Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Don't ignore the hard work. These are basics. You are only as good as your basics. Solid basics means tai chi kung fu. Don't think that there are not schools of Tai Chi doing this for centuries, cause some are!
Not many schools of Tai chi do the more militaristic type of long fist training, but some do. Even Zhou bin thought the Tai Chi training in Yongnian was so hard he went into the military to get away from it. His son Zhou Yubin branch of Yongnian Tai Chi still do these to this day. this is a type of kicking basics (jiben gong)
Don't ignore the hard work. These are basics. You are only as good as your basics. Solid basics means tai chi kung fu. Don't think that there are not schools of Tai Chi doing this for centuries, cause some are!
Not many schools of Tai chi do the more militaristic type of long fist training, but some do. Even Zhou bin thought the Tai Chi training in Yongnian was so hard he went into the military to get away from it. His son Zhou Yubin branch of Yongnian Tai Chi still do these to this day. this is a type of kicking basics (jiben gong)
