Tai Chi History (Part 2) with Phillips & Wells

Scott Park Phillips and Marnix Wells discuss the lively origins of Tai Chi. In this video (PART 2) we discuss the first Tai Chi Classic
GENTLE WARNING: To some ears this might sound like Phillips is pulling wisdom-teeth and Wells is simply confirming Phillips' theory. What is actually happening here is that we talked for 10 HOURS before making these videos (2 hours every other week). In that time we hashed out what we agree on, disagree on, and had wildly meandering conversations and explorations. I don't think many people would be able to follow our trajectories, fun as the are, so I asked Wells if we could try to stay on topic and condense it down. This is the result.
Marnix Wells began studying Chinese Martial Arts in Taiwan in the 1960s, he has a PhD in Chinese Language and Literature from SOAS University of London. He is the author and translator of:
Scholar Boxer: Chang Naizhou's Theory of Internal Martial Arts and the Evolution of Taijiquan
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Scott Park Phillips is also a life long practitioner of Chinese Martial arts. His books are:
Possible Origins, A Cultural History of Chinese Martial Arts, Theater, and Religions
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Tai Chi, Baguazhang and the Golden Elixir, Internal Martial Arts Before the Boxer Uprising
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