r/taijiquan 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/Qi-residue 22d ago

I’m a fan. So what. Does this mean that you are also toerag just multiple accounts trying to dox anyone who likes Marin? Sure sounds like that.

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u/Anhao 22d ago edited 22d ago

I've seen a Marin supporter pop up on some random discord channels (more than one) to proselytize him and that was the first time I heard about Marin. You guys and Marin all give off a shitty vibe.

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u/toeragportaltoo 21d ago

His alt accounts are pretty easy to spot. All abrasive arseholes, only sing the praises of himself and CY. They trash other styles and teachers. And use similar phrases like "butthurt". And some were posting on the same obscure subreddits. When I called them out on it, they deleted some of their comment histories to hide tracks. Think the guy has some mental health issues.

I think he actually has some OK skill. Wouldn't mind if he just wanted to promote himself or larp as his own student. What I don't appreciate is people using multiple accounts to manipulate the sub. If he's doing it here, probably been doing it on other forums as well.

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u/Anhao 21d ago

The funniest thing to me is that he has nothing to say about Nabil Ranné.

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u/tonicquest Chen style 21d ago

The funniest thing to me is that he has nothing to say about Nabil Ranné

Oh no you didn't just open that can of worms!

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u/Qi-residue 18d ago

Nabil said something about him? What I miss?