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Tai Chi, Past and Present |
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You probably have seen it on parks. Groups of people practicing a dance that
looks like a slowed down Kung Fu. Or you have probably overheard those noisy
neighboring housewives chattering loudly about how it cured almost
practically all illnesses. Or you have just stumbled onto an array of sites
about Tai Chi but still haven’t got the foggiest about this wonderful art.
Let’s take a quick peek about Tai Chi and its inner workings.
Tai Chi is first and foremost a combat art -no frills. The wise hermit Chang
San Feng founded the art in ancient china after having a revelation by two
heavenly spirits, a crane and a snake. He was so fascinated by the
revelation that he made the 13 postures which led to the forms of Tai Chi.
And since the day of its inception belonged to an age where wars, strife,
and battles are commonplace so it was originally a martial art, second a way
of life. Chang San Feng was also Taoist monk; ultimately Tai Chi was
influenced deeply by the faith he followed. So, the Taoist principles, weak
over strong, slow over fast, and low over high were molded into the art
called Tai Chi.
Since that day, certain individuals mastered and made several distinct
characteristics of Tai Chi. Hence different Tai Chi styles were born. The
most common were the Chen, the Yang, the Wu, the Wu Hao and the Sun style.
Of the five mentioned, the Chen style retained most of the original form of
Tai Chi, alternately the Yang style is the most widely practiced today.
Slow, Kung Fu style movements characterize Tai Chi. There are several forms,
the short consists of 24 postures, mid form has 40, and the long form has
108 postures which only an experienced Tai Chi practitioner can perform
flawlessly. The inner aspects of Tai Chi are much deeper than that of Kung
Fu; Tai Chi is all about meditation and fighting under deep meditation.
These are the properties that made Tai Chi an invaluable tool for health
benefits. Performing the forms properly is similar to doing a fair degree of
aerobics and gymnastics as well as boosting the brain functions from the
meditation it requires while doing these forms.
Tai Chi is now studied mainly as a health regimen. Though there are others
who did take up combat Tai Chi, still health Tai Chi practitioners severely
outnumbered those who do Tai Chi as a combat art. |
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The Best Tai Chi Movies of all Time
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Tai Chi Exercise
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that can be easily applied to anyone, from senior
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Tai Chi Exercises
Nowadays, Tai Chi exercises have been taught
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Tai
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interlinked seamlessly to form a dance.
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objective.
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Tai
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Tai Chi, Past and Present
You probably have seen it on parks.
Groups of people practicing a dance that looks
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Tai
Chi Shoes
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Chi. And of course for obvious reasons,
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Tai Chi Sword
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Tai Chi Swords
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Tai Chi Uniform
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uniform, the mental preparedness it
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Tai Chi Video Hunting
Why learn Tai Chi? There are countless reasons
why, and you could have a dozen why you should.
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Taoist Tai Chi
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followed.
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What is Tai Chi?
What is Tai Chi? It is a Chinese combat art
system that developed way back ancient china.
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Yang Tai
Chi
The Yang Tai Chi is one of the older forms of Tai Chi and was founded by
Yang Lu Chan.
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