However, in general, as a small work that foreign friends promote and popularize Taijiquan for us, we really should show some respect to Keanu. It may be because of the first director's reason that he can't get big investment and big production. The film side considers the box office and so on, which everyone understands. The overall structure of the film is too tight. A lot of the narrative and the basics of martial arts that need to be explained are left unspoken.
As a Celestial Dynasty with thousands of years of fighting culture, in fact, most people have a very superficial understanding of martial arts. Last year, there was a movie about Chenjiagou Taiji culture, which barely explained the origin of Taijiquan. I guess many people thought it was Taijiquan created by Zhang Sanfeng.
As for Taijiquan's sect, foundation, and the relationship between martial arts and health, it's actually not that complicated, and I barely mentioned a little here. Others don't know, but Master Yu should be able to understand what kind of martial arts Tai Chi is. How much can be shown in the movie depends on the masters of the older generation to promote it step by step. It is best not to cherish it, or it will be lost if you don't see it. Let's promote it when you have time.
In other words, the only thing that can be shown in this competition is the entry-level level of Chinese martial arts. The real old man and Ye Hu's last trick are the same palms. Visually, they may show luck and dark power. To be able to play at this level proves that basically the skill has reached an intermediate level. But it is far from the high level of Taijiquan, and it can't show how strong Taijiquan is.
Therefore, if you can continue this theme until it shows the highest level of Taijiquan, it will be a pretty good Taijiquan popular science blockbuster. But maybe that's just a good wish.
The martial arts in the movie and the serious Chinese martial arts are basically two different things... I think this is the source of the tragedy. The people are blinded by the gorgeous fighting and can no longer recognize the real martial arts.
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