Zhang3Feng
i used to regard this venerated old man called zhang sanfeng with much reverence becos he managed to withstand temptation of hottie guo xiang in the chronicles of Jingyong COndor trilogy. On the other hand,I was never really impressed by his taichi skills. It was a whole lot of bull tt never made sense to me.

SLow CAN beat fast?

I dun believe.The moves are always executed slowly in an exaggerated and laggard fashion which makes people wonder if the moves are dilatory tactics to fool the opponent.

I have been proven wrong recently. The art of taichi has transcended beyond the martial skill. Its yi or the quintessence has become an important point of reference in our modern society just like how the suntzi art of war has been dissected and desecrated by corporate firms to teach people how to become shrewd moguls.

Taichi actually has this famous set of moves known as the 13 Kinetic Movements of Taichiquan.This 13 moves are further split into the 8 Men (Eight doors) and the 5 BU (five steps). Unknown to members of the public, some of the army personnel are actually crouching tigers:-extremely well versed taichi exponents who choose to lie low.

Heres a rough runthrough of the moves i have secretly acquired from their manuals and peeking through the door slits when they are in the meeting room. Difficulty-indicated by *

8 Moves
Peng (ward off) Once an arrow has been shot in the direction, move quickly to ward off the imminent danger or attack.*
Lu (Stroke) Stroke someones ass (the potential guy whos absorbing the damage) i.e sing praises abt his work efficiency **
JI (Push) With a half-jovial half-serious tone, push the responsibility/arrowto the unsuspecting victim **
An (Press) Finishing move, apply firm pressure and use your rank/power to complete the execution.***
Cai (to pull suddenly) In army lingo,they call it "pull stunt",eg performa highly dangerous move to escape the arrow. Extremely dangerous.****
Lie(Twist) Cock and bull story.Twist facts and fabricate the most convincingyo-grandmother-got-something-on and dog-eat-paper stories. Excuses. **
Zhou(Elbow strike) Yet to comprehend. CHEEM.
Kao(lean against) Use your connections as trump cards. Like saying "my commander ask me do this. you wan me to do this new thing for you better ask him first."

The last five moves are Advance, Retreat, Survey left, survey right and guard center. Basically, it describes how one should move ard to avoid attacks/ dodge arrows.This in short is the essence of the 13 Shi which should be useful for survival in the modern pugilistic world of today.