Following on from last week’s episode where I discussed my experience training Muay Thai in Thailand, in this video, I’m joined by a special guest, my teacher Liang Dehua to compare the kicking methods of Muay Thai and Taiji Quan—demonstrating the differences between striking with the bone and hitting with the connective tissue to send the Nei Jin (internal force) into the opponent’s body. If you have ever wondered how Taiji Jin is used in application, then you don’t want to miss this episode as Sifu Liang shares many insights that I have never seen revealed publically on any video until now.
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Hi everyone, I apologize for any background noise in the first part of the video. Unfortunately, the Muay Thai gyms in Chiang Mai are closed due to the lockdowns, so I had no choice but to film the intro outside my house; however, my neighbor also decided to renovate his home on the same day of filming. Murphy’s law :))
Noise was minimal to me. Very good demo, teaching on the kick comparison. Thanks! I am happy to know who is your current teacher and I am jealous 🙂
Thanks, good to know the noise was minimal and didn’t ruin the video! Yes, Sifu Liang is my current teacher of Yang style Taiji.
Well worth the monthly payment, thanks very much for sharing.
Thank you Joseph, I appreciate the comment.
This is some good stuff. Thanks for sharing. As I’m watching this, I wonder how you went from two years of hard-core muay thai training to yang tai chi? Just curios. Thanks!
Thank you for the feedback, and great question! I will cover the reason(s) why I stopped training Muay Thai and began training Muay Thai in a future video.
10:20… Very good acting by you not knowing what is coming… must be terrible to know it after all 😉 . But Sifu Liang seems to like that ????
Haha, even if you know what’s coming you still can’t prepare yourself enough for the pain that follows. Sifu Liang is quite humble, he usually doesn’t show striking techniques in public.
Wow. Liang DeHua’s strike is amazing. Taiqi principle is completely different from Muay Thai.
Yes, very unique and different to the external methods. Thanks for watching.