Welcome, Charles!!Thanks for coming over and checking out our Yahoo! group! Enjoy your time on the boards! -Restita...

Here's a version of what we refer to as jr. longfist which is similar to the version we do: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEllGdmG7K8 What we call jr....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65KqI1qBJyI...

Thanks Restita, It looks like a very nice site,, If i answer with my Middle name,, Mike,, its what i usually go by,, I have a son Michael who comes on line...

Then "Mike" it is, then! :-) I wish I would have started Taiji at a younger age. Wow, I'm only 40 and Im talking like I'm as old as the hills! (my knees feel...

Hi,, Understand about the knees,, Ive had two knee operations..sometimes My knees behave,, sometimes,,they just dont do right,, then if it aint my knees its my...

Hi Mike, Where are you studying wushi taichi quan, for how long, and do you feel it adds anything to your previous studies? Zane...

Hi Zane,, I trained Yang style Tai Ji out in Calif for several years,,and thought I was doing pretty good.Even learned a short staff form. Came down here to...

Mike, I know wushi is a good fighting style, as is chenshi, but I think yangshi is mostly for hippies. Is that your impreession? Regarding starting younger I...

Hi Zane, Well as far as fighing is concerned,,I think any system has its combat effectiveness and weaknesses.. Some are better for somethings,,others are...

Here's a nice version of the 5th duan changquan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHUq4yGgg94...

woooooooowwwwwww!!! Man,, if Only I could move like that. Forgive my ignorance though when you speak of 5th Duan,,is that the new grading system they have...

As far as I know the official duan system is still what it was in 1998 but I'm still doing research on that issue and regarding the issue of which moves can...

Ok,,i knew that some time ago,,i dont remember exactly when,, that they started using a Duan system. I hope that they can control the ranking better than what...

Mike, I don't really care much about ranking ... otherwise I'd probably know what the wushu ranking system is. :-) Zane...

Hi Zane,, Im with you...I was just curious about it.. Zane Thomas <zanes.the.name@...> wrote: Mike, I don't really care much about ranking ... otherwise...

Hi Zane,, Nawww didnt take it seriously,,, You were a flower child,,I was in the military in those days,, it seems we have sort of arrived at the same tip of...