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The ability to increase the efficiency of the respiratory
system is one of the main health benefits derived from the
diligent practice of Tai Chi as a dance like art Form. This
is not to say there is anything wrong with "Chuan"
as this includes all of that and more. It's just that the
fighting forms go a little beyond the necessary for the average
westerner who, let's be honest, are not called upon to lay
there lives on the line every day of the week!
Form practice concentrates upon techniques that utilise this
increased capacity over the long term; Chuan adaptations can
produce instantaneous bursts of energy. In the case of the
latter, energy may also be 'stolen' from an opponent.
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