Three, in Tai Chi Chuan, the better you get, the slower your routine becomes. As with all the internal martial arts, Tai Chi Chuan is a combination of Self-defense, Exercise, and Performance. Feeling and sensitivity are used to capitalize upon an opponents weaknesses. Focus your mind on what you want to achieve, not on how you will achieve it. By sensitivity, know your opponent, but don't let him know you.
True understanding comes from practice of the solo form.
As a Health Exercise. Improves balance and coordination. Provides suppleness and agility. Stretches and strengthens the body. Calms the Spirit.