Many Tai Chi Chuan practitioners who are martially inclined, think that the slow forms is just for health. Sometimes they disregard it. People will then say that styles like Chen Style is more martial. They are deluded by explosive movements; this is because they are only looking at things from the surface.
What is also important in martial arts is stance work, with Tai Chi Chuan, Zhang Zhuang builds the needed structure which one needs to maintain when doing the form.
With the form, the motion is generated by allowing the mind to sink to the ground and the reactionary force moves the upper body under the guidance of the mind, which is why, you should not be tense. The motion originates from the ground going through the feet as it travels to the upper body.
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