thai chi finals...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W1ym3yggR4&feature=related

Wow, tai chi is deadly stuff!

Love that video..........

video is funny but, joking aside, isn't Tai Chi the ultimate example of learning combative movements in a Beta state like in Richies system?

I actually sparred full speed with a Tai Chi practitioner a few years ago and they were pretty handy.

granted, the huge majority of Tai Chi practitioners wouldn't have the first idea about applying what they're doing, but there are rare individuals who can

...it wouldn't surprize me at all. it wasn't the social commentary it may have appeared. i just liked the skit. i've taken it before, and will be again--free place in my area, as a moving meditation that incorporates an opened hand. something that is appealing to me since i do alot more palm stuff lately.

sadly it's just that nothing is sacred to me

I took Tai Chi Chuan for about a year and gained some of the most valuable information in regards to body mechanics I could have found.

At first it was very hard as the instructor kept telling me to relax when I thought I was. Frustrated me to no end, coming from hard styles made it very difficult to drop my rigid ways.

The most valuable thing I took from it was learning to use center line power in everything I did from that point on. Another valuable player to the game so to speak.