There is really no end to a Tai Chi posture either, kinda sorta. There is a definite place where one posture ends and another starts but the form itself does not stop, One posture flows into another.
I know, that is very easy to see. But, compared to LHBF, at least from the videos I see, there is a bigger time gap between each posture. In LHBF, there's a much more finer line between what East Winds calls "stopping without stopping" and "dancing" because the time gap between each posture is so small.
As to Tai Chi Rooting, watch these 2 links, this is what I am talking about. Watch the feet and where the power comes from and goes to.
Chen Zhenglei - Taiji - Chen Style 18 form
I gave a somewhat close analysis of that video in my reply to East Winds.
Just to expand on that, when I watch this video, there seems to be a disconnection for power transferrance between the lower half and the upper half of the body. He's got strong legs for sure, but his torso does not turn consistently at what I would consider "application delivery" points in that form. His arms are not in complete synchronicity with his torso which in turn is not in complete synchronicity with his legs.
It's not something we have in LHBF because we turn the back foot to allow the torso to turn. This is where most power comes from because this whole action allows the whole body to move together. Legs -> torso -> arms.
This is the Tai Chi style where I see the most similarity to LHBF foot work
Tai Chi Cheng Man Ching
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2933659771259335758&q=Tung+Ying+chieh&hl=en
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I would agree with your assessment. But I want to ask one thing. Do all the videos of him have the same foot work? I want to make sure because it could very well be a one time thing due to the type of ground he's performing on (leaves and dead plant matter) and I haven't seen other videos of him.
Assuming it's not a one time thing:
His form is very close to what LHBF philosophy is. The difference with his foot turns, from the LHBF point of view, though, is that he turns on his heel. In LHBF most back feet turns should be pivoting on the toes.
Other than that, his body is straight on for the single whip (and similar postures) because his back foot turned to allow the leg to be more comfortable. This is something we encourage in LHBF. Personally, I like the look of this video more than the others from an LHBF perspective.
The thing is, while my father still lived in Hong Kong, he read a lot of Taiji books, one of which was authored by Cheng Man Ching. If I remember correctly, he told me that the book talks about turning the foot. Of course, my mind could be making this up so don't trust my memory on this.
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