Bob wrote:Controversial idea here
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First time I've ever heard it referred to the GREAT internal martial art - titles like that bound to fester controversy LOL
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Why is Bajiquan called "Da Nei Wushu"?
What I have understood is that you go more to the soft and internal as you progress in Baji. I bought a couple of Baji VCD's in China about 20 yrs ago. The form and solo exercises were quite "soft" in its expression. The fighting methods and applications, as well as the execution, were identical to what I had learned from Tai Chi teachers.
The different internal arts are still different, but they all meet somewhere and in some respects become more similar at higher levels. In my view there are a few Chinese arts that can look very external at lower levels, but at higher levels, they have at least most of what you can find in the "three sisters" in their higher levels.