General Introduction of Tai Chi Chuan

Tai Chi Chuan

As an internal Chinese martial art, Tai Chi Chuan is the repository of Chinese culture and identity. The training forms of Tai Chi Chuan, varying from times to times,which exist traditional and modern types, are well-Known for its awareness exercise and inner peace meditation. 
Varieties of people most of which are the older, pactise Tai Chi Chuan for its health benifits, convenience of training in a board place, refinement of the mind and so on. Tai chi Clothing Uniform The concept of the Tai Ji Chuan is perfectly illustrated by both Taoist and Confucianism both of which are representives of Chinese philosophical. It is a combinational boxing that has a hard and soft martial art technique.

Tai Chi Chuan training consists of five elements: taolu, neigong, qigong, tuishou and sanshou. People are familiar with its slow movement while it also has secondary form with faster pace. In China, Tai Chi Chuan is classified into the Wudang grouping of Chinese martial arts, different from Shaolin grouping. Promoted by Yang Chanhou, Yang Chengfu, Wu Chien-chuan and Sun Lutang in the early 20th, tai chi t-shirts it has been prevailing worldwide among those who concern about their heath and would like to maintain it by the way of martial training.

As for Tai Chi Chuan’s historic origin, it can date back from the theories of Sung dynasty Neo-Confucianism,a conscioud synthesis of Taoist, Buddhist and Confucian traditions,in some schools. These schools pactised theories of Tai Chi Chuan, formed by the Taoist monk Zhang Sanfeng in the 12Th century. However, doubt exists because a 17th century piece called “Epitaph for Wang Zhengnan’,compose by Huang Zongxi,is the earliest reference indicating any connection between Zhang Sanfeng and martial arts, pointed out by the modern research. That is to say,the connection between Tai Chi Chuan and Zhang Sanfeng appeared no earlier than the 19th century. Tai Chi Shoes.

Tai Chi Chuan has spread worldwide, practised in hospitals, clinics, as wellas community and senior centres. As medical studies shown, exercise of Tai Chi Chuan has effectiveness in martial arts therapy. Its health benifits arouse interest of multitude of people. What are supposed to be recommanded is that mental peace can be enhanced by practising Tai Chi Chuan. 

Apart from its attraction of health benefit, Tai Chi Chuan is also widely used in fighting action movies and series. Fictional character, in the prototype of Zhang Sanfeng, the one who is the first one controlling the ‘internal’ and the ‘soft’,often practices the Taoist monasteryof Wudang mountains. Tai Chi Sword

Tai Chi Chuan , retained its look, became easier to teach and learn in order to be popularized, on account that the government sponsored the Chinese Sports Committee. It became the Combined 48 Forms, created by three wushan coaches one of who is Men Huifeng. Combining some features of the classical forms from four the original styles, it developed into a six-minute time limit boxing. Tai Chi Fan The styles of Tai Chi Chuan, meanwhile, vary from times to times. Five major styles are Chen-style of  Chen Wangting, Yang-style of Yang Lu-chan, Wu-styleof Wu Yu-hsiang. Wu-style of Wu Chuan-yu, and Sun-style of Sun Lu-tang. All of them are named after their creators and different from their speed and actions.

From ancient times to the present, Tai Chi Chuan has played a crucial role in self-defence and general health. Despite the fact that Tai Chi Chuan is still mainly practised by the older now, people has paid more attention to it, spreading its inner pezce meaning to Tai Chi Chuan’s actors.