“I thought Tai Chi was a spiritual thing, like Yoga”
“Isn’t Tai Chi just for health?”
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“A martial art? How can you fight in slow motion?”
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What is synchronised swimming doing at the Olympics?
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Swimming against the tide
The wave of people washing blind
They are just a ripple
The real rip is caused by the storm of converted souls
The Tai Chi enthusiasts
Yesterday’s students
Today’s teachers
Passing on the diluted piddle they should rename – Chai Tea.
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Why can I not defend myself using Tai Chi?
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A: Because you are not prepared to stand in the Zhang Zhuang for 1 hour a day.
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A: Because you don’t practise stepping for 1 hour per day.
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A: Because you don’t travel to China and stay there for 5 years studying every day for 6 hours with a Master.
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A: Because you don’t train the applications over and over and over again with a partner.
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A: Because you don’t know what ‘Duifang’ means.
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A: Because you are SOFT. Because you are not soft.
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A: Because you haven’t done 10,000 hours.
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These Masters, these Chinese men and women who breathe Tai Chi from childhood
Unhitched by ego
Pure power
Pure physics
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I also like watching Tai Chi gymnastics
Pure Chai Tea
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Some relevant quotes:
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Courage first; power second; technique third.
~ Author unknown
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.
~ Bruce Lee
Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit softly.
~ Theodore Roosevelt
“Persistence is the twin sister of excellence.
One is a matter of quality; the other a matter of time.”
“There is no superiority or inferiority of style, only the distinctions between the practitioners.”
“The one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a thousand men.” – The Dhammapada
“You’ve got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.” – Charlie Parker
“First you have to be hit to know how to defend.”- unknown
