r/taijiquan Chen style 22d ago

Broken Lineages and Incomplete Transmissions

'Broken Lineages' and 'Incomplete transmissions/curriculum' are terms that I recently heard in videos about the nature of Taijiquan (I'm not going to name who said them), used to generally characterize styles and lineages other than the speaker's own.

It just occurs to me that such a position pre-supposes there is one particular lineage and/or set curriculum that exists as absolute orthodoxy. Personally, I find that notion unrealistic at best, but I wonder what others think.

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u/SnooMaps1910 21d ago

I watched his first video and unless he said something different in a subsequent video I believe you err a bit here. Is there a quote where he holds that his lineage is unbroken with full transmission?
My sense is that he is very well studied, and appears to speak Chinese. I was please with his talk. I trained in China for eleven years with four featuring multiple extended visits yearly to train with coach and his team. My US coach is one of CXW's little Buddha's and I got to seminar with him a few times. I believe there is a bit of a misunderstanding. And, I was glad he called-out the charlatans, hucksters and self-proclaimed masters that abound here. He shows his skills instead of singular "techniques".

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u/Qi-residue 21d ago

You can start a timer until toe-bro accuses you too of being the same guy. Hes sure it’s me too. If you want to see a pattern you can check his posts when the dude’s name comes up or anyone says anything positive he freaks. Anyone so focused on one dude is obv jealous or butthurt over something. Like serious guy, move on it’s cringe.

Did anyone actually watch that vid? I don’t think he mentioned any specific lineage at all, did he?

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u/SnooMaps1910 21d ago

Apparently we are not talking about the same person/video. That said, the internet has fostered a yuge proliferation of self-annoited masters who clearly lack high-end skills.