In most Taiji schools today, students learn forms after forms, and almost nothing else. The forms are genuine, and students often can perform them beautifully. But these external Taiji forms themselves are not Taijiquan. No matter for how long Taiji practitioners may practice these external forms, they will never be able to defend themselves or cultivate their spirit or even have excellent health unless they also practice other aspects of genuine Taijiquan training, like internal force development and combat application. In our school, Shaolin Wahnam, form practice constitutes only a small part of our overall training. Taijiquan forms, nevertheless, represent the crystallization of techniques masters developed over many centuries.
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