OriginFrom the a people of the dormant Giant, China. Among the fabled
and abided by beginners who made the estimate of simulating the flow and
gesticulate of the another martial art methods is Chang San Feng. He's said to
be on the year 1391 until 1459. Back and then, he was living in a monastery
named Wu Tang as a monk.
By aggregating the another precepts of Taoism, kung
fu, and the theory of Yi Jing, he made the ever plain build of meditation, Tai
Chi.Some enquiries argued that deciphers of a wide adoption of Tai Chi were
ascertained in the Greenwich Village of Chen. This was the time of Chen Wang
Ting on the betimes 1600s. Paperses accept it that this is the base wherever
Tai Chi was accepted.
Characteristic
Tai Chi, in a word,
literary means One. In another sense, it means “Supreme Ultimate Fist”. So,
with the words combined, Tai Chi is done as one, with or without a partner,
with the use of hand gestures and different slow motions. Tai Chi stresses to
its practitioners that they must observe proper breathing, and correct posture
so as to facilitate the pattern of the flowing Chi. However, Tai Chi can also
be used as a form of self-defense but as time moves forward, it is less
stressed.
Schools
Today, there are four
popular schools of Tai Chi – Yang, Wu, Sun and Chen. These four are all unique
in appearance and method of instruction but all follows the fundamentals of the
basic principles applied in ancient Tai Chi that consists of cultivation of
chi, correct posture and principles of breathing.
Yang Style
This is the most
famous and popular form of Tai Chi. In this kind of style, the body emphasizes
a consistency regarding its movement speed, smoothness and slow but refined
motion with continuity through the entire session. There are no moves that will
isolate one part of your body, thus, enhancing every part and move at the same
time. Relative to stances, they are wide and high. You back foot must maintain
a 45 degree form in a front stance.
Chen Style
May be quite similar
to the traditional style of kung fu wherein stances are opposite to that of the
Yang and Wu styles. All stances are often done in a low state and have a bit of
an external feeling.
When the Chen style of
Tai Chi is performed, it features a motion that is in slow portions but then
builds a stronger inner chi. it also exhibits a more explosive form with a fast
turning when attacking. The back foot remains the same with the Yang style but
as to being straight, it maintains a bent back knee.
Sun Style
This type of Tai Chi
was created in the year 1914 by Sun Lu Tang. He was already renowned in the
world of martial arts at that time. He trained extensively in Hsing I, Bagua,
and Shaolin Kung Fu. By combining the three together with the theory supported
by Yi Jing, principles of Taoism, and Qigong, he created a new and unique style
of Tai Chi.
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