Tai Ji Chuan can fight in actual combat, but what he is teaching now is just a scratch, and he may be badly beaten in actual combat. Now Tai Ji Chuan uses it to keep fit.

Second, the debate about whether Tai Ji Chuan can actually fight:

In life, many people don't know whether Tai Chi can be used in actual combat, but in fact, Tai Chi can be used in actual combat. Only in modern life, people often regard Tai Ji Chuan as a kind of health-preserving boxing, and many movements are soft, but in fact, it has certain lethality in ancient Tai Ji Chuan.

We should know that the popular master Tai Chi Chuan and Tai Chi Chuan basically take practicing strength as a breakthrough when teaching apprentices, so that students can quickly reach the level of martial arts. But in fact, the traditional Tai Ji Chuan routine is divided into training, kung fu, quick frame and other steps, followed by auxiliary contact and pushing hands.