.None of that's got anything to do with the hero's journey of a known fraud who came to believe his own bullshit and abandoned taijiquan the first time he got his ass handed to him.
. His failure, and the failure of whatever other people we may find on video, do not one thing to diminish the value of my practice or my faith in the efficacy of the methods and techniques that comprise it.
. It's always been there when I need it, in and outside of friendly exchanges. I'll note that it does not involve rotting watermelons with chi power.
You seem to know a lot about the guy calling him a fraud commenting on his training, who he's tested against, and who he has not.
As far as abandoning taiji or not. most on this site comment as to others practices of why they don't practice for what they feel is the purpose of their practice.
His comment reflects his own viewpoint, and in general could be said of the consensus of this site in that most people do not practice taiji as a combative art intending to use it as such.
I would tend to agree. This does not diminish the usefulness of it nor the purpose for whatever one assigns to it or their practice.
whenever I work with people I always make sure they understand what they're looking for and expect and direct them to those that would be better suited to their own expectations when it's not in line with the things I worked on.