blindsage
Master of Arts
Fair enough, I appreciate the response. So let me amend my last statement from "we" are speculating to "I" am speculating. I've never met him or talked to him, and my exposure to Taiji has been from my school only. Except for some videos on youtube, books, online articles and some documentaries. Thus I'm talking to you guys to attempt to get an idea for why the difference and what things you can see that are tell tale signs of there lineage and style.
I'm not a fan of the CMC form. As for his skill, my sigung was a push hands partner of CMC and a fighter, and vouched for his skill. Good enough for me.