Erle Montaigue – How To Use T’ai Chi As A Fighting Art

These training methods are relatively unknown due tothe fact that most people practice t’ai chi nowadays to gain the great healing benefits that this art has to offer, so when someone wishes to learn a little more, i.e.: how to use t’ai chi to defend oneself from external attack, all we are able to “find out is how to use each of the postures from the classical form in it’s fighting sense.
The form from any t’ai chi style was not invented so that people could learn how to fight.
It was invented to give us some of the pre-requisites of any great martial art, good health in mind and body; co-ordination of mind and body: perfect timing; perfect balance; relaxation and sub-conscious reaction.