Sometimes students want to learn Tai Chi through creativity, exploration and experimentation rather than through direct training of techniques.
There are some advantages to this method of study. I have personally learned to do things through my own experimentation. When you learn something this way, you really own it. You know how to do it well and it becomes yours in a way that knowledge that comes through direct training never quite achieves.
Unfortunately, there is a serious drawback to this method of learning:
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How do you know if what your learning is really Tai Chi?
This seems like a simple question on the surface. Look for the forms. If someone is doing Wild Horse Tosses Mane or one or another of the many Tai Chi forms, then it must be a part of the art.
Unfortunately, the answer is more complicated than that.
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