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Chi Gung - History
Taijiquan is a traditional internal Chinese Martial Art classified as Kung Fu or Wushu.
There are many theories of when Taijiquan and Chu Gung started but Martial Arts scholars in China have determined that the originator was Chen Wangting of Wen County, Henan province in the middle of the 17th century at the end of the Ming Dynasty.
Although Taijiquan is a traditional Chinese Martial Art, most people today choose to practice it only for its health promoting benefits making Taijiquan assessable to all age or gender.
Taiji is a great legacy of the Chinese people, which can help to build good health and a feeling of well-being.
Simplified Taijiquan
Designed for the beginner, it is based on the Yang style, selecting the major movements combined into 24 forms. Its basic and easy to grasp.
88-Move Taijiquan
Again based on the yang style, it preserves the order of traditional Taijiquan's movements, while expressing the character of the Yang style in a more concentrated form.
48-Move Taijiquan
Also for the practitioner with some experience, it is again, based mainly on the Yang style, though incorporating features from some other styles. Lively, balanced and graceful, it breaks with the traditional order of movements.