Bloodybirds: Always a pleasure to hear from you, my friend. Sometimes, I feel like I underrate my own native culture a little too much. Then again, constantly immersed as I am in it, I tend to see the dross, ugliness and fakery way more than I do the genuine and beautiful. That said, 'grand ultimate fist' is something of an anglicised translation. It is a reference first and foremost to Taijiquan's conceptual root in, well, the principle of taiji or dualistic extremes as found in Taoist philosophy, as opposed to any preeminence its practitioners may claim over the martial arts world. In fact, compared to some other notable styles, Taijiquan produced relatively few fighters of note - its luminaries were men of genius who would have become just as prominent in any other style - and just about no killers I can think of, in contrast to, say, the infamous Bajiquan, particularly of the Li Shuwen era. Not that I'm promoting or denigrating any particular style, mind you - all I'm saying is that I'm afraid something got a little skewed in translation
Anyway, I believe you were saying something about feisty Texan fillies with a penchant for the rough stuff? Go ahead - I'm all ears
