Dan Harden at it again...
Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 10:17 am
Funny to see Harden posting in one of the largest Tai Chi Facebook groups:
Let me start by saying I dismiss Taichi entirely for high level fighting. Most amateur MMA guys would destroy Grand Masters in a minute or two.
Forms:
Every source
Every interview
Many classic writings
All state that "The form is meaningless." Or "There is no form."
Indeed, every so called Master does their form differently.
Yet......
Everywhere I look, I see teachers teaching ridiculous, overly detailed corrections with people lapping it up and trying to puppet their chosen hero.
Yet the real power has obviously escaped just about everyone. Enough so that it is obviously not being taught and can't be found "in a form."
So other than fun and health and the nature of people to want to conform and look like each other, what the hell is the point?
And for that matter, in the history of the arts, it appears that the vast majority of the founders...were mavericks defying the practices of the masses.