Tai Chi Balancing Miracles

While I was away in the mountains I did some thinking about balance illusions. There are two kinds.

1) The opponent believes/feels they are balanced when in fact they are off-balance. This allows you to freely hit them, even in slow motion.

2) The opponent believes/feels they are off-balance when in fact they are balanced. This allows you to move them around as if tipping a cardboard box or a styrofoam castle.

These two illusions are opposites or reversals of each other, something they have...