I appreciate his honesty and criticism of the traditional Taijiquan culture, even back then; just goes to show the commonality in the problems of Chinese martial arts culture in general. He reminds me of Mario Napoli. People may not agree with their attitude or practice, but objectively their experience and observations have merit in terms of actual skill as opposed to pure theory. Thanks for sharing, fighting the good fight (pun intended) for Taijiquan, and all the work that you do! 🙂
@@LowKickSlick Gatekeeping is one of the biggest problems in kung fu (including traditional Taijiquan) culture, because it's been dominated by purist gatekeepers and elitist traditionalists, who talk down on other styles, make excuses as to why they “can’t fight” or when a traditionalist loses in a fight, while at the same time claiming they do the “real kung fu”, but don’t have any physical proof in fighting or sparring to back up their empty words, and are ultimately unproductive. The other is of course secrecy and as David Nicholson has established here, intellectual dishonesty, even among the so-called real, "authentic" masters. The bad reputation of kung fu speaks to a complacency of the kung fu community, with no accountability/ownership and no proactive steps towards actual solutions. These are two of the main reasons why kung fu people can't get their shit together, and probably never will at this rate.
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I appreciate his honesty and criticism of the traditional Taijiquan culture, even back then; just goes to show the commonality in the problems of Chinese martial arts culture in general. He reminds me of Mario Napoli. People may not agree with their attitude or practice, but objectively their experience and observations have merit in terms of actual skill as opposed to pure theory. Thanks for sharing, fighting the good fight (pun intended) for Taijiquan, and all the work that you do! 🙂
If only this was the standard for tai chi instruction and not the exception
Yes, but then who'd be there 🤔 to tell ya you're doing it all wrong, lol!
@ oh yeah, I forgot about that part 🤣
@@LowKickSlick Gatekeeping is one of the biggest problems in kung fu (including traditional Taijiquan) culture, because it's been dominated by purist gatekeepers and elitist traditionalists, who talk down on other styles, make excuses as to why they “can’t fight” or when a traditionalist loses in a fight, while at the same time claiming they do the “real kung fu”, but don’t have any physical proof in fighting or sparring to back up their empty words, and are ultimately unproductive. The other is of course secrecy and as David Nicholson has established here, intellectual dishonesty, even among the so-called real, "authentic" masters. The bad reputation of kung fu speaks to a complacency of the kung fu community, with no accountability/ownership and no proactive steps towards actual solutions. These are two of the main reasons why kung fu people can't get their shit together, and probably never will at this rate.