I have recently been trying to gain muscle in my arms and legs. I have always had a lifting regimen, but lately I have been lifting more weight and more reps as well as eating more protein. There isn%26#039;t really any affect - no weight gain of any kind or change in body shape. I am very tone and slim (4%26#039;11, 95 lbs, no noticable fatty deposits), but my arms and legs still look like sticks. The strange thing is, I am actually strong - can bench 140lbs, black belt in wushu (chinese martial art form), can do 160 lb leg press. What is going on with me?|||Not sure what your lifting regimen consists of but 3 sets of 8-12 reps with 1 minute between sets should be good. I%26#039;m not sure how you are feeling after your last set but you should just barely be finishing it. If you are trying to pack on muscle make sure you are getting 1 gram of protein for every pound you weigh. Hopefully you are doing at least two exercises from each muscle group Arms, Legs, Back, Chest %26amp; Ab with a day of rest in between exercise bouts.
If you are surprised you aren%26#039;t turning into a hulk it is because women lack the amount testosterone men have. Are you trying for size or definition or both? Also how much cardio are you doing? If you do too much you burn off muscle.|||try doing one arm and\or two arm curls. bench press is more for you chest than it is for your biceps.|||For a woman you are already fairly strong and yes you can gain weight by adding muscle for a person your size benching 140 is very good. 160 leg press is fairly good to. considering how big you are you are doing very good but you can still do better if you want.
Also you may want to try putting some space between your workouts so your body can recuperate since muscle comes from the body repairing damaged cells which is spurred on by exercise thats why protein is needed to build muscle.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
What is the best martial art to learn for a beginner?
I%26#039;m 25 and am looking for a fighting style to learn. Something with well-balanced defensive and offensive tactics. Is Brazillian Ju-jitzu any good? . . . and what%26#039;s Wushu?|||This is a very subjective question. There are a lot of great martial arts out there. Keep in mind that some martial arts don%26#039;t work for all body types.
A Special Forces friend of mine recommended American Kenpo and/or Gracie Jiu-Jitsu as the two best styles for practical use.
American Kenpo is very to-the-point. Every block is a strike and every strike is three strikes. It is not a fancy/acrobatic martial art which makes it great for all body types. American kenpo has a lot of roots in Wushu.
Gracie, or Brazillian, Jiu-Jitsu is very useful as most real brawls end up on the ground with one person trying to get the upper hand on the other.
Wushu is a chinese martial art. Don%26#039;t quote me but I think Wushu means %26quot;way of man.%26quot;
Definitely visit a few studios before selecting your school and style. Talk to the teachers about the style and how the classes are structured.
Good Luck!|||Hey whats up? Im almost on the same boat as you. Im 24 and lookin foward to studyin martial arts. I did look around and got some info on a few types. I was thinking of taking up kickboxing with brazilian jujitsu. I believe a combo of these 2 can prapere you to be a good all around fighter.|||Please..before you choose any of these suggestions they tell you.. Find a San Soo kung fu school and ask the teacher why it is the best art to learn, and ask them the diffrence beetween this and other martial arts. It%26#039;s a really rare art. Look at it also in wikipedia.|||It%26#039;s more important to find a good school than a particular %26quot;brand%26quot;. Decide if you prefer striking or grappling %26amp; find a good school that teaches what you want.|||Japanese or Chinese styles,they are the oldest and most trustworthy.These styles such as Goju-Ryu,Shorei-Ryu or Chinese Kung-fu any style.Korean Mudokwan is some good stuff also.Judo,Ju-jitsu,or Akido for close up protection.|||The best martial art for you would depend on what you want to get out of it, and how much time you plan to put into it. Shop around. If you are wanting to compete in tournaments, you need to find a school that trains towards that, like Tae Kwon Do, Karate, or Kung Fu. If you are looking for self defense, try Kempo or Brazilian Ju Jitsu, but be warned, they all have their strenghts and weaknesses. Make sure you pick a school that teaches a philosophy that you agree with. That is very important. I teach a Christian Martial Arts system whose phiosophy is based on the Bible. Make sure you agree with the mind-set of the school you attend.|||I reccomend Brazilian Jiu Jitsu all the way. I am a tad bit biased, as I am an active practioner of the art. It can be uitilized in a very conventional manner, is useful for realistic situations that you may be put in, and it is also very good exercise. My reccomendation to you if you do choose Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, is listen carefully to your instructor, focus on technique rather than brute strength, and take it slow.|||How are you? The best type of fighting to start with at 25 is american style kickboxing.|||I recommend finding a school/dojo that teaches more than one type of martial arts. A school that teaches a variety of martial arts will give you well balanced defensive and offensive tactics.
Most schools will start beginners off with easy techniques so whichever interests you the most would be best.
*Edit* Find a school you are interested in attending and meet the instuctor to discuss what takes place in most classes. You can then ask if you can observe a couple classes before you decide to take them. This will give you an idea of what you will be learning and it will also make it easier to start because you will have seen what will be expected of you.|||It%26#039;s the artist not the art. What do you want to learn? High kicks movie style then look for a TKD school. Grappling? Look for a BJJ school. If you want joint locks and throws look to Hapkido. It really depends on what you want to learn. If your%26#039;e looking strickly for self defense Krav Maga is a place to start. Think about what you want to learn. Im a fan of Combat Hapkido. Good luck. What ever you do train hard!|||I would reccomend you train in a sportative art first such as:
Muai thai, boxing, san shou/san da, bjj, sambo, wrestling (greco roman, folkstyle, freestyle), pankration, etc.
before taking any other art because then you get a feel for what it is like at full intensity in a real fight. even with rules you get the idea that your 8 year old black belt classmate will get his *** whipped because he got a false sense of security from his mcdojo.
Going into a sportative style first gives you a level of realization that even if you study a non sport style, you will carry with you the notion of %26quot;what works%26quot; what level of training is necessary and %26quot;what could work%26quot; realistically.
EDIT: I personally do not currently train in a sportative system, I actually train in chinese martial arts, but came from a boxing and wrestling (folk and freestyle) background. I was not looking to train in CMA when I did but liked the way it was trained (as opposed to the wishy washy average way of teaching forms) and thought that it had something to offer me.
The point of this is that by taking a %26quot;sportative%26quot; form beforehand, I had the background and knowledge to not be suckered into a martial art that the teacher used %26quot;excuses%26quot; as to why they don%26#039;t train with resistance or stand there and do the equivalent of interperative dance (kata or forms) rather than just looking at it objectively to see what a particular style or teacher has to offer.
EDIT: As such I STRONGLY advocate people to train in a sportative martial art first unless one is referred to a school by a reputable source (someone in this case who trains there and can verify that the school trains with full resistance).
Even then I personally believe (I know this is not cannon) that people should train in boxing before any other striking art as it teaches the student to be agressive and it has the shortest learning curve to pick up the basics and can translate to ANY other martial art as well as point out the basic weaknesses of any that %26quot;deadens%26quot; (guitar word, deadening the sound of a string and your punching power in bad form are comparable IMO) your punching power with bad technique. MT and san da and kickboxing are all good, I just think that it is more accessible and an easier learning curve to pick up and learn boxing first and the hand specialization can only add to another art.|||kungfu is a nice start wushu is a style of kungfu|||I would recomend Brazillian Ju-jitsu. Karate is easy and convienant since there are so many karate academys/dojos around and it%26#039;s easy but you don%26#039;t really lean much from it. Hapkido and, fighting based martial arts are good too.
A Special Forces friend of mine recommended American Kenpo and/or Gracie Jiu-Jitsu as the two best styles for practical use.
American Kenpo is very to-the-point. Every block is a strike and every strike is three strikes. It is not a fancy/acrobatic martial art which makes it great for all body types. American kenpo has a lot of roots in Wushu.
Gracie, or Brazillian, Jiu-Jitsu is very useful as most real brawls end up on the ground with one person trying to get the upper hand on the other.
Wushu is a chinese martial art. Don%26#039;t quote me but I think Wushu means %26quot;way of man.%26quot;
Definitely visit a few studios before selecting your school and style. Talk to the teachers about the style and how the classes are structured.
Good Luck!|||Hey whats up? Im almost on the same boat as you. Im 24 and lookin foward to studyin martial arts. I did look around and got some info on a few types. I was thinking of taking up kickboxing with brazilian jujitsu. I believe a combo of these 2 can prapere you to be a good all around fighter.|||Please..before you choose any of these suggestions they tell you.. Find a San Soo kung fu school and ask the teacher why it is the best art to learn, and ask them the diffrence beetween this and other martial arts. It%26#039;s a really rare art. Look at it also in wikipedia.|||It%26#039;s more important to find a good school than a particular %26quot;brand%26quot;. Decide if you prefer striking or grappling %26amp; find a good school that teaches what you want.|||Japanese or Chinese styles,they are the oldest and most trustworthy.These styles such as Goju-Ryu,Shorei-Ryu or Chinese Kung-fu any style.Korean Mudokwan is some good stuff also.Judo,Ju-jitsu,or Akido for close up protection.|||The best martial art for you would depend on what you want to get out of it, and how much time you plan to put into it. Shop around. If you are wanting to compete in tournaments, you need to find a school that trains towards that, like Tae Kwon Do, Karate, or Kung Fu. If you are looking for self defense, try Kempo or Brazilian Ju Jitsu, but be warned, they all have their strenghts and weaknesses. Make sure you pick a school that teaches a philosophy that you agree with. That is very important. I teach a Christian Martial Arts system whose phiosophy is based on the Bible. Make sure you agree with the mind-set of the school you attend.|||I reccomend Brazilian Jiu Jitsu all the way. I am a tad bit biased, as I am an active practioner of the art. It can be uitilized in a very conventional manner, is useful for realistic situations that you may be put in, and it is also very good exercise. My reccomendation to you if you do choose Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, is listen carefully to your instructor, focus on technique rather than brute strength, and take it slow.|||How are you? The best type of fighting to start with at 25 is american style kickboxing.|||I recommend finding a school/dojo that teaches more than one type of martial arts. A school that teaches a variety of martial arts will give you well balanced defensive and offensive tactics.
Most schools will start beginners off with easy techniques so whichever interests you the most would be best.
*Edit* Find a school you are interested in attending and meet the instuctor to discuss what takes place in most classes. You can then ask if you can observe a couple classes before you decide to take them. This will give you an idea of what you will be learning and it will also make it easier to start because you will have seen what will be expected of you.|||It%26#039;s the artist not the art. What do you want to learn? High kicks movie style then look for a TKD school. Grappling? Look for a BJJ school. If you want joint locks and throws look to Hapkido. It really depends on what you want to learn. If your%26#039;e looking strickly for self defense Krav Maga is a place to start. Think about what you want to learn. Im a fan of Combat Hapkido. Good luck. What ever you do train hard!|||I would reccomend you train in a sportative art first such as:
Muai thai, boxing, san shou/san da, bjj, sambo, wrestling (greco roman, folkstyle, freestyle), pankration, etc.
before taking any other art because then you get a feel for what it is like at full intensity in a real fight. even with rules you get the idea that your 8 year old black belt classmate will get his *** whipped because he got a false sense of security from his mcdojo.
Going into a sportative style first gives you a level of realization that even if you study a non sport style, you will carry with you the notion of %26quot;what works%26quot; what level of training is necessary and %26quot;what could work%26quot; realistically.
EDIT: I personally do not currently train in a sportative system, I actually train in chinese martial arts, but came from a boxing and wrestling (folk and freestyle) background. I was not looking to train in CMA when I did but liked the way it was trained (as opposed to the wishy washy average way of teaching forms) and thought that it had something to offer me.
The point of this is that by taking a %26quot;sportative%26quot; form beforehand, I had the background and knowledge to not be suckered into a martial art that the teacher used %26quot;excuses%26quot; as to why they don%26#039;t train with resistance or stand there and do the equivalent of interperative dance (kata or forms) rather than just looking at it objectively to see what a particular style or teacher has to offer.
EDIT: As such I STRONGLY advocate people to train in a sportative martial art first unless one is referred to a school by a reputable source (someone in this case who trains there and can verify that the school trains with full resistance).
Even then I personally believe (I know this is not cannon) that people should train in boxing before any other striking art as it teaches the student to be agressive and it has the shortest learning curve to pick up the basics and can translate to ANY other martial art as well as point out the basic weaknesses of any that %26quot;deadens%26quot; (guitar word, deadening the sound of a string and your punching power in bad form are comparable IMO) your punching power with bad technique. MT and san da and kickboxing are all good, I just think that it is more accessible and an easier learning curve to pick up and learn boxing first and the hand specialization can only add to another art.|||kungfu is a nice start wushu is a style of kungfu|||I would recomend Brazillian Ju-jitsu. Karate is easy and convienant since there are so many karate academys/dojos around and it%26#039;s easy but you don%26#039;t really lean much from it. Hapkido and, fighting based martial arts are good too.
Please enlight me on wushu( chinese martial arts)?
i had been learning bei quan dao which i think is the same as chang quan. I learnt long fist, basic 5 stance.. etc. I had not learnt any self-defence skill in this martial arts stance or isit i need to pick up some skill from those stances and defence my self? Guys please enlight me...
PS: sorri for my bad english and sorri if i had offended you in aniwae|||Wow... everytime someone answers a question like this they have to bring up the UFC or MMA... hahahaha What do you think TRADITIONAL Chinese Warriors did for years?? Use martial arts as dance moves? To dazzle their friends with their high kicks?? No- to survive when they fought for their lives. Done that lately, dpcemker?? It%26#039;s a little different with a referee.
Anyways...
Wushu is a little on the overexcessive side for me personally. I would highly recommend Wing Chun if you want to learn fighting for real life situations. Excellent in close quarters combat. I don%26#039;t think the style is really important truthfully. If you enjoy it and it works for you- that is the most important part of martial arts. It really depends on the Chnese art... I have never taken Bei Quan Dao so I cant really comment on that. Some styles of Chinese martial arts teach you stances just to train in to strengthen important fundamentals. (example: standing on 1 foot in White Crane) Wushu normally has the philosophy that a strong tree starts with strong roots. If your stance is strong then it will be hard to knock you down. Stick with the basics and take them very seriously... You can build a million dollar home on a weak foundation and it will crumble- or a $50k home on a strong foundation and it should stand for a long time. Stances and defense normally come before excesive training in striking. I wish you the best- stick with it and you should get the training your looking for with time.
Be sure to explore other options as well to see what martial art you might be able to pick up quickly because it works for you. Good luck!!|||Your style is more about tradition and %26quot;arts%26quot;. It depends on yur teacher. Perhaps he is very traditional and knows that if a fight comes up, you will react with your skills and fight back, perhaps he is waiting to teach you how to use it in a real fight. But if your goal is truly to win fights, you are in the wrong style.|||There are some mis-understanding here about Chinese martial arts. Simply, there are two main branches of Chinese martial arts - the traditional arts and the contemporary style arts called Wu Shu.
Originally, Wu Shu (Way of Martial) is the unified name for all Chinese martial arts since there are probably hundreds if not thousands of different styles in China. However, the People%26#039;s Republic China government wanted to promote Chinese martial arts as a sport after 1950 and started to create a series of standard martial arts forms from some of the most popular traditional Chinese martial arts such as long fist, Southern fist, Tai Chi quan, etc. They called the new, contemporary forms %26quot;Wushu%26quot; to separated from the traditional Chinese martial arts.
The contemporary forms (Wu shu taolu) emphasize on the sports element of the original arts (making sure all pastures are correct and looks good) . Even the applications are still hidden in the moves, most of the time they are not taught to the practitioners.
In general, it will be easy for a Wu shu practitioner to learn the application if he/she wants to since they learn the basic movement already. For those who want to learn more about application instead of just a sport, it would be best to study traditional Chinese martial arts instead because it was designed for real life combat.|||That the the art of kicking as in movies, as you can see none of the asians martial arts are good at all when it come to real fighting. Check out the UFC!|||I%26#039;m guessing you have been practicing just the routines so far.
You can%26#039;t really pick up any Self defense skills from these stances as they are just stances. Please approach your instructor and ask where and when you will be practicing the %26quot;Martial%26quot; instead of just %26quot;Arts%26quot;.
Or ask if there will be any sparring if you are too shy.|||Wushu is simply the chinese word for martial arts.It sounds like you are being taught the basic skills,which all traditional martial arts schools begin with.You have to get the basic skills down before you can properly execute the fighting skills of the art.I think most people are like yourself and want to learn self defense skills right away.I teach mixed martial arts in my Street Martial Combatives school.Along with work on the basics,I teach body targets,body weapons and some simple self-defense techniques from the very first class and build upon that in each class that follows.It at least gives them some advantage that they didn%26#039;t have when they walked in if they find themselves in a situation that they are not allowed to walk away from.As a U.S.Marine,I was given basic fighting skills in boot camp that would better my chances of coming home alive if I were called to war before I could recieve advanced training and practice those skils in war games.|||There actually is a web site designed specifically for Wushu. Lots of info.|||Phrenitus said all there is to say.
PS: sorri for my bad english and sorri if i had offended you in aniwae|||Wow... everytime someone answers a question like this they have to bring up the UFC or MMA... hahahaha What do you think TRADITIONAL Chinese Warriors did for years?? Use martial arts as dance moves? To dazzle their friends with their high kicks?? No- to survive when they fought for their lives. Done that lately, dpcemker?? It%26#039;s a little different with a referee.
Anyways...
Wushu is a little on the overexcessive side for me personally. I would highly recommend Wing Chun if you want to learn fighting for real life situations. Excellent in close quarters combat. I don%26#039;t think the style is really important truthfully. If you enjoy it and it works for you- that is the most important part of martial arts. It really depends on the Chnese art... I have never taken Bei Quan Dao so I cant really comment on that. Some styles of Chinese martial arts teach you stances just to train in to strengthen important fundamentals. (example: standing on 1 foot in White Crane) Wushu normally has the philosophy that a strong tree starts with strong roots. If your stance is strong then it will be hard to knock you down. Stick with the basics and take them very seriously... You can build a million dollar home on a weak foundation and it will crumble- or a $50k home on a strong foundation and it should stand for a long time. Stances and defense normally come before excesive training in striking. I wish you the best- stick with it and you should get the training your looking for with time.
Be sure to explore other options as well to see what martial art you might be able to pick up quickly because it works for you. Good luck!!|||Your style is more about tradition and %26quot;arts%26quot;. It depends on yur teacher. Perhaps he is very traditional and knows that if a fight comes up, you will react with your skills and fight back, perhaps he is waiting to teach you how to use it in a real fight. But if your goal is truly to win fights, you are in the wrong style.|||There are some mis-understanding here about Chinese martial arts. Simply, there are two main branches of Chinese martial arts - the traditional arts and the contemporary style arts called Wu Shu.
Originally, Wu Shu (Way of Martial) is the unified name for all Chinese martial arts since there are probably hundreds if not thousands of different styles in China. However, the People%26#039;s Republic China government wanted to promote Chinese martial arts as a sport after 1950 and started to create a series of standard martial arts forms from some of the most popular traditional Chinese martial arts such as long fist, Southern fist, Tai Chi quan, etc. They called the new, contemporary forms %26quot;Wushu%26quot; to separated from the traditional Chinese martial arts.
The contemporary forms (Wu shu taolu) emphasize on the sports element of the original arts (making sure all pastures are correct and looks good) . Even the applications are still hidden in the moves, most of the time they are not taught to the practitioners.
In general, it will be easy for a Wu shu practitioner to learn the application if he/she wants to since they learn the basic movement already. For those who want to learn more about application instead of just a sport, it would be best to study traditional Chinese martial arts instead because it was designed for real life combat.|||That the the art of kicking as in movies, as you can see none of the asians martial arts are good at all when it come to real fighting. Check out the UFC!|||I%26#039;m guessing you have been practicing just the routines so far.
You can%26#039;t really pick up any Self defense skills from these stances as they are just stances. Please approach your instructor and ask where and when you will be practicing the %26quot;Martial%26quot; instead of just %26quot;Arts%26quot;.
Or ask if there will be any sparring if you are too shy.|||Wushu is simply the chinese word for martial arts.It sounds like you are being taught the basic skills,which all traditional martial arts schools begin with.You have to get the basic skills down before you can properly execute the fighting skills of the art.I think most people are like yourself and want to learn self defense skills right away.I teach mixed martial arts in my Street Martial Combatives school.Along with work on the basics,I teach body targets,body weapons and some simple self-defense techniques from the very first class and build upon that in each class that follows.It at least gives them some advantage that they didn%26#039;t have when they walked in if they find themselves in a situation that they are not allowed to walk away from.As a U.S.Marine,I was given basic fighting skills in boot camp that would better my chances of coming home alive if I were called to war before I could recieve advanced training and practice those skils in war games.|||There actually is a web site designed specifically for Wushu. Lots of info.|||Phrenitus said all there is to say.
just wanna know guys.... thanks a lot!!|||Any of these is good provided you have a good instructor and train at a school that trains realisticly. Part of it depends on what you are looking to get out of it also.|||It depends on what you%26#039;re looking to get out of a particular martial art. To be an expert kicker, you would want to study taekwondo. For a good mix of kicking and throwing, you would want to take a different style of karate. To learn to block strikes well and then strike back effectively, I would take wushu (kung fu). My two favorite styles are Jeet Kun Do and Brazilian Jujitsu.|||personally for me, I do kung fu and study hsing I, paqua and tai chi. Most martial arts train for scoring points, and %26quot;martial art%26quot; means art of war, so in fact even though they fight, they do not break bones and knockout strikes, so are not true arts .|||well i prefer freestyle karate because it teaches stand up,ground/grappling and weapons and emphasises practical street defence while still maintaining tradition.|||i would have to say taekwondo, many MMA famous fighters have practiced it... it also teaches u how to balance urself in a fight.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Where can I find/buy this kind of wushu uniform?
this one:
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or this one:
http://s190.photobucket.com/albums/z284/...
I would like to purchase these uniforms or at least one i mean ^-^|||http://www.martialartsmart.net/Uniforms_...
http://www.karatedepot.com/kung_fu_unifo...
http://www.martialmart.com/kunfuunandac....
http://www.chinesekungfuhustle.com/
http://www.finechineseclothing.com/eng/P...
http://www.blackbeltshop.com/kungfu.htm
http://www.superiormartialarts.com/catal...
The last few had more of a variety.|||For the best prices, and selection on uniforms try
http://www.sakuramartialarts.com/?Click=...
http://img49.imageshack.us/my.php?image=...
or this one:
http://s190.photobucket.com/albums/z284/...
I would like to purchase these uniforms or at least one i mean ^-^|||http://www.martialartsmart.net/Uniforms_...
http://www.karatedepot.com/kung_fu_unifo...
http://www.martialmart.com/kunfuunandac....
http://www.chinesekungfuhustle.com/
http://www.finechineseclothing.com/eng/P...
http://www.blackbeltshop.com/kungfu.htm
http://www.superiormartialarts.com/catal...
The last few had more of a variety.|||For the best prices, and selection on uniforms try
http://www.sakuramartialarts.com/?Click=...
Can anyone experienced in martial art before tell me the difference between wushu and tai chi chuan ?
compare the avantages ...what is the most effecient,powerful ..?
cause i boggle between those two magnificient arts|||%26quot;Wushu%26quot; is coined by mainland China to encompass all martial arts and Chinese Wushu can be mainly divided into two subsets. Subset %26quot;Chuantong Wushu%26quot; or %26quot;Traditional Wushu%26quot; ideally refers to the classical martial arts styles that haven%26#039;t been tainted with competition requirements but are taught for effectiveness. %26quot;Xiandai Wushu%26quot; or %26quot;Modern Wushu%26quot; is essentially flashy performance and competition sets with no applicability at one extreme and kickboxing-like Sanda in the other extreme with no moderation in between as most Modern Wushu practitioners train in either one or the other but not both. (The western world generally use %26quot;Wushu%26quot; in references to Modern Wushu performance routines, %26quot;Sanda%26quot; to mean the Modern Wushu contact sports, and %26quot;KungFu/GungFu/GongFu%26quot; to mean Traditional Wushu.)
TaiChi/Taiji is a style of Chinese Martial Arts with practitioners in both Modern and Traditional Wushu camps as well as New-Age-health-nuts. Modern Wushu Taichi is for performance. Recent competitions in Modern Taichi even has people performing tornado kicks, butterfly kicks not unlike other Modern Wushu performance routines. Traditional TaiChi is tough training like any other Traditional Wushu styles. The TaiChi for health camp is pretty much just people finding new ways to work out and shouldn%26#039;t be considered martial artists.
Your request for comparison between Wushu and Taichi isn%26#039;t valid, because you are comparing a general martial arts term/trend to a martial arts style. It%26#039;s like asking for a comparison between an automobile and a Lincoln Towncar.|||They are both highly impractical fighting styles. Wushu is much flashier and acrobatic, and you could do some minimal damage. Tai Chi is way too slow for fighting. The main thing is that they work on your mind and spirit.|||Wushu is very active and requires great agility and energy. It%26#039;s like gymnastics. Tai Chi is like moving meditation with no jumps and very rare quick movements. You move slowly paying careful attention to your weight distribution and posture. They are totally different.
Wushu uses weapons, Tai Chi can use a sword but very very slowly.
How can you call them both magnificent when you don%26#039;t know what they are?|||when china decided to standardize the martial arts and use it in competition, it developed wushu. wushu techniques are stylized to look good in competition, rather than retaining the actual fighting techniques. wushu gives you great conditioning and flexibility, but may not make you a good fighter. it depends on the instructor%26#039;s background as with any martial art.
tai chi chuan is a fighting art that has 5 main styles: chen, yang, wu, wu-hao, and sun. wushu tai chi looks alot like chen style. the most popular style of tai chi is the yang style. most instructors teach tai chi for health benefits, so it%26#039;s hard to find one who has the thorough knowledge to explain the principles used in actual fighting. when watching a tai qi class, are their bodies ( legs, hips, arms) moving as one unit?
cause i boggle between those two magnificient arts|||%26quot;Wushu%26quot; is coined by mainland China to encompass all martial arts and Chinese Wushu can be mainly divided into two subsets. Subset %26quot;Chuantong Wushu%26quot; or %26quot;Traditional Wushu%26quot; ideally refers to the classical martial arts styles that haven%26#039;t been tainted with competition requirements but are taught for effectiveness. %26quot;Xiandai Wushu%26quot; or %26quot;Modern Wushu%26quot; is essentially flashy performance and competition sets with no applicability at one extreme and kickboxing-like Sanda in the other extreme with no moderation in between as most Modern Wushu practitioners train in either one or the other but not both. (The western world generally use %26quot;Wushu%26quot; in references to Modern Wushu performance routines, %26quot;Sanda%26quot; to mean the Modern Wushu contact sports, and %26quot;KungFu/GungFu/GongFu%26quot; to mean Traditional Wushu.)
TaiChi/Taiji is a style of Chinese Martial Arts with practitioners in both Modern and Traditional Wushu camps as well as New-Age-health-nuts. Modern Wushu Taichi is for performance. Recent competitions in Modern Taichi even has people performing tornado kicks, butterfly kicks not unlike other Modern Wushu performance routines. Traditional TaiChi is tough training like any other Traditional Wushu styles. The TaiChi for health camp is pretty much just people finding new ways to work out and shouldn%26#039;t be considered martial artists.
Your request for comparison between Wushu and Taichi isn%26#039;t valid, because you are comparing a general martial arts term/trend to a martial arts style. It%26#039;s like asking for a comparison between an automobile and a Lincoln Towncar.|||They are both highly impractical fighting styles. Wushu is much flashier and acrobatic, and you could do some minimal damage. Tai Chi is way too slow for fighting. The main thing is that they work on your mind and spirit.|||Wushu is very active and requires great agility and energy. It%26#039;s like gymnastics. Tai Chi is like moving meditation with no jumps and very rare quick movements. You move slowly paying careful attention to your weight distribution and posture. They are totally different.
Wushu uses weapons, Tai Chi can use a sword but very very slowly.
How can you call them both magnificent when you don%26#039;t know what they are?|||when china decided to standardize the martial arts and use it in competition, it developed wushu. wushu techniques are stylized to look good in competition, rather than retaining the actual fighting techniques. wushu gives you great conditioning and flexibility, but may not make you a good fighter. it depends on the instructor%26#039;s background as with any martial art.
tai chi chuan is a fighting art that has 5 main styles: chen, yang, wu, wu-hao, and sun. wushu tai chi looks alot like chen style. the most popular style of tai chi is the yang style. most instructors teach tai chi for health benefits, so it%26#039;s hard to find one who has the thorough knowledge to explain the principles used in actual fighting. when watching a tai qi class, are their bodies ( legs, hips, arms) moving as one unit?
What are some ways to improve straight sword flower?
Hi, i am currently learning wushu, i am using straight sword. I would like to know how to improve my flower, how to make it go faster, Is there any tricks or tips that i can use?|||Honestly...
Relax, and dont forget to breathe.
Kung fu isint about the muscles so much as tendons and knowing when to apply the power. youll find when you relax, espically in the shoulders, youll actually speed up alot. Alot of times you wont even realize how tense your shouders are till you think about it.
I still fight that battle constantly ;) just from years of shotokan, i have to force myself to loosen up a little, Specially when working with the streight sword or short staff
Relax, and dont forget to breathe.
Kung fu isint about the muscles so much as tendons and knowing when to apply the power. youll find when you relax, espically in the shoulders, youll actually speed up alot. Alot of times you wont even realize how tense your shouders are till you think about it.
I still fight that battle constantly ;) just from years of shotokan, i have to force myself to loosen up a little, Specially when working with the streight sword or short staff
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