The Deadly and Deceptive Hands of T'ai Chi Ch'uan

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The Deadly and Deceptive Hands of T'ai Chi Ch'uan

“	<div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"> Author: Master Erle Montaigue <div class="flexinode-textarea-5"><div class="form-item"> Article: I guess deep down, we all of us are looking for some martial art that will bestow upon us some magical super powers, to make us into supermen women. More so in the internal arts, people like to make it all sound magical and mystical. We have more so called supernatural feats of strength in T'ai chi for instance than in any other art. We have people sticking spears into throats and telling us that it is internal energy or Qi that is protecting them. A trick I perform for people to show that anyone can do it, mere physics. We have people supposedly putting out candles with their Qi! A trick, or others who manipulate their student's limbs with but a movement of one hand, here &quot;students&quot; is the operative word. By the same trickery we have people being flung many feet away with but a mere touch. We have others moving people without touching them, again, trickery. But Taiji does not need these laughable tricks to make it magical. It is magical by virtue of its real fighting nature, probably the most deadly hands of any martial art. In Taiji, every tiny movement means something, a slight flick of the wrist, or a one-inch movement of the fingers, all mean deadly dim-mak strikes. Strikes which have been documented and proven by western medical science and not some mumbo jumbo nonsense.	”

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