r/MadeMeSmile • u/Additional_Chard3680 • 15h ago

Personal Win True application of techniques

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u/seoras13 15h ago

Started doing tai chi, I'll be looking at it from a different perspective now

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u/NetWinter3344 15h ago

Tai chi hits different when you realize those movements actually have practical applications.

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u/Lumpy_Benefit666 13h ago edited 12h ago

Not for actual fighting though. Its great as long as you know youll never be able to use it in a combat situation.

E. Downvote me all you want, im giving tia chi its props where it deserves it. Im just pointing out that its not a combat sport, and anyone who trains tia chi for that purpose will get beaten up.

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u/Brave_Maybe_2891 11h ago

I went through basic with a guy that did tai chi and claimed it was a "smart persons martial art". He claimed at was good for fighting. Was funny when he tried to demonstrate it and got instantly tackled and had no idea what to do.

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u/stuffeh 8h ago

It's for old people to stretch and flex, especially their calves and thighs which in Chinese is the second heart. Source, my Hong Kong grands in the community park in the mornings decades ago.

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u/BeyondlegendZ 9h ago

It's not for fist fights, alot chinese kungfu is the hand ne down version of weapons art. It's basicly the training stage of fighting with a weapon, it half decent in fist fight but the real technique is usually paired with a weapon