S1 E12 - Taijiquan today, less "Wu" and more "Wen"
Taijiquan has always been a "kung fu", one of the many styles of the traditional Chinese martial arts. On the other side, yet from the beginning the practice of martial art has always been seen in China as a way to develop the personal character. During the 20th century we saw Taijiquan steering toward the cultivating, or "Wen" side of the practice. Many Taijiquan practitioners think that their cultivating practice will one day lead them toward martial skill, which is not true, while practitioner of the higher levels of the martial side of Taijiquan, or "Wu" side of the practice, think that they will in this way evolve on their cultivating path, and this is not true either.