In taiji we build a structure (the Form) which we then use to destroy other structures: tensions, misunderstandings, hopes and fears – the ego. This is the intention at any rate. The problem is that the ego will always outfox such a ploy – will always turn and adapt whatever we use against it to its own advantage. What swings the fight the other way – the way of spirit – is our interactions with the Other – the obstreperous, intractable, unfathomable Other – whom we can always guarantee to be far more interested in themselves than in me.