zhan zhuang-confers all the benefits of the internal arts?

[Chris McKinley]

Absolutely not. Perhaps certain aspects might begin to manifest themselves for you, but real life-or-death fighting skill does not confer itself upon us by osmosis. There is still no substitute, ESPECIALLY in the Taoist internal arts, for working with and feeding off the energy of a real live training partner. Similarly, the energies of the movement of individual postures, forms, etc. do not reveal themselves without actually performing them, and learning to do so correctly. When in doubt, don't discount the simple but often quiet voice of common sense.