Quotes

Not all tai chi is equal. Just as there are different models of cars, makes of computers and universities of varying calibres, so too are there different kinds of tai chi.
(Bruce Frantzis)

Tai chi exercise is known as one of the finest low-risk forms of physical fitness. There are millions and millions people around the world who are enjoying the significant health benefits of daily practice, helping to reduce depression and promote the feeling of serenity. The happy result is increased optimism and enhanced mental, physical and spiritual well-being.
(William CC Chen)

Tai chi is often described as "meditation in motion," but it might well be called "medication in motion." There is growing evidence that this mind-body practice has value in treating or preventing many health problems. And you can get started even if you aren't in top shape or the best of health.
(Harvard Medical School’s Harvard Health Publication, May 2009)

The Chinese exercise practice of tai chi can significantly boost the body's immune system response to virus infection.
(ABC Science, regarding a University of California study)

People at birth are soft and supple:
At death, they are hard and stiff.
When plants are alive, they are green and bending;
When they are dead, they are dry and brittle.
Soft and bending is the Way of the living;
Hard and brittle is the Way of the dying.
Therefore, a great strength that is inflexible,
Will break in the wind like an old dead tree.
(Lao Tzu)

Some of you have talked about learning a short form of tai chi, which has certain transitional motifs eliminated. The reason for these repeating transitions is to help you flow within the form - to ride over it without thinking. When these repetitions are cut out, some of the major movements become awkward and jam together. The sequence loses some of its smoothness.
(Chungliang Al Huang)

Without long practice one cannot suddenly understand tai chi.
(Wang Tsung-yueh)

The reason that most people don't possess extraordinary physical capabilities isn't because they don't have the capacity for them, but rather because they're satisfied to live in the comfortable rut of homeostasis and never do the work that is required to get out of it.
(Anders Ericsson)

If you let go of your muscular strength your body will start relaxing.
(Bruce Frantzis)