Comments by "jpsholland" (@jpsholland) on "Joe Rogan on Tai Chi" video.

This is what i always told around. Tai Chi is NOT ment to fight. It is a PART of Kung Fu. And it is the part to train your body to gain and maintain balance, condition, flexibility. Thats why it is slow. Trowing a perfect kick in slow motion take way more balance and muscle control then do it fast. This is why many elderly people in China do this. To maintain their health as long as possible. But the Youtube community, most of them practice fake martial arts without themselves to know it, want every move they see to be ment for fighting. About 10 years from now, they will claim that both American Football as well as European Football (Soccer) is a martial art because they kick.... And probably Basketball too, because they jump.... The same goes for bashing Aikido. People dont know where they talk about. Like Tai Chi, Aikido is pulled way out of wack, to something it never ment to be. Just to entertain thousands of Youtube idiots who write daily comments at martial arts videos but never been in the dojo themselves. Or like i said before, practice a fake martial art without themselves to know it. Osu.
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