Taijiquan's name before it was even called "Taijiquan"

[Taste of Death]

Keeping the bird from flying away is a parlor trick. Snatching it out of the air is the real gong fu.The king of the jungle knows this.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3570896/Spitting-feathers-Lioness-sends-huge-flock-doves-flap-snatching-one-birds-sky-devouring-it.html

Another good one is tossing an apple into the air and catching and crushing it all on one motion. Not much gong fu involved but who cares?

[Taste of Death]

I know someone who was on this site that demonstrated it to a senior student
Unfortunately I am not permitted to tell how he did it
And due to fact he was asked to leave the site it will never be revealed
I know some of his students read the site so they might be able to ask him
All that said the reason for the story was to display a principle

Why is that? Did you promise an Australian not to reveal an ancient Chinese secret?

Now I would like to fly away from this discussion.

[wayne hansen]

I promised the guy who did it I wouldn't reveal it until he told the guy he did it to the trick.

[Taste of Death]

I promised the guy who did it I wouldn't reveal it until he told the guy he did it to the trick.

That is the magician's code not cima's. Oh, wait a minute.