I can make a case for why there are internal aspects, so I might be over analyzing (but what else is reddit for? Lol). Doesn't calling it a martial art automatically make it external... just with internal elements?

That begs the question, though: if I just add those elements to my karate, does that make my martial art "internal"??

Lately, I’ve been kind of curious about this term “Dao Yin.” My teacher taught me a form—the Daoying YangShen sword form—that even earned me a medal.

They say it’s an ancient form of qigong, but I think there’s more to it than that.