Grandmaster Wabu Young: “I know you, you do not know me” no doubt to a student who did not “get it” what Form does vs what Push Hands does.
ɪ ʜᴀᴅ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴠɪꜱɪᴛ ᴍʏ ᴄʟᴀꜱꜱ ᴇᴀʀʟʏ ᴀᴛ ʙᴜꜰꜰᴀʟᴏ ꜱᴛᴀᴛᴇ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱɪᴛʏ. ʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀᴛ ʟᴇᴀꜱᴛ 4 ᴅᴇᴄᴀᴅᴇꜱ ʏᴏᴜɴɢᴇʀ! ʜᴇ ᴛᴏʟᴅ ᴍᴇ ʜᴇ ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴀ ᴍᴀʀᴛɪᴀʟ ᴀʀᴛ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ "ᴋɪᴄᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴜᴛᴛ" ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴏꜱᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴅɪꜱʀᴇꜱᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ HIM. ɪ ꜱᴀɪᴅ, "...ʙᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴇᴛ ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴀɴɴᴏᴛ ᴘʜʏꜱɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ..." "ᴀʟꜱᴏ, ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ, ʜᴏᴡ ᴄᴀɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇᴍ"?
ʜᴇ ʟᴏᴏᴋᴇᴅ ᴘᴜᴢᴢʟᴇᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ꜱᴀɪᴅ, "...ɪꜰ ɪ ᴘᴜᴛ ᴍʏ ʜᴀɴᴅ ᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜱʜᴏᴜʟᴅᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ꜱᴇɴꜱᴇ ᴀ ʟɪɢʜᴛ ᴛᴏᴜᴄʜ, ʜᴏᴡ ᴄᴀɴ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇᴀᴄᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴀ ꜰᴀꜱᴛ, ꜱᴛʀᴏɴɢᴇʀ ᴛᴏᴜᴄʜ..." ɪ ᴅᴇᴍᴏɴꜱᴛʀᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴏᴜᴄʜ ᴏɴ ʜɪꜱ ꜱʜᴏᴜʟᴅᴇʀ,, ᴜᴘᴘᴇʀ ᴄʜᴇꜱᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴀᴄᴋ. ɪɴ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ᴄᴀꜱᴇꜱ, ᴀ ɢᴇɴᴛʟᴇ ᴍᴏᴠᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ʜᴀɴᴅ ᴜꜱɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴠᴇʀʏ ꜱʟᴏᴡ ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴀʟ ᴍᴏᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ᴄᴏʀᴇ ᴍᴏᴠᴇᴅ ʜɪᴍ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ʀᴀɢ ᴅᴏʟʟ. ʜᴇ ꜱᴀɪᴅ, "...ᴛʜᴀᴛ ꜱᴇᴇᴍꜱ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ʟᴏᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ; ʜᴏᴡ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ..."? “…glad you asked, Tai Chi Form…develops power….spar and push hands…sensitivity and finesse…”!
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