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Robert Amacker In Structural Fundamentals of Taijiquan, I posited eight areas of study and practice that I deem to be fundamental to a mastery of the art, namely: posture, chansijing, differentiating substantial and insubstantial, making taijis (civil aspect), martial techniques (eight trigram postures), taking steps (five element postures), discharge, and continuous or so-called “long” boxing. […]

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