It is extremely common for beginners to demonstrate no understanding of te at all.
The most obvious fault is forcing.
Rather than let the reeling silk undulation wave do the work, the student uses brute force.
This may be fine in an external class, but in tai chi it is clumsy.
Only an inexperienced tai chi person uses strength rather than jing.
Jing is akin to the ocean tossing a boulder. The water uses no strength. It just undulates.
The kinetic motion does all the work. This is te.
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