{"id":8662,"date":"2020-12-08T16:18:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T21:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tambulimedia.com\/?p=8662"},"modified":"2023-07-24T14:37:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T18:37:45","slug":"taijis-principles-and-secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tambulimedia.com\/taijis-principles-and-secrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiji’s Principles and Secrets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
by Nigel Sutton <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zhou Mu Tu lives in southern Malaysia and his martial arts experience consists of training in Taijiquan and Karate. His practice of the former has been colored by his black belt karate skills insofar as the reason he first took up Karate was to make up for what he saw as Taiji\u2019s lack of sparring practice. Having reached black belt he returned to Taiji well aware of just how much Taiji actually had to offer.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Shifu Zhou Mu Tu is easily overlooked as he is often overshadowed by the presence of Shifu Lee Bei Lei, his shixiong and the man he regards as being his main teacher since Shifu Lu Tong Bao died. But he is undoubtedly a man of great skill. Even in his 60s he is still competing in pushing hands competitions and beating people who are more than 20 years younger than him. His interest in Taijiquan has always been in its practical function as a fighting art. Not content with \u201cmouth gongfu,\u201d Shifu Zhou has also practiced Karate, acquiring a black belt before returning to Taiji, satisfied that it was the martial art for him.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n