Bhassler wrote:So there are "sides" now in taijiquan?
That sort of thinking (such as it is) is a big part of the reason there's so little meaningful conversation about, well, anything, really. People seem to love to group in their political mega-tribes and point to the barking moonbats on the opposite extreme as representative of why the "other side" is a bunch of idiots. It leaves very little room for nuance, and without nuance there's not really much conversation, mostly just people shouting off rooftops into the abyss.
Nuance died here by at least 2010, if not earlier. None of the big dogs that used to post here do any more. Ever wonder why? Ask one of them.
When I say that someone is not only faking a demo but that he's rubbing people's nose in it by teaching 4-5 year olds how to do it in a 2 hour seminar and the response is "so what, who cares?" then we're not on the same side. AT ALL. We're not doing the same thing and I have nothing in common with those defending this crap. How on earth you could think otherwise is really beyond me.
I'll say it again: vegan girl and man-bun boy are a travesty, as are all those defending them. Strip-mall karate is better than what they are doing.