The 8 areas of skill serves to highlight the fact that most tai chi people only know a facet of the art: qigong, form, pushing hands, maybe a few self defence techniques?
This is not enough...
Master Waller shows that a complete study requires a broader range of topics.
This is why a blue belt in tai chi may be less martially adept than a blue belt in aikido. Our student is learning how to move in a whole body manner, harm and heal, and furnish the art with the theoretical and philosophical background. The aikido person is mainly learning techniques.
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