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Originally Posted by Richard Kerr
Tai Chi is good all round Mr Fighter but it is like all Traditional sytems from Shoalin, very hard to master. I once asked my Tai Chi teacher would my Tai Chi training improve my kickboxing? He simply replied;
"Yes of course! In about ten years."
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Pfft... True internal styles are very difficult to master and require a LOT of work, but thats because of all the technicalities and the huuuuge amount there is to learn. Just because it takes a lifetime to master, doesnt mean it doesnt help you ebfore you master it. I started tai chi just a while ago, and it has allready made me at least 3 times as better than I was. Example, I usually do hard styles, Karate being an old favourite of mine, my friend could allways beat me, he would constantly kick my ass, and horribly too! Damn he's a good kicker. But now he doesnt want to fight me, because if we fight now, I am just as good as him. When before the gap between us was huge, its now vertually inexistant.