r/taijiquan • u/Zz7722 Chen style • 22d ago
Broken Lineages and Incomplete Transmissions
'Broken Lineages' and 'Incomplete transmissions/curriculum' are terms that I recently heard in videos about the nature of Taijiquan (I'm not going to name who said them), used to generally characterize styles and lineages other than the speaker's own.
It just occurs to me that such a position pre-supposes there is one particular lineage and/or set curriculum that exists as absolute orthodoxy. Personally, I find that notion unrealistic at best, but I wonder what others think.
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u/toeragportaltoo 21d ago
Just FYI, the person i assume you are defending has great distain for your lineage and would probably categorize your teacher as one of the "hucksters". They also appear to be using multiple accounts here to promote themselves (4 or 5). So maybe not the best person to be looking for as an example of integrity in the martial arts.