The religious and theatrical origins of Tai Chi were completely hidden after the Boxer Uprising. This video begins to unravel the problem. For the whole story, told for the first time ever, see my new book!
TAI CHI, BAGUAZHANG AND THE GOLDEN ELIXIR, Internal Martial Arts Before the Boxer Uprising.
Available here on Amazon (2019): https://amzn.to/2LFvL0E
--(2023) It is available as an audio book too! https://tinyurl.com/Tai-Chi-Audiobook

Also see my first book (2016):
POSSIBLE ORIGINS, A CULTURAL HISTORY OF CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS, THEATER AND RELIGION.
https://amzn.to/3vrQmir

Scott Park Phillips has a reputation for making his students stronger, smarter, richer, funnier and better looking. He livers in Colorado, where he mixes martial arts with improvisational theater, dance ethnology, and Daoist studies.

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And here is a link to some free articles by me: https://mailchi.mp/20efb3afce2c/free-book-preview-published-articles-new-videos?e=997da09be0