Quote:
Thomas Campbell wrote:
Chen Xiaowang is an outstanding exponent of Chenshi taijiquan, with powerful fajin. But I have not seen any video footage of CXW demonstrating an ability to "take someone's balance as soon as they touched him."
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a clip of CXW demonstrating a technique that is commonly practiced in aikido. I don't see him taking his partner's balance in a manner that is different from what you would find in almost any aikido dojo. In only one instance could you even say that he is taking balance on first touch, and only then by grabbing the arm and pulling it, the same way a lot of people like to do in aikido. The rest of the time he is not doing anything at all to disrupt balance on contact.