Oh yes,

that’s what is meant by that part of the classics
etc.” Don’t try to make the classics give you the technique; allow
the technique to give you the classics. “Stick to and not letting go” is a
famous classical saying from t’ai chi but if we try to do what it says then
it becomes a bit silly, we must use a training method to gain this way of
doing things so that it is totally natural and mindless. We don’t know
that we’re doing it. The training methods that give us the classics are all
of your t’ai chi training methods of form, push-hands, da-lu, san-sau
and in particular, ‘Long Har Ch’uan.’
When one starts his/her t’ai chi training there is no need to read the classics
because it will be too advanced. All the beginner should be con-
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cerned with is teaming the movements in a mindful way with every
posture in its correct position. As the student advances in his/her training,
certain lessons are learnt. These lessons aren’t physical things like
where to put your feet and hands etc, but internal less-ons that just come
from doing it the right way. These internal lessons become a part of
one’s own body and mind and no words will be able to express what
these lessons are as everyone experiences something different. If one
practice in this way and doesn’t try to theorize too much or become a
cosmic person, then all of the great benefits to be gained from t’ai chi
will be yours.