A few points to clear:
1. As stated, the arms are soft; it is not 硬接, but deflect through the whole body movements, and not the arms. So the opponent would feel his forces going nowhere, but not like hitting a hard surface.
2. For demo purposes, I received a few more hits before bouncing the opponent off, in order to illustrate a point. In real life, I would move in a.s.a.p.
3. Similar techniques are seen in Boxing/Cage Fights. A good boxer would also deflect, and not hard take. There are only so many ways a body can move effectively, Tai Chi is no exceptions. Good Boxers, such as Floyd Mayweather (look up Youtube) when he is against the ropes, he also uses such technique using the turning of the whole body to deflect, not hard take.
4. This is used as a last resort to save oneself. You would see Boxers doing this kind of techniques often when he is against the ropes. In realistic situations, one should be more adaptive and use the most simple method because it is less likely to go wrong; As long as it works, and it uses minimal effort, then it is the right technique.
So, the irony is, should one look for complex and idealistic but inefficient techniques? Or should one use simple, effective, easy to learn and easy to use techniques? Should I, as a teacher, teach someone to use complex techniques that take years to develope to handle a situation, or should I teach them something simple that adheres to Tai Chi principles that they can use to save themselves easily?
People who had realistic fighting situations would understand this. I believe Taz, Mr. Pak and Gingerfish would know exactly what I was doing. The bottom line is, to untrained eyes this is hard style technique; but to trained and skilled practitioners he/she would see it is adhering to Tai Chi principles.
Cheers,
John
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