No! I believe Taiji has push. Taiji doesn't have throw. The concept of "throw" is not in Taiji's DNA. In order to apply a throw, you have to execute 2 forces in the opposite directions at the same time. Taiji just doesn't have such training.
Sometime you don't have to enter competition. The competition will come to you.
Why do you assume he cannot use it?
You can't assume he can use it either. That clip shows he has defensive skill. That clip shows he has no offensive skill.
The absence of evidence is not the same as evidence of absence.
What you may call "energy throw", I'll call it "push".
When apply twisting, it can be considered as one hand push forward while another hand pull back.
Many MA systems has "trip" that you use your leg to block your opponent's leg. The issue is your opponent can still step over your trip. If you hook your opponent's leg, it will be much more difficult for him to escape.
It's a circular motion, which are very prevalent in Tai Chi.
This isn't about what's effective, it's a response to your opposing forces comment. I gave you an example of a takedown without opposing forces.
Damned skippy. I'd stand up real straight if an elephant grabbed me like that.
Agreed. I saw a couple of places where a bit more commitment to the technique (reaping) would probably have off-balanced the Tai Chi guy, and places where feints likely would have opened up hip throws. And that Judo BB should be better at that than I am, so he must have been being very gentle. It's hard not to go gentler when you get someone you suspect doesn't know the falls (some of the throws I saw openings for are hard to fall from) and who is older. It wasn't an MMA competition, so he was just trying the easy entries to throws. That said, it's a good testament to the translation of Tai Chi rooting into resisting throws - it did take away all the easy throws that most non-grapplers are easily taken by.
There's this duality in SD. When defending "in the street", we don't have to score, so we can afford to play defense. But we can't afford to keep giving them (or their friends, or well-meaning but ill-informed third parties) opportunities to hurt us. So, to me, the patience of BJJ's approach on the ground can be over-cooked for SD (I get into that, myself, in ground work), but is also a useful trait to cultivate.
Yes. If they just want to throw me (and nobody else is interfering), I can most likely stymie them indefinitely. If they want to punch, and punch often enough, I'm going to eventually miss a key block unless they are pretty bad at it. I guess we could add patient offense against some of those folks (using a few kicks and long-range punches to keep them out of flurry range) to help, but each attempted strike is still a chance to mess up and get clobbered.
I'm not sure how much of a factor that is. Those who train without shoes don't tend to get best use of grippy-soled shoes. Some of that is on purpose (as in my case, since dress shoes aren't usually very grippy, for instance).
Agreed. Part of training should be purely defensive. Part should be purely offensive. And much of it should be learning to blend the two effectively.
More clearly stated, that clip shows no evidence of offensive skill.
