On Fri, 9 May 1997 XTSEBASTIAN1@ccvax.fullerton.edu wrote:

Hmmm, I like this.  I'm gonna have to agree with the poster
who pointed out the tai-chi stances in the opening credits to 
the first series though.  I'm surprised that you missed that.

Actually I did catch it, and I figured

1) the creators used Tai-Chi in the opening because it looks cool.  Ranma
may or may not actually know any Tai-Chi.

2) it's entirely possible that Ranma knows some Tai-Chi but _doesn't_ know
it as Tai-Chi, he might just think of it as another aspect of Kempo
(especially since Tai-Chi is easily incorporated in to many martial arts
including Karate, Jujitsu, several Kung Fu styles, and Kendo.  yes there
are Tai-Chi sword forms as well.)

AJ