qiphlow wrote:the longer i spend with practitioners of various internal arts, the more i realize that, at least with the "big 3," there isn't a whole lot of difference at all. sure, the techniques might have different names, but essentially they're the same.
True.
People sometimes say that bagua is a combination of xingyi and taiji. Taiji shares many principles with both xingyi and bagua. The raw ways in which the derive force are different, but many of the subtle ways are the same (IE: drilling, body mechanics etc...).
