Tai Chi

[AngryABCGirl]

I'm sick of lifting weights and hitting/throwing balls into hoops or with raquets or things that mainly just involve brute strength and speed.

So, can anyone give me any info on Tai Chi or other martial arts in general that encourage more grace or where to find cheap(er) classes? I'm totally ignorant about this, so fill me in please? :lol:

[Deadpool]

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Its like Chess but with 2 humans.
http://www.bjj.org/

[Deadpool]

Tai Chi is pretty violent sport methinks: http://www.bullshido.com/dl_goto.asp?id=125

[moschikat]

aikido. all the way.

most people quit the class because it's not "hardcore" enough . . .

i like it cuz' it gives me nice legs. . . yeah! :ph34r:

[thaite]

Tai Chi's okay, though it depends on what you really want to get out of it. Most of the people who teach it only know how to go through the forms and don't know shit about its combat applications.

[himura-dono]

Originally posted by AzNBuffGrL@May 11 2003, 07:34 PM
I'm sick of lifting weights and hitting/throwing balls into hoops or with raquets or things that mainly just involve brute strength and speed.

So, can anyone give me any info on Tai Chi or other martial arts in general that encourage more grace or where to find cheap(er) classes?  I'm totally ignorant about this, so fill me in please?  :lol:
bess, since you're at ucd, hit up the experimental college. they have a tai chi class they teach. i'm only offering help. if you dislike how they do it and feel it's not "asian" enough, you could at least use them as a contact to find tai chi groups in the area, at the very least.


for the purists, shut up, i didn't ask you. :rolleyes:

also bess, try and take hapkido, that is unbelievably fun, energetic and fast paced, but doesn't require girth. first day, i got my ass kicked by a 5ft girl and learned some major humility (having had 15" and about twice her weight).

[AngryABCGirl]

Originally posted by thaite@May 14 2003, 10:26 AM
Tai Chi's okay, though it depends on what you really want to get out of it. Most of the people who teach it only know how to go through the forms and don't know shit about its combat applications.
I'm looking for something athletic that's more slow and graceful, but is still good for the body.

[thaite]

Well, if the instructor can teach the form correctly, then it will be graceful and good for the body, and probably what you're looking for.

I first took tai chi as a way to help learn to control my center of gravity in application with Wing Chun. It worked for what I needed. However, it was when I wanted to learn more about the martial ascpets and applications that I realized that most of the instructors out there don't even have a rudimentary idea of the concepts.