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Cultural Lesson - Taichi 2015.12.09
A big thanks goes to Tony for his highly interactive crash course in Taichi for this week's culture night activity. Many of the participants had great balance while others of us did not. We learned about qigong and got to practice deflecting punches. We also still like each other so it must have been a success!
Initially, Tai Chi was practiced as a fighting form, emphasizing strength, balance, flexibility, and speed. Through time it has evolved into a soft, slow, and gentle form of exercise which can be practiced by people of all ages.
Some people believe that Tai Chi was developed by a Taoist Priest from a temple in China's Wu Dong Mountains. It is said that he once observed a white crane preying on a snake and mimicked their movements to create the unique Tai Chi martial art style.
There are many different styles or families of Tai Chi Chuan. The five which are practiced most commonly today are the Yang,Chen, Wu , Sun, and Woo styles. All Tai Chi styles, however, are derived from the original Chen family style
More than 300 different known martial arts styles are practiced in China. There are two Chinese Martial Art systems, the internal and the external systems. The internal system includes Tai Chi, Sheng-I and Pa-Qua styles. The emphasize stability and have limited jumps and kicks. The external system includes Shao Lin, Long Fist, Southern Fist, and other styles. They emphasize linear movements, breathing combined with sound, strength, speed and hard power impact contact, jumps, and kicks.
Tai Chi is one of the best known martial arts of the internal systems from ancient China. Based on Qigong and martial art techniques from thousands of years ago, Chen Wangting developed the Chen Style Tai Chi around 1670. It is characterised by contrasting and complimentary movements-slow and soft versus fast and hard. It contains explosive power and low stances. Chen style is more difficult and physically demanding than Sun style; thus it is not the best style to start with if you have arthritis.
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