Hey Tai Chi-friends,

several times I saw here in discussions, that the eight gates (peng, lü, ji, an, cai, lie, zhou and kao) can be used as an techniques or seen as an principle and some mentioned here also, as both at the same time.

I learned it that way too - they are both: technique and principle

So I wrote a little article about it:

http://taichi-philosophy.blogspot.de...niques-or.html

Enjoy reading

Martin