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This is not the best answer, but it is the most sensible answer to a flamebait question. If you like this answer, thank my teacher.
"Internal" and "External" can be traced through Sun Lu Tang's writings on the "Neijia". Being of the Chinese literati, he used the words 內 (internal) vs. 外 (external) because it has double meanings. Besides the connotations of ...
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An external martial art is one in which the emphasis is on physical application of force (whether your own or the opponents force redirected) to cause damage to your opponent. This is the case whether you are relaxed (re-directed force or joint locks etc.) or applying force directly via the application of brute strength.
An internal martial art is one in ...
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External and internal martial arts are the same thing, but they start from a different place. All martial arts follow different paths up the same mountain, but the end result is the same. Because a teacher can't take you all the way up the mountain does not mean the style is incomplete.
The limited point of view is this:
An external martial art will teach ...
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Try reading Doug Wile's 3 tai chi books "Tai chi touchstones", "Lost tai chi classics from the late ch'ing dynasty" and "Tai Chi Ancestors", all available from Amazon. Wile traces the first use of "internal" to (From the Lost Classics book)
Huang Tsung-hsi's (1610-95) "Wang Cheng-nang mu-chih ming" (Epitaph
for Wang Cheng-nan) and his son Pai-chia's ...
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