Breaking Molds
Thinking outside the box to critically examine theories in Asian martial arts
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‘Forceful Like a Tiger, Like a Raptor Diving on a Chicken Coop’
Chen-style Taijiquan has a long history of cultured and educated individuals as patriarchs of the Chen clan. Since the art’s founding by Chen Wangting who integrated Taoist theory and cosmology into his martial arts and calisthenics practice, members of the Chen family have frequently produced poems, essays, and manuals attempting to elucidate or distill the…
Combat Effectiveness of Tai Chi (Chen Style): A Theory of ‘Speed’ in Combat and Analysis of Tai Chi’s Relevance
the core concepts and key objectives of any martial art including Tai Chi are not immediately apparent to lay observers the same way a lay observer may not appreciate many grappling practices such as shrimping or sprawling. As an example, before the 1990’s it might have been perfectly reasonable to wonder ‘what’s the point of…
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