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Conscientiously remember the four words...

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 "Conscientiously remember the four words: losing contact, butting, belligerence and separation. If your art can be free of over-anxiousness and separation, you will be able to perform marvels with your hands." Wang Tsung-yueh's Treatise on T'ai-chi ch'uan in Yang Ch'eng -fu's Self Defense Applications of T'ai Chi Ch'uan (Douglas Wile translation). [Image: Yang Shouzhong and Ip Tai Tak]

If one can follow the opponent's intentions...

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  "If one can follow the opponent's intentions, and respond to empty and full, one will not miss by the slightest bit. This truly can be called 'comprehending jin'.” Chen Weiming’s commentary to the Taijiquan Treatise (Taijiquan Lun).

Excellent early video of a variety of Taijiquan training exercises (and a few unusual ones too).

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  Excellent early video of a variety of Taijiquan training exercises (and a few unusual ones too).