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What kind of Tai Chi?

Without knowing this, you can only get a VERY generalized answer!

A general overview of Tai Chi Chuan (the martial art) is:

Learn a form.
Continuously perfect the form.
Start doing Push-Hands with a partner.

Learn another form repeating the process.
The “other form” could be either an empty hand technique or a weapon technique.
Another option at my school is to start Baguazhang or Qi Gong techniques.

As long as you practice Tai Chi you will always be PERFECTING your technique’s.

Push-hands improves your ability to read an opponent and apply all of the different moves that you learn in your forms to self defense applications.

In my school learning the form means adding 2 or 3 moves per week and practicing as much of the form as you have learned to date.

The first form learned in my school consists of 60 moves.
Each cycle in my school is 10 weeks.
You learn the first 20 moves in the first cycle and everybody REPEATS the first cycle (often two or three times) before advancing to the next set of moves.

The two things that I heard more often than anything else when starting were:

SLOW DOWN and
LOOSEN UP!
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I am a yang style taijiquan practicioner, and personally i’d suggest finding a reputable instructor. Not to take away from videos asthey are great for your resource and reference materials, but the downside to a video is that if you are doing something incorrectly you have no one there to correct your movement, and in taiji it is fairly easy to learn it incorrectly and it takes twice as long to unlearn your mistakes..

But there are some great Tai Chi sites to refer to and learn more about the Tai Chi art:

New lavishly illustrated T’ai Chi ebook (255 color pages) & 3 substantial bonuses (a unique PowerPoint presentation of all the moves, plus 2 special full-color reports). Written by a doctor of Buddhist Studies and ex-bodyguard to the Dalai Lama…read more here

Once and for all, everything you wanted to know about Chi-Kung|Qi-Gong|Chi Power, revealed! A real Chinese Guy is about to reveal the Secret of Chinese Chi-Kung & Longevity! …read more here

Studi Chi: Created by World Renowned Hypnotherapist Steve G. Jones, Study Chi is Designed to Help You Heal Your Body, Mind & Soul…. read more here

If you are interested on learning from DVD there is a great selection of products available from the following site please click here

Tai Chi is a wonderful art! I hope this helps you!

Click here to view the video on YouTube.

I have given you all the necessary tools to start with now it is up to you ~*good luck*~

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Slow down. The best advice anybody can give you is to not rush things. You are learning the routine slowly for a reason and will sorely regret the lack of proper mechanics if you try and rush to get more variety. You should not move beyond what your instructor has given you; one you are not ready if they don’t teach you, two you don’t know what you are doin on your own, and three it is rude and a waste of your instructor’s time if you circumvent their teachings.

Do your silk reeling exercises for at least two hours a day, once in the morning and once inthe evening. And you will grow as a martial artist properly.

This may help you with your exercises:

Click here to view the video on YouTube.

See the masters at work and do not give up!

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New lavishly illustrated T’ai Chi ebook (255 color pages) & 3 substantial bonuses (a unique PowerPoint presentation of all the moves, plus 2 special full-color reports). Written by a doctor of Buddhist Studies and ex-bodyguard to the Dalai Lama…read more here

Once and for all, everything you wanted to know about Chi-Kung|Qi-Gong|Chi Power, revealed! A real Chinese Guy is about to reveal the Secret of Chinese Chi-Kung & Longevity! …read more here

Studi Chi: Created by World Renowned Hypnotherapist Steve G. Jones, Study Chi is Designed to Help You Heal Your Body, Mind & Soul…. read more here

If you are interested on learning from DVD there is a great selection of products available from the following site please click here

On these sites you can learn the basics and understanding of Tai Chi.

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All of Tai Chi is self defense.

That’s something you have to do, since YOU are the one writing the paper… You are the one that has to do all the research. This site can only help to give you a better understanding. Your Tai Chi Master must be able to help you. Did you ask him or her?

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Last question 1st. I started Tae Kwon Do at age 44. Next question.

It depends on what you mean by Karate. Do you specifically mean those styles that use that name? They are from Okinawa & Japan. Typically, Okinawan styles (Gojoryu, Shorin Ryu & Ishin Ryu) emphasize hand techniques. Japanese styles (Shotokan, Kempo) use about equal hand & foot techniques.
If you are using “Karate” to mean any martial art that emphasizes strikes, you have to include Shaolin Boxing, which is roughly split into northern & southern. Southern style emphasizes hand techniques (It’s where the Okinawans got their style). Northern is more like Tae Kwon Do & Tang Soo Do which are Korean. You will get arguments as to who 1st introduced the emphasis on kicking, but there is no denying that both Noerthern Shaolin & the Korean arts of TKD & TSD (there is very little difference) use a lot of kicks. Find a good instructor in a styls that suits you.

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Karate is horrible self defense HORIBLE !!!!! Muaythai or boxing is what u want

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For serious self defense in this day and age you need to study how do defend from weapons.

But just school yard abuse training it would be fine.

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Beware ! I’ve run across many such groups before. Every one I’ve run across had some major issue. I’d be inclined to just stay clear of any group using that pitch. The groups I’ve seen all had both an attitude problem and bad training.

Basically some groups get hung up on the Buddhist concepts that some martial arts may have had at one time. Today you will not find much of that anyway so it is not an issue for those that are Christians. I myself am a Christian, but have never had a problem with my training contradicting my beliefs.

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In fighting style both are, if taught well, very hard and effective arts, but Shotokan is very linear, straight, fast and powerful punches and heavy front thrust kicks, Kyokushinkaikan’s creator early years were in Shotokan, so the earlier stuff is similar, but transferred to Goju-Ryu Karate, Which is circular, so the later stuff is lots of round-house kicks, especially low ones, and big shovel hooks.

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To elaborate more on Jake Lo’s answer. The Katame Waza or Flooring techniques(meaning techniques applied which ends up with the attacker on the floor in a pin or lock) are basically named numerically in Japanese to indicate the order in which the basic techniques are taught. The word Kyu means grade, therefore Ikkyu, Nikyu, Sankyu, Yonkyu and Gokkyu basically means First grade, Second grade, Third grade, Fourth grade and Fifth grade respectively. Although formally, during exams, the student is required to refer to both the numerical designation as well as the descriptive name of the technique, like Ikkyu Ude Osae, Nikkyu Kote Mawashi, Sankyu Kote Hineri or Yonkyu Tekubi Osae and Gokyu Ude Nobashi.

The Nage Waza or “throwing techniques” however are not named numerically and are different in that as the word Nage means throw, the terms attached to it are figurative words describing the type of throw. Irimi Nage is translated as “entering throw”, while Shiho Nage means “Four Corner or Four directional throw”, Koshi Nage means “Hip throw”, Kaiten Nage means “Circular or Rotary throw”, Tenchi Nage means “Heaven and Earth throw”, Kokyu Nage means “Breath throw” and although Kote Gaeshi, which technically means a “twisting wristlock or a wrist turn out lock”, is not a throw per se, but when applied suddenly to a moving attacker usually ends up in a throw, so therefore it is classified under the Nage category. Seionage however as pointed out, comes from Judo not Aikido.

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I’d say about 50% But you must understand that most of the throws are in a way, voluntary. By this, I mean that, except for the advanced throwing techniques, which falls under the Irimi Nage(entering throw), Kokyo Nage(breath throw) and Aiki Nage(harmonizing throw) category which breaks an attacker’s balance and makes him tumble from the momentum, most Aikido throwing techniques like Shiho Nage(Four direction throw), Kote Gaeshi(Wrist turn out Throw) and Kaiten Nage(Rotary Throw) for example, are basically joint manipulation or joint lock techniques that with proper control by the practitioner can pin an attacker to the ground without having him fly through the air. The fact that you see Ukes doing somersaults are because they are practicing their breakfalls which basically enables them to defend themselves from the jointlocks and ease the pressure and pain applied on their joints by going along with the jointlock’s momentum as quickly as they can, especially if the Nage applies the jointlock suddenly with some force. In this regard, in my opinion, any of the Basic Aikido floor pinning techniques like Ikkyu, Nikyu, Sankyu, Yonkyu and Gokyu can be converted into throws as well if you know how.
As for atemi, that’s up to the practitioner’s skill and experience, most atemis are merely transition strikes as you flow towards a specific pin or throw. Some advance practitioners who are good at breaking an attacker’s balance sometimes do not need to use atemi after the initial strike, because the centifugal force of his constant spinning and pivoting is usually enough to render the Uke unable to launch any attack because he’s too busy trying to regain his balance.

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Practice.

But then again, everyone learns things in different ways. Maybe you are a visual learner, or an oral learner, or an auditory learner, or a physical learner. (I forget the correct terminology for them all…need some sleep..)

Try learning the terms in different ways. Try combining the elements. Say the words aloud to yourself as you do the actions. Read books and look at videos or pictures. Write down the various terminology on your own. And so on.

Good luck!

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Look up Chin-Na ground fighting. Chin-Na is where styles like Aikido evolved from.

Http://www.wle.com/store/wlv_chinna.html

martial arts is about learning how to disable, maim or kill an opponent. Any form of competition or tournament should only be used as a way of improving your skills not for fame or glory. Just to say to be mentioning it.

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His girlfriend will be played by Miley Cyrus LOL
I can See IT NOw ..

With Guest Appearances by:

Wanda Sykes
Mark Wahlberg
Rene Zelweger
Miranda Cosgrove
Martin Lawrence

Omg What a HORRID Vision. I feel sick imagining it .. It will sell millions

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No. It was just a p**s-poor movie. The plot was terrible and the fact that the girl who played the main character was moving through the martial arts moves with the rapidity of my 90-year-old grandma didn’t help either. Maybe they would have been better off casting a girl who could actually handle the training instead of a girl with just a pretty face and a hot body. But still, the plot was awful.

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I think its continuing the karate kid but with other actors, cause mr miyagi died , so they replace him with jackie chan
also they should be named it the kung fu kid cause the kid knows kung fu if you read in the plot in imdb

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1155076/

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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

The original Karate Kid an awesome movie. There was a lot more to it than hokey “marshall arts” – it really wasn’t about “Karate”. Why they are messing with it is beyond me…it’s so ridiculous.

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There is a point that everyone seems to be missing here. The original karate kid was one of the few movies ever made to actually express the Budo values. It is still referenced by many traditional martial artists for that reason. The film makers would have had a built-in audience is they had changed the name of the movie to represent the real systems, as many karate-ka would have waited in line to see it. They may still, but it seems like an unnecessary gamble, and a slap in the face to all martial artists. I know I’ve gotten my share of “what’s the difference?” over the years, and it gets under my skin as much as anyone else’s. If they wanted to appeal to mainstream, they should have gone with something like mma, which is always n the press nowadays.