dedicated to the discussion of the chinese internal martial arts of xingyiquan, baguazhang, taijiquan, related arts, and anything else best discussed over a bottle of rum
"The bank was saved, but the people were ruined." - Henry M. Gouge, circa 1830 “No civilization can survive the physical destruction of its resource base.” - Bruce Sterling
I define internal martial art as unusual muscle recruitment and leave it at that. If my definition is incomplete, at least it is correct so far as it goes.