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Chen Family style Tai Chi Chuan - beginners

Tools - Tai Chi ruler - the underlying geometry

Rolling the circle inside another circle produces a curve named a hypocycloid

When the radii of the two circles are in 4:3 ratio the curve is called an astroid.

See the astroid and its enclosing circle in the Gold Coin Spade below

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