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When will Josh Waitzkin be back?
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Actually no; William Chen was Josh's Tai Chi instructor and he's still conducting seminars and teaching sparring classes despite the fact that he's in his 80s. Josh has apparently been able to apply the internal principles of tai chi to his jiujitsu so there is no reason he can't do the same.
Mar 8, 2015
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Conflagration_Planet wrote:
At 38, he's getting to old for marshal arts.
I think you mean "marital" arts.
DrSpudnik wrote:
Conflagration_Planet wrote:
At 38, he's getting to old for marshal arts.
I think you mean "marital" arts.
Clever, but of course it's martial. 
Has Josh ever been a world champion in martial arts?
Jion_Wansu wrote:
Has Josh ever been a world champion in martial arts?
He was a mainstay on the Tai Chi tournament circuit for a few years and did in fact win one of China's largest tournaments that billed itself as the World Championship.
He's planning on doing a Bobby Fischer: is currently looking for an Asian wife and reading up on anti-US politics. Then he will play a dramatic rematch against Tim Goodatchess at the regional championships, and claim he hates chess and the only reason he is doing it is for the money.
Of course he will never be more than the slightest shadow that Bobby ever was.
Mar 8, 2015
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Tai Chi? Isn't that what the old people on the museum lawn are doing? Yet chess isn't a sport!
Uhohspaghettio1 wrote:
He's planning on doing a Bobby Fischer: is currently looking for an Asian wife and reading up on anti-US politics. Then he will play a dramatic rematch against Tim Goodatchess at the regional championships, and claim he hates chess and the only reason he is doing it is for the money.
Of course he will never be more than the slightest shadow that Bobby ever was.
He's already married several years ago. :)
DrSpudnik wrote:
Conflagration_Planet wrote:
At 38, he's getting to old for marshal arts.
I think you mean "marital" arts.
I think so too. :)
baddogno wrote:
Actually no; William Chen was Josh's Tai Chi instructor and he's still conducting seminars and teaching sparring classes despite the fact that he's in his 80s. Josh has apparently been able to apply the internal principles of tai chi to his jiujitsu so there is no reason he can't do the same.
Too old to be world champ, I meant.
DrSpudnik wrote:
Tai Chi? Isn't that what the old people on the museum lawn are doing? Yet chess isn't a sport!
Yes and it's also what I use to knock people down with. If you're ever in Boston, I'd be happy to show you; either out in the park (once the snow melts) or at my Wednesday night push hands group.
Mar 9, 2015
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baddogno wrote:
DrSpudnik wrote:
Tai Chi? Isn't that what the old people on the museum lawn are doing? Yet chess isn't a sport!
Yes and it's also what I use to knock people down with. If you're ever in Boston, I'd be happy to show you; either out in the park (once the snow melts) or at my Wednesday night push hands group.
From what I've seen, I'm not quite old enough to start Tai Chi. Besides, I hardly ever get back to Boston any more. But from what I hear from my relatives in the western suburbs, a new Ice Age is starting.
Back to what? Something he can't make a living at? The answer is "Never".
FirebrandX wrote:
baddogno wrote:
DrSpudnik wrote:
Tai Chi? Isn't that what the old people on the museum lawn are doing? Yet chess isn't a sport!
Yes and it's also what I use to knock people down with. If you're ever in Boston, I'd be happy to show you; either out in the park (once the snow melts) or at my Wednesday night push hands group.
Correction: It's what you use to knock people down with that are playing by the rules. In a real street fight, you won't be pushing anyone's hands. Take a look at boxing. If ANYTHING else worked better for delivering the most effective punch, it would already have been picked up and used there.
No shit Sherlock; and what makes you think I've never done kick boxing? I'm done here...
At 38, he's getting to old for marshal arts.