Grandmaster Tse’s Tàijí Fist 289

As Tàijíquán 太極拳 is internal, it helps people to relax, makes them stronger and teaches them good coordination, and because of this, most people will practise Tàijíquán for health reasons. However, the other side of Tàijíquán is the fighting skill. The fighting skill also has a theory and follows the principles of Yīn 陰 and Yáng 陽. This means that when we are fighting, we can use the soft skill and the hard skill. For example, if someone throws a punch at us, we can gently contact the arm and feel their power and then redirect it to the side. As a result, their fist does not hit us and also their power makes them vulnerable to us. This is because when their attack misses target, their power will still be going forwards  and if we use it and push them a little, they will lose their balance. We use soft against hard. This is a high level of Tàijíquán’s theory, how to use less effort to overcome the strong power. We can also apply this theory to different parts of our daily life. Then we will not become so upset at things that irritate us. This is another example of repeating Tàijíquán ten thousand times in order to discover something better afterward.