March 3, 200620 yr I was wondering if Tai Chi skills such as ward off or basic push hands could be performed/used effectively while sparring with gloves on. Seek not and you will find. -Lao Tsu
March 5, 200620 yr Sure why not? Ward off is the first contact in PH. The you you use both arms to tie up, hit to hurt and throw or lock.
March 7, 200620 yr Sure, you're a little limited as there is a lot of grabbing/redirecting and palm strike application in tai chi, but there are other strikes in there if you look for them. (Grasp Sparrows Tail, Fair Lady Works at Schuttles, Ect.) There's no place like 127.0.0.1
March 10, 200620 yr You lose the trapping capabilities of the techniques, but they can be used effectively while sparring. A follow up question is this, what type of sparring is it? It sounds more like traditional boxing. "The journey of a 1,000 miles starts with but a single step."
March 11, 200620 yr Author Yes, it is fighter training so you could compare it to boxing in a way. There aren't really opportunities for grabs. Seek not and you will find. -Lao Tsu
March 12, 200620 yr I would tend to believe that you would lose some of the sensitivity factor, as well as some of the qi factor. Current:Head Instructor - ShoNaibuDo - TCM/Taijiquan/Chinese Boxing InstructorPast:TKD ~ 1st Dan, Goju Ryu ~ Trained up 2nd Dan - Brown belt 1 stripe, Kickboxing (Muay Thai) & Jujutsu InstructorBe at peace, and share peace with others...
March 15, 200620 yr I would assume so, if you really wanted to. But I never have myself. "One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say." - Will Durant
March 15, 200620 yr some things translate, some don't.you can do pretty much do all of the basic ward-offs as they don't really use the hands; them being more about elbow+balance.a class i know that also practices kickboxing under san shou rules teaches tai-chi as the "parent" class and they have no problems when it comes to the national (san shou) competitions. earth is the asylum of the universe where the inmates have taken over.don't ask stupid questions and you won't get stupid answers.
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