Oral history Some of the back story behind Tai Chi massage is that in the old schools of Tai Chi Chuan, the younger students had to do massage on the senior students for several reasons to understand: 1. Various Acu-points for cavity strikes, acupuncture/acupressure healing, and for meditative Neijia exercises, 2. Muscle and Tendon groups for seizing and grasping tendons/muscles, and for massage healing, 3. Joint and Bone locations for breaks, dislocations, and traumatology healing and bone setting.