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Tui shou for san shou

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One more clip from YIQUAN.COmpetitions 2012, illustrating the close relation between tui shou and san shou.

Master Yao Chengguang in Germany

Master Yao Chengguang's seminar was organized in Stuttgart, Germany from 26 to 28 May 2012. Previously master Yao was teaching in Italy in 2001 and several times in Russia.

From seminar in Florence

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May 2012.

YIQUAN.COmpetitions 2012 - Easy San Shou

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YIQUAN.COmpetitions 2012 - Free step Tui Shou

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YIQUAN.COmpetitions 2012 - Easy Tui Shou

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Winners' League

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Before the main highlights clip from YIQUAN.COmpetitions 2012 will be ready, here is a clip from Winners' League fights. We have created Winners' League on request of a person practicing Wu Taijiquan, who after a stroke is not able to participate in typical combative competitions. So we agreed to prepare some format for such people, using YIQUAN.COmpetitions Easy Tui Shou rules. Unfortunately that person couldn't come to our tournament, due to injury which happened to him a few days before the competition date. However we were able to conduct this project with 2 elder ladies (70+ and 60+) who are training with us basics of yiquan and some taijiquan and another, younger lady (50+) who is a taijiquan and qigong practitioner. They were fighting against each other, and finally each of them had opportunity to try fighting against the winner of the normal Easy Tui Shou. So we have proved, that people not only can start practicing martial arts at older age, after re...

YIQUAN.COmpetitions 2012

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Participants of May 5th tournament

Seminar in Florence

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