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Is tai chi actually a martial art? Or is it just chinese yoga à la aunties stretching in the park? I trained with a tai chi master and his students to find out. After an hour of getting thrown, swept, and pushed around, I learned I was wrong about almost everything. What I uncovered was a story involving viral beatdowns, daoist philosophy and government suppression.

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Introduction
0:40 Meeting the Tai Chi Master
2:01 What is Tai Chi?
5:38 Push Hands
7:35 What Happened?
11:05 Tai Chi for Self Defense
12:44 Chinese Supression
18:00 Moving Step Sparring
21:17 Sumo?
26:08 Viral Tai Chi Beatdowns
28:30 Yin and Yang
30:54 So why is Tai Chi Lame?

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