The match sparked widespread debate over the practical use of tai chi in actual combat. He had followed at least eight tai chi masters since his university days, he said, though he admitted that his tai chi skills were amateur and he had never joined any real fights. Ma wrote that tai chi was “definitely” practical in real combat, but those who could really use tai chi for combat were very few. The majority of tai chi practitioners were merely practising its forms for the sake of exercise, he said. “Tai chi was invented neither for attack nor defence, but as a movement to illustrate its philosophy,” he wrote.

Source: The Star May 05, 2017 14:07 UTC