By the time I was seventeen Seren Tenn had become my taiji, and we lasted three years before Seren died.— Wraithbait
The other part of the answer is a kind of Orientalist spiritualism: a new-agey pick'n'mix adulation of 'ancient Chinese wisdom' and meditation - which very often turns the western teaching of taiji, in particular, into flowery, non-violent nonsense. "— GreenCine Daily
"Then what's taiji, and tenji?"— Wraithbait
"My taiji was named for him."— Wraithbait

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