“The trouble with Americans is they’re too damn fat.”

“There’s no top in the Tai Chi symbol.”

“They say only 10 percent of the brain’s function is known. Apparently, the function of the remaining 90 percent is to keep us from discovering its function.”

Focusing (concentration) seems to be the trick.

I once saw Wu Dang Chen teaching a student how to ground, and when it happened you could feel it all the way to the back of the room.

We’re not confined to what we call our body.

Another time Chen was teaching Tai Chi outdoors when a jet flew over. I distinctly felt Chen connect with it.

An hour or so later, he said, “While I was outside with you, I went up into an airplane and had a nice conversation with a woman.”

However, with folks such as Chen and Adano and Adnan, they can easily read your mind, and play tricks.

Masters are pranksters, and enjoy a good joke every now and then.