The History of Tai Chi Since its Inception in 1600 to Today



The History of Tai Chi Since its Inception in 1600 to Today

At that time, the family had a powerful martial reputation and his own style successfully derived from the legendary Chen Bu first generation of the family, who lived in the late 1300s and this style of Henan, Shanxi, when the family he moved to (Shanxi province is the traditional source of both Xingyi and Bagua Zhang Chuan). This original family style can also have some relationship to Shaolin village Chen is apparently very close to the Shaolin Monastery.



Chen Wang Ting is credited with the creation of a number of forms of Tai Chi Chuan, which were then done by the members of your family / village began to develop what is now known as the Laojia way. The new Tai Chi style he created was integrated by Chen Wang Ting existing family style with martial theories of the 36 postures described by General Qi Jiguang in Ching Chuan (traditional boxing) section of their military manual and ideas Fa Jiang - a martial artist skilled / prisoner / friend of Chen Wang Ting - five routines of Tai Chi Chuan and long handle 108 shape and form the canon fist. Similarly Tai chi appears to have built-in Chin - joint locks - apparently already ubiquitous in the martial arts in the world, but given a new meaning in Tai Chi, which offers unique opportunities for the application and for the production of electricity in use.

This martial dichotomy / health is illustrated by the Yang style of history derived from Luchan Yang is said to have learned the Chen style secretly while living in the village in the early 1800s - but have been accepted as a student when he demonstrated his skill against several family members.

Mai Lee Yang (Yang Chen Fu granddaughter) in Hong Kong and she still lives the practice of Tai Chi as a martial art - in fact, the form still many aspects that are of martial value and can be Yang Chen Fu himself and perhaps a few close students continued to practice a martial version of the form. So Luchan Yang Yang style of the modern world (until recent years, "the" global style Tai Chi), we saw a complete conversion within about 200 years.

At the same time, Chen 14th generation Youben also is credited with the design of a new small form part called Xiao-jia. It was followed by the generation 16 member Chen Xin, who wrote the first book on Chen Style "Illustrated Explanations of Chen Family Taijiquan" based around the way Xiao Jia, but not published until 1932. Wu Quan style drift you a leading student of Yang Luchan and son Yang Pan Hou - son from family style Wu Wu Quan You Jianquan.

Wu (Hao) style drift Wu Yu Xiang (1812-1880), who also studied with Yang Luchan for many years, then in the Chen village for three months under Chen Ching-ping. His family style was derived from this experience and is often referred to as the Hao Wei Zhen Hao style after - the second generation successor. The first generation successor Li I-yu, also continued to form its own different style now that Li style.

Hao Wei Zhen came to know and convey your Tai Chi Sun Lu-tang - an experienced practitioner of Xingyi and many other martial styles. Sun Lu Tang was known as a skilled fighter who went on to produce his own Sun style Tai Chi.

Tai Chi core is quite interconnected - fed for 200 years by practitioners of Chen village, then in the last 200 years of Chen Yang and Wu Hao Sun - now everything is developing in parallel and always separation from other variants.

Tai Chi Sports shapes are judged on visual art and contests on the basis of rules with skill points allocation expert judges observed. Later, I was introduced to the Yang style by my karate teacher Hirokasu Kanazawa learned that 24 step Yang style in Japan from a Chinese professor in exchange for karate instruction.

Emigrant teachers understand people like Chu King-hung who came to London from Hong Kong to teach Yang Yang style tradition Chen Fu and head 19th generation of the family Chen Xiaowang Chen, who now travels the world as an ambassador for Chen style.

In recent years, Tai Chi focused organizations have successfully promoted Tai Chi side sport in China and in the world, so that the forms and sparing many competing brands are now very visible and give a counterpoint to aspects health / meditation widely seen in popular media.

In recent years, perhaps the most significant development, however, was the dramatic growth of old-style all - Chen style - resulting from Chen Xiao Wang efforts (Chen Fake grand-son of the 17th generation) and three from this quartet as the "Four Buddha warrior agents" Chen village to say Zhenglei Chen, Wang Xian Zhu and Tiancai. After so long nurtured the traditional martial root Tai Chi Chuan these teachers of the village Chen give us the opportunity to come back to this root and fully appreciate the value of a style that is true to its core values ​​still contains a complete and balanced martial synthesis.

These travelers and emigrants teachers have sown the creation of a "culture of Tai Chi" in the west This has now developed its own highly qualified teachers, as Karel and Eva Koskuba -., Having met and trained under Chinese teachers United Kingdom or elsewhere, then sought to continue their training in China itself - thus developing maturity of Tai Chi outside China.

So what future for Tai Chi? Annex:

The role of other internal arts to understand the history and development of Tai Chi - the co-linear evolution of Xingyi, Bagua and Yiquan

In the understanding of the history and development of Tai Chi is useful to examine the parallel tracks other internal arts of Xingyi, Bagua and Yiquan.

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