Tai Chi vs. Marching
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 6:20 am
Soldiers march all day. If that is all they did, does Tai Chi beat their marching?
It may be true that one some theoretical or philosophical level Tai Chi is a superior exercise, or even a superior martial art. But apples to apples, oranges to oranges, if you want to teach 1 million people to fight and win a war, is it better to just march?
Serious question: If your battlefield art can't win on the battlefield where exactly is it supposed to win where the battlefield art won't?
Marching is simple and easy and can be learned in just ten minutes. Just like Tai Chi it can take a lifetime to truly master. But it is impossible to fuck up. There is no "miss by 1000 miles" here. You just march.
Hmm, I wonder....
It may be true that one some theoretical or philosophical level Tai Chi is a superior exercise, or even a superior martial art. But apples to apples, oranges to oranges, if you want to teach 1 million people to fight and win a war, is it better to just march?
Serious question: If your battlefield art can't win on the battlefield where exactly is it supposed to win where the battlefield art won't?
Marching is simple and easy and can be learned in just ten minutes. Just like Tai Chi it can take a lifetime to truly master. But it is impossible to fuck up. There is no "miss by 1000 miles" here. You just march.
Hmm, I wonder....