JW seems to agree entirely. Then why does he practice Tai Chi and make the claim to be a lineage holder? If I agreed, I would be embarrassed either by agreeing, or by merely practicing tai chi.
everything wrote:What's not to agree with?
To ‘dismiss tai chi entirely...’ for starters. No?
Well, I guess you could start by going back to the old question about if it’s the style or practitioner that is the most important...
Do you really agree with a generalized statement that it’s the style that decides if a person will develop high fighting skills or not?
Personally I find this not only a juvenile thing to say, but also a statement made on false premises.
AJG wrote:Why don't we change the discussion to his good and bad points. He might have something that's of value.
He only has one point, that Tai Chi is is worthless. I have stated what I think about it. Have no idea what value or meaning anyone would have.
dspyrido wrote:If he feel the need to piss off a whole community in order to get people attending his workshops, I would suggest that he visits a psychologist.
I see it as the inverse of those people who post staged bouncy bouncy videos. Why on earth do they feel that would work? Because it does. It might only attract 1 in 100 but in 10's of thousands ...
He didn’t speak about dismissing people making bouncy videos. Only a small fraction of tai chi practitioners make bouncy videos. He says that he ‘dismiss Tai Chi entirely’.