Tzu Jan
You said,
“Further more, what is taught at Cloud Forest is the same as what Master Livingston teaches, except for the EXTERNAL southern Tai Tzu. Master Livingston teaches the external southern Tai Tzu in addition to the internal. He teaches the same Ba Kua, Hsing yi and Tai Chi. He also says that the Tai Chi is from 960 AD, just like Sifu Kash says. Are you suggesting that Ed Livingston a fraud too?”
Let’s disect this, shall we?
Further more, what is taught at Cloud Forest is the same as what Master Livingston teaches, except for the EXTERNAL southern Tai Tzu.
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WRONG!!! Livingston teaches what ever his students want to know from ANY system he’s studied over the last 30 + years. I don’t think Kash even KNOWS 7 Star Preying Mantis, now does he? Also, I’ve learned some of the NORTHERN Tai Tzu from Livingston as well.
Also, Kash is teahicng a bunch of modern Long Fist, and “Calling” it Tai Tzu. I know this dfrom E-Mails I have recived over the last few years from current and fromer students of his going back to his Burbank CA. years. If Chao taught the external to Livingston, and NOT to Kash, then Kash should fess up, but he does not do that, he just teaches other stuff and LIES to his students, telling them it’s Tai Tzu external.
Master Livingston teaches the external southern Tai Tzu in addition to the internal.
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True.
He teaches the same Ba Kua, Hsing yi and Tai Chi.
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Not so, he teaches those things from HIS personal experiance, some from Chao, Yuh Feng, and the rest from his other teachers.
He also says that the Tai Chi is from 960 AD, just like Sifu Kash says. Are you suggesting that Ed Livingston a fraud too?
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Livingston has done considerable research into this stuff, infact he’s the one that first discovered the link between Tai Tzu and Six Harmony’s, Eight Methods and the Taji Ruler. Livingston has told me his time with Chao, Yuh Feng was spent mostly training, whenever he approached him for historical info and origin stuff, Chao only answered in simplistic terms and never thoroghly. He ended up actually having to go to Kash, so his original info actually came from Kash. You, knowing my opinion of Kash should understand how questionalble that info is. Livingston always told me this when I asked history of the system
“Well, David Kash says…Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah”.
Now, he’s never come right out and said it, but his inability to put his own name on the history of his own art speaks VOLUMES as to his confidance in it’s accuracy.
I have actuall brought up the idea of calling it the “Chao Family Internal style” as the root is totally different than Tai Tzu Chang Chuan. From what “I” see, only the Taji Ruler and maybe the simple Natural Fist system actually goes back to 960 AD. No way in hell the Taji sets do. and “IF” the Taji DOES go back that far, it’s only the 8 original postures, done in the 8 gates at best, but I doubt even that. Even so, if the Taji is THAT old, it’s still NOT Tai Tzu Chang Chuan, it’s an ancient Taji system. Calling it Tai Tzu is fradulent, that’s why Livingston and I are independantly researching this thing to the core. And belive me, once it’s competely figured out, I’m going to publish my findings. Can’t speak for Livingston on that, but “I” am definately doing it. trust me, I’ll be a much bigger and more reliable authority on the subject than Kash could ever hope to in a life time.
Anyway, you’re not saying anything, does this mean we have a deal or not?
Royal Dragon
Wei, Tai Qin Leung 36th generation Grand Master, inheritor and lineage head of the Chao, Yuh Feng “Internal Tai Tzu Chang Chuan” system.
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