Dragaera

Question on "Pressing"

Fri Dec 12 08:02:57 PST 2003

On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 11:08:01AM -0700, Jot Powers wrote:
> > >And here I thought Tai Chi was a form of meditation.
> > 
> > Watch it speeded up some time.  It's a serious form, just
> > oft-neglected.
 [...]

> "Mastering tai-chi is for the inhuman.  Us mortals master the others."
> 
> Now, naturally, I will have to dig up the book and find the exact quote.

_Moving Zen (Karate As a Way to Gentleness)_ by C.W. Nicol

pg 49

[...] In that case, I countered, what about Tai chi chuan? Nakayama
sensei [then chief instructor] laughed, and with a smile he said,
"For human beings, Karate is the best way.  But there are some men who
are superhuman, and perhaps a few of the Tai chi sensei are just that."


-Jot
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