WTBA Weekend Workshop - Puurs, Belgium

Eli Montaigue will be running a weekend workshop on Taiji Fighting Principles. 

Usually Taiji is seen as a health art similar to Yoga, but in fact this is only one part of Taiji. 

The complete system of Taiji encompasses many different aspects, from gentle Qigong, to full combat training involving sparring. 

All styles of martial art have their own take on fighting, but at the end of the day fighting is fighting, so these differences are subtle, at least from all the styles that actually work. 

The difference for example between Taiji and MMA, is that in Taiji we have to also be aware of the types of attacks which are not allowed in the sport of MMA. 

We have to be aware of strikes to the eyes, groin, back of the head. We also have to be more aware to not damage our own hands, since we would not…