the title is a quote from a tai chi instructer when I asked him about weight training
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here is my question if our ultimate goal is to achieve balance why would one only want to soften and ignore your external strength?
speaking of pushing a tai chi instructor I have witnessed students being pushed 30 feet away with little to no movement from the instructor
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and that instructor being pushed as if he had no skill by the master
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then it was my turn at a different school (I have no tai chi skill) I was told to try and push the instructors hands down with all my force (I out weighed him by about 70 lbs) next thing I knew I was air born and headed across the room
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I guess I was hard like a rock and got blasted by a water cannon
speaking of pushing a tai chi instructor I have witnessed students being pushed 30 feet away with little to no movement from the instructor
.
and that instructor being pushed as if he had no skill by the master
.
then it was my turn at a different schoo (I have no tai chi skill) I was told to try and push the instructors hands down with all my force (I out weighed him by about 70 lbs) next thing I knew I was air born and headed across the room
.
I guess I was hard like a rock and got blasted by a water cannon