I suspect a LOT of people of faking Tai Chi. How does one >

[mr_hat]

bust a faker?

[FarmerOak]

1. Ask them if they have ever tried the Nanking Variations;

If they say they have, they're totally faking.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

2. The real name of Tai Chi...

Is Tai Chi Chuan. Chuan means Fist. It is, first and foremost, a fighting art of surprising effectiveness, if taught correctly.

Look at the person as they practice. Ask yourself if what they are doing could be used to muster an effective self-defense.

[ForrestGump]

3. Try to hit them. Of course, a lot of tai chi teachers

don't even pretend to know or teach the martial aspect, and all you'd end up doing is decking someone's exercise coach. Don't do that.

[mr_hat]

5. No, no -- I'm talking about these old geezers in the park. >

I think they're just there to like, pick up geezer chicks or something.

[ForrestGump]

7. Leave 'em alone, then, unless -- when your time comes -- you

want some smart-alec whippersnapper messing up your chances with the babes. I know I'll be peeved when it's my turn. :D

[Lydia Leftcoast]

9. China is full of "old geezers in the park" practicing Tai Chi

It's considered a way to maintain flexibility and balance as one grows older.

[mr_hat]

10. Exactly. But what percentage of them are faking, hmmm?

[Shananigans]

6. I like the hit them idea...

that's a good one.

[mr_hat]

8. Or maybe just startle them? Or gross them out? >

They can't be real Thai Chi'ers if you can distract them with rubber vomit, for example. Right?

[ForrestGump]

11. I'd apply the Dragon Reaches for Fake Doggy Poopy technique

Works every time.

[kodi]

4. push hands

balance is everything