QuaiJohnCain Posted May 9, 2004 Share Posted May 9, 2004 I think the only two styles that are close to 100% soft are Aikido or YANG style Taiji. Chen Taiji is not, and should not be considered soft. It's only sometimes soft, sometimes hard, and it's not about a balance between the two- it's about change. You can't pin "soft" or "hard" onto Chen. That's the point of it. Goes the same for Yiquan as well. IMHO, TKD is TOO hard and it's habits that it trains will be counterproductive to learning something like Taiji or Aikido. If not, then practicing softer techniques WILL affect your TKD, possibly to the point where your teacher may say you're TKD is no longer correct... You may do good to consider switching to something that's got both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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