Tai Chi master Chen Bing demonstrates on MMA practitioners

[mud fist]

allow me to explain.
what i meant is that i dont think the mma guy is really in a full on takedown mode.
he is just allowing the tai chi guy to demonstrate.
i may be wrong but that is how appears to me.

[Zach Zinn]

allow me to explain.
what i meant is that i dont think the mma guy is really in a full on takedown mode.
he is just allowing the tai chi guy to demonstrate.
i may be wrong but that is how appears to me.

Yes, he is acting as a partner/uke rather than an opponent...still it's a pretty standard way to practice throws , and it's one of the best ways to learn them on the receiving end.

http://www.markstraining.com/2007/10/ke ... -komi.html

Is there some statement somewhere that these are supposed to be sparring?

[dandjurdjevic]

One other thing to add: When you do these kinds of techniques "correctly" and they work, your opponent can't resist, because they don't feel anything to resist against...that's how good Judo throws work too.

Yes - you can't resist because the moment where resistance is possible has passed. In other words, it's too late to resist (in much the same way as you can't "resist" a punch that's already landed). A good throw exploits your lapses in concentration/balance and is applied in a way that is inevitable.

[willywrong]

That looks like a co-operative exercise to me possibly for advertising purposes.
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