how is tai chi when up against a in and out type street fight?
im planning on taking tai chi classes so i was watching some tai chi videos on youtube and they kept showing defenses against giant swings and straight where the opponet leaves there hands out. I see from sparring with other people no one realy does that. Also im currently doing wing chun will these 2 mix well?
It is due to the poor quality of the vast majority of Tai Chi “instructors” and the bad experiences of many of these other answerers that Tai Chi has the ridiculous reputation that it has now. In its true state, Tai Chi is an excellent martial art and will complement almost any other fighting style. Tai Chi, when taught properly, fills in the gaps of the hard styles and elevates them to a much higher level. Even when taught by itself and under the tutelage of a GOOD instructor and dedicated student, will create a superior fighter within a short amount of time.
Within one to two years, many of my students have developed good skills to match up with and in some cases even overcome other fighters such as boxers, kick boxers, and wrestlers. I have had a female student defend herself successfully against an attacker almost three times her size – she layed him flat on the floor and he wouldn’t get up until the police arrived! Of course this is because I have received very good training from my teachers and I give even better training to my students. Unlike most tai chi schools that train only one hour a week, we train a cumulative amount of almost eleven hours a week. Hopefully with the effort of other instructors like myself, we can slowly change the pitiful reputation that Tai Chi has in this country!
EDIT:
Sorry I realized that I didn’t answer the whole question. Yes, Wing Chun and Taijiquan make a very good combination. In Taijiquan we have a saying: start with big circles and then progress to medium and then smaller circles. Wing Chun works the smaller circles wonderfully and Taijiquan magnifies them for refinement.
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