New Short Intro for taijigongfu.fr

[Marin]

Julien's professional videographer student in Paris, Antony made this short video for their new site and it's the first time we have ever had any professional video made. I am very impressed with what he created. There is more footage and longer project will also be created from this, but this is a great start.

 

[chrisletizia]

Well made, and the picture quality is super good. I like the overall message, which works very well with the video clips.

 

[qureshlatif]

Is this available to be shared with anyone we want?

 

[angryclown]

It's a public youtube video. Just don't share it with the British, as the French and the Brits don't get on so well, historically speaking. Special exclusive Content de Francais includes Yi Rue, Er Rue, and the legendary Champs-Élysées Quan.

 

[Marin]

Is this available to be shared with anyone we want?

Yes share at will. In this case promotion is advantageous. We will still filter out the psychos but we do want to keep bringing some new people into the scene.

 

[qureshlatif]

I often tell people that I practice taiji (just realizing I still pronounce it tai chi), and they are often surprised to hear my describe it as a martial art. Just had such a conversation last night. This seems like the perfect video to show people what it's all about.

 

[Robin Wu]

I often tell people that I practice taiji (just realizing I still pronounce it tai chi), and they are often surprised to hear my describe it as a martial art. Just had such a conversation last night. This seems like the perfect video to show people what it's all about.

I tell my friends that I practice an exercise that's for elderly people with arthritis, so they think I'm practicing a martial art.

My friends can tell when I am BS'ing them.

 

[qureshlatif]

I tell my friends that I practice an exercise that's for elderly people with arthritis, so they think I'm practicing a martial art.

My friends can tell when I am BS'ing them.

This sounds like the Taoist approach - when you want to go left, push right.

 

[Marin]

It is not really fun to try to explain it.

 

[Maximee]

Julien's professional videographer student in Paris, Antony made this short video for their new site and it's the first time we have ever had any professional video made. I am very impressed with what he created. There is more footage and longer project will also be created from this, but this is a great start.

Great video! it's pretty straightfoward and well executed bravo!

 

[Maou]

Looking forward to seeing more of these videos! I showed this to some of my relatives,including my uncle in law who lives in the US who used to do Judo.

Thankfully,I didn't have to go through the awkwardness of having to explain why I'm interested/curious about this stuff with him. It surprised me when he himself said that Judo is, at the end of the day, a sport. Not that it can't be effective for real life application (far from it), but its development into the mainstream practice that we know today didn't evolve with that as a primary objective. Some of the rules they have in their competitions encourage developing habits that are definitely counterproductive for self-defense.

Comparing Judo to Taijiquan has been a topic of interest to me in the past. Judo is infamous for being incredibly harsh on the body (part of the reason my aforementioned uncle doesn't train it anymore),but Tai Chi, if you can find a legitimate teacher of the Martial practice (which is a big if), seemed like a gentler/more sustainable way of learning to throw folks. From the student experiences I've read, this lineage sounds harsh on the body, but not in the way (if trained correctly) that accumulates wear and tear like Judo does, even if this practice might just be more painful than Judo training.

Pain and Injury are not the same things is a concept known in the training sphere, and it would seem training here is really going to exemplify the idea.

I suppose the comparison is out of topic here though, just felt like it was interesting to mention. Hope to see more development of this project soon!

 

[Edmond]

It's a public youtube video. Just don't share it with the British, as the French and the Brits don't get on so well, historically speaking. Special exclusive Content de Francais includes Yi Rue, Er Rue, and the legendary Champs-Élysées Quan.

Le Lan Zha Yi:

 

[Edmond]

I often tell people that I practice taiji (just realizing I still pronounce it tai chi), and they are often surprised to hear my describe it as a martial art. Just had such a conversation last night. This seems like the perfect video to show people what it's all about.

I started calling it "a traditional Chinese martial art that preserved its martial roots" (like "the artist formerly known as Prince") to start the conversation, so that it potentially piques interest without the baggage of stereotypes that come from mainstream "Tai Chi" or "Taijiquan". Then, I can get more specific when there are signs of genuine interest.

 

[Marin]

Here is a Chinese subtitled version made with the help of @Adam Liu. Never hurts to cause some trouble on the Chinese scene. Anyone can share this as needed if they know where.