The practice of taichi!

Most people think of it as a slow, meditative practice, good for relaxation etc. They associate it with the practice of a form, development of mysterious invisible "energy" etc.

This is all bs.

Tbf, a lot of practitioners of the arts are also delusional, and this is very often maintained by the teachers, sometimes intentionally, to keep the business afloat.

Often, good taichi practitioners are also delusional, by mistakenly assuming that their practice makes them good fighters. One of my teachers was beaten by a drunkard homeless, and a fight vidéo of a Chinese "grandmaster" of mine has gone viral in China (and YouTube) after being humiliated by an amateur Kickboxer. The old man just could not fight.