It is boring to watch the forms done poorly.

I had a Chen style teacher who had it. It being internal strength, peng jing, neijia, etc. I could see it. I could sit and watch a long time as he did the form. It was fascinating to watch. I would try to figure out where the power was coming from and how the whole body moved to get a movement.

I learned a great deal from watching him.


Now, bad taiji people are totally different. The standard tai chi class that I have seen is boring to watch. There is no real power to be seen and the whole body isn't moving to power the movements. Bad taiji is not fun to watch. The more experienced and "higher" level the person, the less fun it is to watch bad taiji.

~ Eric Putkonen