Taiji fighting

As I’ve mentioned several times before, Master Chongteaches taijiquan as a practical martial art. Since I go to the smaller Saturday class, when he focusses on this, I’ve seen him give fa jin demonstrations. Last night, the advanced class at Toa Payoh (myself included) got a fresh example. One of Master Chong’s fellow students under Huang Sheng-hsien paid us a visit. A short, laughing man, with a barrel chest and biceps, forearms and belly to match, he gave us instruction, and many demonstrations of the fighting applications of taijiquan, including fa jin, joint locks, throws, and strikes – as well as the use of song (softness) to avoid injiry from the same.I didn’t catch his name and, unfortunately for me, he only really spoke Mandarin. The demonstrations spoke for themselves, though. Amazing.