First ever Extreme Push Hands event held this past Sat. in St Petersberg, Fla. Similar to Moving Push Hands, but allowing sweeps and throws. This event was sponsored by ICMAC Circuit and was the first of its kind in the US. Although action was hot and heavy, injuries were minimal. The event was called Extreme Push Hands, not Extreme Tai Chi Push Hands for good reasons and was very similar to Chen Village Push Hand competitions. Competitors came from as far away as New York and St. Louis. The competition was round robin, not single elimination, so every competitor got the opportunity to compete with every competitor. John Meehan (22) won the event which included Heavyweight and SuperHeavyweight (over 300 lbs.). He won every match and then went on to accept challanges from other push hand light heavyweight competitors including past champions. John Meehan is the son of Sifu J. Justin Meehan of St. Louis and brother of ICMAC past Orlando Push Hands Champion(2008 and 2009) Jason Meehan (18). He is a Law Student at Drake University and practices the HunYuan Taiji/Qigong. Depending on his law school schedule he hopes to compete at other National ICMAC Extreme Push Hand events in the upcomming year.
[QUOTE=jjustinmeehan;1027205]First ever Extreme Push Hands event held this past Sat. in St Petersberg, Fla. Similar to Moving Push Hands, but allowing sweeps and throws. This event was sponsored by ICMAC Circuit and was the first of its kind in the US. Although action was hot and heavy, injuries were minimal. The event was called Extreme Push Hands, not Extreme Tai Chi Push Hands for good reasons and was very similar to Chen Village Push Hand competitions. Competitors came from as far away as New York and St. Louis. The competition was round robin, not single elimination, so every competitor got the opportunity to compete with every competitor. John Meehan (22) won the event which included Heavyweight and SuperHeavyweight (over 300 lbs.). He won every match and then went on to accept challanges from other push hand light heavyweight competitors including past champions. John Meehan is the son of Sifu J. Justin Meehan of St. Louis and brother of ICMAC past Orlando Push Hands Champion(2008 and 2009) Jason Meehan (18). He is a Law Student at Drake University and practices the HunYuan Taiji/Qigong. Depending on his law school schedule he hopes to compete at other National ICMAC Extreme Push Hand events in the upcomming year.[/QUOTE]
It’s good the EPH got some action because the rest of the event (with the exception of some of the Xingyi) totally sucked. We left early (at the lunch break) out of sheer boredom. It gives the feeling that Chinese Martial arts are on the decline.
Video or it didn’t happen. 
they have a tournament for this? lolz:eek:
[QUOTE=MartialDev;1027321]Video or it didn’t happen. ;)[/QUOTE]
I second this!
I’ve never heard of Extreme Push Hands. Off to Google it (I’m going to be ****ed if its anything like Extreme forms competitions)
Extreme Push Hand video on Youtube
Extreme Push Hands Highlight Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U76sVEStkFo
First National Extreme Push Hands Competition held July 2010 winner, law student and HunYuan Taiji practitioner John Meehan, 22 year old son of Sifu Justin Meehan. Notice that the competition was called Extreme Push Hands, not Taiji Push Hands. The competition was very physical, but no more than what is seen in Push Hands competitions in Chen Village, China or many other Chinese and Taiwanese Push Hands tournaments.
Hen Hao!
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Tres Bien!
Molto Bene!
Nice work.
So extreme push hands is a nice name for Sumo for non-fat people 
Very good stuff.
extreme push hands = Shuai Jiao 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lk1mzN8fJA
…without the vest/hand-holds
How do people fall for this rubbish…it was like some one looked at a Sumo match and thought, hey that looks fun how can I f*ck that up and make it really impractical and useless
Sumo is so practical and useful?
[QUOTE=jjustinmeehan;1033757]Extreme Push Hands Highlight Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U76sVEStkFo
First National Extreme Push Hands Competition held July 2010 winner, law student and HunYuan Taiji practitioner John Meehan, 22 year old son of Sifu Justin Meehan. Notice that the competition was called Extreme Push Hands, not Taiji Push Hands. The competition was very physical, but no more than what is seen in Push Hands competitions in Chen Village, China or many other Chinese and Taiwanese Push Hands tournaments.[/QUOTE]
nice; but not any different from what my friend Sifu Mike Pekor has been doing at his school on LI for years:
http://www.taichili.com/training_for_tournament_competit.htm
[QUOTE=Mo Ling;1033798]Sumo is so practical and useful?[/QUOTE]
LOL, have u ever watched any? those guys beat the crap out of each other, they move fast, they are alowed to strike w/open hands, and they actualy do pull off some excellent technique; a sumo guy would be a challenge for just about anyone, IMPO
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lk1mzN8fJA
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very nice reversal technique!
[QUOTE=SanHeChuan;1033765]extreme push hands = Shuai Jiao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lk1mzN8fJA
…without the vest/hand-holds[/QUOTE]
Just realize the referee in the above SC clip was one of my students. My teacher used to call him (Xiao Bai Ren) - little white man.
I’m glad to see that Taiji is moving toward the right direction. Since SC has envolved into CC (Combat SC - Sanda/Sanshou),
http://johnswang.com/Sanshou_6.wmv
for push hands to be evolved into extreme push hands may not be enough. Taiji still needs further evolution.
[QUOTE=Mo Ling;1033798]Sumo is so practical and useful?[/QUOTE]
Having a 400 lbs sumotori smash his palm into you and send you flying into next week is very practical:D
They can also pull of some very nice throws and sweeps.
They learn how to use their weight to their best advantage.
That isn’t push hands, it is pushing to a takedown!:rolleyes:
How is that any different than what all boys do grow up doing? I was doing pushing to a takedown when I was 8 years old. I am NOT impressed!
Its almost judo!
is competing in push hands not contrary to Taoist beliefs??? Taosim is non competetive in nature, so it always seemed weird to me to see these comps… even the very conservative ones… but these newschool more liberal extreme push hands and all that, does this not move away from the central beliefs surrounding the art in the first place??? why not just be a judoka, no shame in that…
sorry if i offend, im not trying to be a **** or start arguments. its just that my understanding of taoism tells me that this runs against the grain…
u compete so u get some yang in ur ying
i have personally spoken to the jade emperor last november and he told me its ok to compete. i also talked to the celestial masters and theyre cool wit it also. so i dont see a problem. i think ur overreacting, or maybe intimidated by their manliness