What is Tai Chi?

Talking Tai Chi with the Teapotmonk by Paul Alan Read

Jun 24, 20138:43Health

Hi welcome to Talking Tai Chi with the teapotmonk. Today we begin out journey and start our exploration of what is Tai Chi. But instead of defining it - a rather meaningless task given the enormous cultural and linguisti...

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