Taijiquan is what it is called, not Tai Chi Chuan. If you want to be insipid, call it Tai Chi. However if you want to embrace Chinese culture, call it Taijiquan. Taiji means “Supreme Ultimate” and is a Daoist concept. Quan menas “Boxing” and stands for martial arts. Taijiquan means “Supreme Ultimate Boxing”. You forget to mention that Taijiquan has a sparring method which has been developed into a sport known as Pushing Hands, or Tuishou. Tuishou is good for learning combat skills, but if you want to go a step further, learn Dashou, or striking hands. You can find all this info at http://www.taijiquan.org . Free yourselfs ferom the clutches of the Taichi Spirituality cult. Taijiquan is not a health art, or strictly a yoga. It is on the same level of lethality as ninjutsu. Taijiquan is a “Battlemage Art” — it can either help or hurt the practitioner. And it can be used to help or hurt others. Too. So practice it often, and happy long life!

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