Most of the postures

hold this aspect where what we see is no real
indication of what we get. Therefore, it can also be said that the t’ai
chi form is an abstract way of learning something real. We train the
body to perform certain abstract postures so that the sub-conscious
mind is able to learn them as fighting postures. If one were to learn
the real use of the postures and how they were used, then it would
take forever to learn them properly because we are thinking about
the martial aspects. If we learn certain abstract movements that only
the sub-conscious is able to work out, then we have learnt the use of
the postures without even learning them. Then when one is well
versed in the slow movements, all that has to be done is to trans- late
the abstract movement into a real form which doesn’t take too long.
Learning the slow form in this abstract way also has another meaning.
We cause certain internal movements of energy to happen,
there-by making our body and mind strong and more in harmony.