Quotes

Yang style has something of the feeling of 'killer energy' about it; it is more martial in appearance. A spectator can see the applications of the movements when they watch the form.
(Master Xu Shu Song)

When both the self defence aspects and the methods of training internal power are seamlessly integrated, you are doing tai chi.
(Bruce Frantzis)

Why did they make the forms long in the old days, like the tai chi forms? Because the longer you can keep your intent awake and mind-body unified and focus on your movements, the stronger your mind is, the better chance you have of winning a fight.
(Tim Cartmell)

Kung fu is thousands of years old and is a highly developed system of martial art. The student who locates a good kung fu school will find the training thorough and challenging. Kung fu skills, which have been refined over centuries, are not learned easily or quickly. The sincere student, however, through hard work and dedication, will not be disappointed with the results.
(Adam Hsu)

In many martial arts schools the practice was carried out in secrecy and the school's very existence was frequently concealed from the authorities. For example, tai chi is based on body of principles known to be around 2000 years old yet it was not revealed until 1750. When a master of tai chi faces an opponent he brings to the confrontation thousands of years of philosophical, martial and practical thought. He has lived most of his life according to the principles established centuries ago and in the process, he has strengthened his body and probably earned a long and healthy life.
(Howard Reid)

The body mechanics of the internal martial arts are significantly more sophisticated than those of the external martial arts.
(Bruce Frantzis)

Confronted by limitations of effectiveness, the martial arts of the West responded with a continuous crafting of superior equipment. Confronted with similar limitations, the Asian warrior responded by fashioning a better self. The warrior turned not to technology in making his sword a better tool for fighting. Influenced by contemplative aspects of Taoism and Buddhism and by the self-discipline of Confucianism, he turned inward. He fine-tuned his body and mind in order to better manipulate his sword.
(Dave Lowry)

If you’re looking for something easy, then kung fu is probably not for you.
(Anna Spysz)

To eradicate any erroneous ideas you may have, let us compare both the internal and external types of martial arts. If we examine the substance and function of the two types, we will see that there is a great deal of difference between them.
(Robert W Smith)

The way most people do tai chi, it's not a martial art. They could never use it the way they're doing it. Everything's in their hands, they just fill in the rest with fantasy talk.
(Paul Gale)

If you can't do it, you don't know it.
(Mike Sigman)

What does qi have to do with fighting? Absolutely nothing. If you want to talk about qi in the martial arts, I'd say that it doesn't have anything to do with the martial arts. They're talking about intention mostly, and they're calling it qi because it sounds more mysterious.
(Tim Cartmell)