchos amigos en el gimnasio, uno de ellos, cinturón negro, recuerdo que le rompió algo a un compañero practicando, nada de malicia, son amigos y es un simple accidente. Lo que te digo es que eran potentes no eran circenses. Yo, por circunstancias, pasé del Goju Ryu (que hacíamos) al Taichi, simplemente me gustó mucho y ya estaba agradecido de no haberme roto nada aún a pesar de los combates (bueno lo típico, algún dedo del pié, nariz, alguna luxación, pero nada de importancia). Entonces yo pensaba eso mismo que el Taichi no valía para nada más que estar en forma y que sí, que si llevase 200 años practicando seguramente no me pararía nadie, para todo lo demás, pues boxeo y similiar, que ya vas "pegando" en cosa de una semana... Una noche nos reunimos un montón de amigos coincidiendo de fiesta, paramos los coches, charlamos amigablemente. Y este amigo mío cinturón negro de karate, era tan bueno (y fantasmilla) que decía, a 3 metros no me paras una patada ni de coña (yo creo que eran más de 3 metros pero es que el tipo era una bala y estaba cuadrado además). Total que como era coña yo no le hice ni caso, y de repente se me lanza encima desde cierta distancia... no sé qué pasó ni aún lo se todavía, pero debió ser una cosa de suerte, claro, porque ni apenas me aparté ni apenas lo toqué y simplemente ni me rozó. Yo como seguía hablando no hice ni caso, pero entonces me dijo: ¡Cómo coño has hecho eso?... Aún lo recuerdo y otro día empezó igual con la tontería, recuerdo que estaba muy cerca y me lanzaba puñetazos al pecho, y es verdad que me alcanzó con varios pero ¿sabes qué pasa? que con la adrenalina, NI TE ENTERAS de nada y de repente me apoyé en él con una palma y lo lancé a tomar viento, ESO DÍ QUE DUELE, salvo que caigas muy muy bien y no haya nada con que te golpees porque te matas de nada... Sigo siendo y seré un novato del taichi (y del karate) porque me avergüenza decir que no soy constante en nada...pero puedo decirte que con sólo ladearte sutilmente y apoyarte adecuadamente puedes hacer caer al más pintado, porque hasta un practicante de yoga puede... otra cosa es que ya entres en un combate serio y profundo, ahí no me meto, pero para la defensa personal te vale si tienes un poco de luces y no piensas que eres bruce lee sino que te apartas, que reaccionas y que te mantienes a la distancia. La ventaja es que te servirá contra alguien "normal" en la calle, mantendrás tu salud y encima es poco probable que te rompas nada en el gimnasio ni tengas que ir tomando espidifén... Espero en el futuro, cuando tengamos máquinas del tiempo, podamos ver a estos maestros antiguos y ver si bailaban o daban hostias como panes.

@itinerantpoet1341

2 жыл бұрын

Look at this joker's playlist and ask yourself if he can tell his ### from his elbow. 🤣🤣🤣