Josh Waitzkin's Push Hands Videos Chess master becomes world Tai Chi Push Hands champion From: Essential Sports and Fitness Video Channel These are the only videos on the web that document the brief but amazing, push hands career of Josh Waitzkin. This private collection includes his U.S. and world championship bouts, plus revealing videos from the year-long, "training camp" that he organized for the American push hands team. (With a subscription you can view these and all the other videos on this channel.)

National Push Hands Championship Videos Videos of Josh Waitzkin competing to become U.S. push hands champion At the National Push Hands Championship in Orlando Florida in July 2004, Josh won 5 Gold medals at different weight classifications. He also won 3 Silver medals (moving step, restricted step, and fixed step) when he competed in the super-heavyweight class. ... These entertaining and educational videos are an encyclopedia of push hands techniques done under the pressure of high-level competition.



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Push Hands Training Videos How the winning U.S. team trained for championships Josh organized the "training camp" for the highly successful push hands team from Grandmaster William C. C. Chen's School of Tai Chi Chuan. ... Many of the sessions were videotaped and these private videos have priceless instructional value, besides being fun to watch.



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World Push Hands Championships in Taiwan Match 1 of Chung Hwa Cup World Tai Chi Chuan Championship

Josh Waitzkin (black sash) in his first match at the 7th Chung Hwa Cup International Push Hands Championship in Taipei Taiwan in November 2004. ... Josh easily wins this fixed step push hands bout. (Under fixed step rules, the first competitor to move his feet loses.)



From: Josh Waitzkin and Frank Pfeiffer (00:04:01)



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Final moving step match of Chung Hwa Tai Chi Chuan competition In a controversial decision, the judges disqualify the last throw by Josh Waitzkin (black shirt) and call the match a draw, awarding both contestants the title of Middleweight World Co-Champion in Moving Step Push Hands. ... This is the last match of the day and the video camera is running out of juice, which causes the stuttering and dropped frames. Even so, this is a terrific match to watch, with Josh taking on a brutally strong, fast, and skilled competitor.



From: Josh Waitzkin and Frank Pfeiffer (00:08:04)



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World Kuoshu Championship, Sao Paolo, Brazil Final moving step push hands contest (2003-11) The contest for first place in middleweight push hands was an exciting bout, with plenty of action. ... Josh overwhelmed his opponent (yellow shirt), who ended up with the Silver medal, with fast pushes out of the ring and some spectacular takedowns.



From: Josh Waitzkin (00:04:48)



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