Throwing fat people.

**liokault** · Posted On: 9/22/2005 12:51pm

Originally Posted by oldman_withers

... I had no idea that Tai Chi had throwing techniques. When did it become a striking art? What happened to those fat guys who move really slow in the park with no shirt on? And Jet Li making balls of leaves with his chi force?

Tai Chi is both a striking and (stand up) grappling art.

In many ways its like HKD but with out having mixed TKD and second rate Aikido into a recent, missunderstood miss mash, then creating a history for it.

**Cullion** · Posted On: 9/22/2005 12:59pm

Originally Posted by oldman_withers

... I had no idea that Tai Chi had throwing techniques. When did it become a striking art? What happened to those fat guys who move really slow in the park with no shirt on? And Jet Li making balls of leaves with his chi force?

Some video here from a guy doing the same style as Liokault and I:-

http://www.renaissancetaichichuan.com/MediaFighting.htm

I couldn't find it just now, but there should be some footage of Tai Chi guys winning San Shou comps on that site somewhere.

**Letum** · Posted On: 9/22/2005 3:27pm

If they're way larger then you, I wouldn't even bother. There's a reason the throw isn't going to well, so I suggest you find an alternative method.

Now, it's been AGES since I practiced any grappling and I am totally hopeless without my strikes, however, what I do remember from JJ would be to clinch, and sort of pull/offbalance them as they move and trip/sweep.