This is directed to taichi experts.what form does it seem this man practiced,and what techniques was used?

Question

well, my son told me of an attack he once witnessed. the attacker came full force with a blunt object, with the intent on hurting and robbing his victim. though caught by surprise,the victim was able to disarm the attacker,without hurting him or himself effortlessly,even after the attackers second attempt, though empty handed,finally ran off in confusion. when my son asked what was that he was doing,the reply was-taichi.he was amazed and so was i,thus my curiosity

Answer 1

The only known Tai Chi used for fighting is Chen style Tai Chi.

forgot to add, once you do the 'push hand' exercise in Tai Chi you will kinda see what's happening to that attacker guy.

Answer 2

you don't give any details.

and no tai chi doesn't take a long time to learn if you learn PROPER APPLICATION.

if your teacher is just "stringing out" your lessons by using forms without teaching you why and giving you baloney excuses like "your chi will develop" or "this excercise deveolps your chi" then you are probably bieng taken for a ride.

if they say that and you are learning application against a resisting opponent then you are probably learning but most teachers that teach like that and say those sort of things end up with people training for 20 or 30 years and still have NO POWER.

tai chi is not meeting force on force but you still must maintain your structure.

tai chi can definately help add to your fight game- from what little I've picked up from it it definately adds to my throw and throw defence.  however the biggest gripe I have with it is that more often than not it is not trained realistically even when it is allegedly "combat tai chi".

IMO- too much emphasis on pushing hands and not enough on anything else, push hands is not a subsititute for sparring and resistance training and this is compounded by the fact that who the h**l with start a fight with you agreeing to get into "push hands" position.  too many schools don't teach HOW to get them there into that position.

boxers train how to set someone up and keep range, groundfighters learn to take someone down to get them into thier preferred range so why don't all tai chi "combat" schools teach to put opponents in thier "preferred range".

kind of silly isn't it?

Answer 3

Tai Chi is considered my many to be one of the best martial arts.  The biggest drawback is that it does take a very long time to understand and become proficient.  Many people, like myself,  practice Tai Chi in addition to Kung Fu.   They are very closely related and compliment each other perfectly.

As for what form and what technique, that can only be answered by knowing exactly what happened.  There are many different ways to disarm an opponent.

All forms of Tai Chi can be used to defend yourself.

Answer 4

As few people know, and more are starting to learn... Tai Chi is a martial art. All Tai Chi (Supreme Ultimate), though it was being guided towards the "health" side of things in the early 1900's, and has become the "old person exercise".

It is very difficult to find an individual who can truely understand all aspects of Tai Chi Chuan(Supreme Ultimate Fist) and have the ability to teach it and it's secrets to others.

There are a bunch of different styles from Chen, Sun, Yang, Lee, Guang Ping, Wu, and possibly many more.

Though the benefits of Tai Chi practice are many, it takes years of dedication and desire to understand and become proficient. If you want to do it I would suggest getting started as soon as you can, finding a good instructor.  Just for the record you don't have to go to the flashiest school to find the best instructor, in fact I would recommend staying away from that.