Regarding the 24 movement Taiji form with applications, see the old tape by Liang Shou Yu and Sam Masich. The form is played with deep postures and solid stances and the applications are very good.
I can see from his book and tapes where someone might feel very comfortable learning only the 24 movement, some warm-ups & Qi gong (see the book) and the applications with some two man drills (see the tape). Add a little pushing hands from Sam Masich's other tape plus the 32 movement sword with auxilliary exercises and you could be quite content.
A great way to teach most public students? Yes. Why? Because on average, most students last between 2-3 years, this can be taught and completed over that time period. When the student leaves, they are left with a sense of achievement and general feeling of completedness. When they leave, they leave with a smile on their face, which is your best sourece of advertisement i.e. satisfaction word of mouth!
For some people, thats all they desire and can get all they need from the 24 movement form/system. Surprisingly, many don't want to be "burdened" with the politics of whether my taiji is the original one or whether I am king of the hill and can kick your arse and everyone else's etc. etc. etc.. Its hard to believe that there are people like that out there, who take seriously the belief the mastering and completing a small part is better than have a large part uncompleted.
For others, like the posters here, it would barely wet our lips!
Last edited by RAF; 03-15-2003 at 06:07 AM.
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