Hey guys,

As some of you may or may not know we spent a good couple of months last year working with various martial artists to film video tutorials for the site. Well, one of the martial artists we worked with was Chris Crudelli, creator and star of the hit TV shows Mind Body and Kick Ass Moves and Kick Ass miracles..

For those of you that you use the site from foreign shores you can read more about him here:
http://www.martialedge.net/articles/interviews-question-and-answers/martial-edge-talks-to-chris-crudelli/

Stay tuned. Jason will be making it available online in the next couple of days.

As promised the Chris Crudelli video... written, directed and starring TEAM Martial Edge.

(With a little help from Mr Crudelli of course.)


Hope you enjoy it!
http://www.martialedge.net/articles/martial-arts-techniques-and-tutorials/chris-crudelli-tai-chi-fighting-tutorial/

Good job.
It's just a pity that you didn't wink at the camera at the end and then knock him out with a TKD Axe Kick for our jollyment.

fantastic interview!

Yep Chris is friend and one time mentor to me. He is an extremely talented and skillful martial artist and is of great character. Good interview.......

i like the way that it doesn't look like he thinks about his next move, it is just as he knows what will happen.
it's amazing

Redsnow wrote:
i like the way that it doesn't look like he thinks about his next move, it is just as he knows what will happen.
it's amazing

In Taiji, this is called "Ting Jin", or "Listening Power". It is developed through push-hands practice, and trains practitioners to feel an opponents intention and counter it before the opponent starts to physically act.

Bailu,

That sounds very similar to what we learn in WingTsun with the sensetivity training of Chi Sao and Lat Sao etc. To be able to sense what your opponent is about to do and thus defend and attack at the same time. Eventually it becomes instinctive and subconscious so that whatever the opponent does you can naturally defend against and simultaneously attack.

Excellent interview

tomprice2k wrote:
Bailu,

That sounds very similar to what we learn in WingTsun with the sensetivity training of Chi Sao and Lat Sao etc.

Yes, it's exactly the same principle.