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[QUOTE="monkey23, post: 5891658, member: 128558"]
did you ever watch the old 70s and 80s martial arts movies out of hong kong..??

there were different styles...the crane...the praying mantis...the tiger...the dragon...the snake..etc etc...and of course, the drunken monkey :)

most people, if properly schooled, can become efficient in one, or at best two styles. One style is used against another..perhaps the praying mantis can beat the tiger, while the snake cannot...for example.

a truly talented, [B]intuitive [/B]martial artist can switch between one style and another...in order to successfully combat the style of their opponent.

This [B]metaphor[/B] culminates in Tai Chi...a synthesis of all the styles....learn Tai Chi, and you will be the true master. There is no [B]'way'[/B] ...[B]you[/B] are the [B]'way[/B]', the truth, and the light in the darkness.

Very few people can learn Tai Chi...although many can learn the individual animal syles. They are too rigid...set in their ways...and full of the erroneous belief that only their style is best....like a stone trying to break the water of the river it is thrown into. Eventually, the stone will flow to the sea, and become sand.

Be like water.

Don't listen to me...i am a crazy old man. :)
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