<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Slight of hand, slight of mind, and subtle mechanical efficiencies.</span></p><div class="iframe-wrapper"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/877726554?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></div><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Tai chi, like any martial art, when done properly, can appear fake or magical. In fact, all martial arts involve trickery and deception, even thought they are rooted in physics and have good scientific explanations. Some of these scientific explanations are simple, some are complex, and some involve such subtle mechanical advantages that they look and feel like magic. Magicians know that magic is in the perception of the audience.</span></p><p><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In martial arts, the audience is you, and your opponent. So, while you are manipulating natural law to deceive your opponent, you need to remember that you can be mislead by your own deception.</span></p>

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