Which Tai Chi Style is for you

Chen style Tai Chi is one of the main styles of Tai Chi Quan Chen Ting founded by the famous boxer in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty , created by five sets of the old viaduct , Chen Xi Chuan generations , evolution , and by the new viaduct two sets . After careful choreography , movement speed and strength , agility Effort is also different. The first road movements are simple , less flexible and more just to " shed stroke squeeze by " the use of tetra-n- Jin mainly to "take out the elbow by" four corners , supplemented by the use of the hand . Sophie in the apartment just gas line campaign to exercise wrapping strength based, made ​​fresh supplement. Inside and outside the body , static and dynamic points , a dynamic full-motion , reflecting the significant soft wrapped in soft , slow , steady characteristics ; second way ( gun hammer ) action complex , fast and compact , less rigid and more flexible , exert oneself to "take out the armrest " mainly to " shed stroke squeeze by " supplement ; just made ​​fresh to mainly channeling jump jumping maneuvers flash show , shock foot made ​​fresh . Sophie just in the apartment , wrapped in soft reflect significant Gang, fast , crisp characteristics. Chen Style Tai Chi Quan exercise principles and training method also requires : Italy, gas, three body closely, gas line to Italy , a source moving lumbar , rotating the waist and spine , steadily throughout . Pushing hands to stick with the main winding , " vertical flexion-extension put people to know the end , all wrapped around me conus by " pasting the winding process , the use of : " shed, stroke , squeeze, press " and other rules, leveraging system move, and gave himself from the people, listen to understand Jin Jin , made ​​fresh enemy .
Yang style Tai Chi Tai Chi is one of the genre . Created by Yongnian County Yang Fukui . Yang Fukui , word Lu Chan . Daoguangnianjian thanks to Chen Changxing as a teacher, learning Chen Style Tai Chi Quan , becoming the first non-family disciple of Chen boxing firearms . After Yang was passing at about 1850 to Beijing to teach tai chi. In order to adapt to the Qing Dynasty , he " yi does not move ," the frail elderly and dignitaries Sheriff 's health needs , and expand the scope of a teaching , Chen Style Old Frame boxing excision of hair strong, jumping and more difficult movements , compiled into Yang style Tai Chi Chong fist . Yang Jian Hou then by his son , his grandson Yangcheng Fu (1883 ---- 1936) , who run the repair , stereotyped as Yang style Tai Chi Quan now . Yang style Tai Chi Quan postures stretch concise , action pine soft, slow uniform . Yangcheng Fu Yang style tai chi training method will be summarized in the ten to , namely: Ethereal top Jin , Han Xiong pull back, loose waist, Notional , shoulders dropped and elbows , the intention is not hard, up and down hand in hand , internal and external consistency , constantly connected , move in order to quiet
Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan Tai Chi is one of the genre . Created by Stephen Wu Daxing County , Hebei Province (1870 - 1942) . His father full- Woo (1834 - 1902) , Manchu people . Early learning from Yang Lu Chan Yang large frame boxing , complex thanks to second son Yang Ban Hou school teacher Yang style small frame boxing to Shanrou of the known. Stephen childhood from the Han , surname Wu , also known as love gentry . He adhering to family learning , good small Tai Chi Quan . In 1921, Stephen Ng employed when Beijing Sport Research Society taught Tai Chi Quan remove the fat little strength , jumping and repetitive movements , highlighting the gentle , slow, round living , rolling movement characteristics , creating compiled Wu style Tai Chi Quan . This basic boxing techniques include : hanging top relaxation items , including chest pull back, turn the wrist spin bladder , the exhibition refers to the convex palm, hunched over , buttocks , knees, sitting legs. When asked to do lunges , two toes are facing forward , head and heel forming a slash. When do the horse , requiring the left and right columns pile piles left or right column , that the direction of the center of gravity tend to attack one side . When turned to the variable , regardless of 45 degrees , 90 degrees, 180 degrees , both methods take the whole foot Nianzhuan
Sun Style Tai Chi is one of the genre , created by Sun Lutang County , Hebei Province End (1862 - 1932) , in the early Republican after Lutang not really learn from Hao Wu style Tai Chi Quan as to the basis of Wu style Tai Chi Quan , will now draw xingyiquan progress , regress will withdraw footwork features Bagua twist spin agile agility features, and integrate some of the tactics of this two-door martial arts , mastery, creating compiled Sun style Tai Chi Chuan . This compact Brisk boxing action , elevated step live, Rouhuan round living , changing the direction of movement more . Due to this boxing footwork feet Accompanied retreat features , also known as "living Step Tai Chi ." Since this fist to open hand Hop hand ( opening and closing the hand ) as the basic method of operation of the conversion of convergence , also known as the " opening and closing of tai chi ."
Wu style Tai Chi Tai Chi is one of the genre . Yongnian County , Hebei Province, was founded in Wu Yu- hsiang (1812 - 1880) . Wu Yu -hsiang martial arts since childhood Good Man , about 1850 from Yang Lu Chen Zen too old Tai Chi Quan , 1852 Huaiqing way Henan Zhao town , learn from Chen Qingping Chen Style Tai Chi Quan new , after studying boxing manager, try to figure out fist fight , more than a hair Wu , a record compiled Wu style Tai Chi Quan . This compact boxing pose , emphasizing the right hand half of each tube body , but the shoulder shot , action Rouhuan , footwork compact and flexible, focusing on the actual situation in the gas conversion and the potential transfer . Wu style Tai Chi Quan agility mainly Han Xiong back, wrapped in the crotch , nursing nap , put the top , hanging crotch , Shen elbow , Tail CKS . Focus on action movement from ( start operation ) , bearing ( on an action link with the next action link ) , open , close , pay attention to " shall be folded back and forth , back and forth the need for conversion ."
Zhao Bao Tai Chi form in Wen County, Henan Zhao town . Zhao Bao Tai Chi Quan has fist seventy type, type style are vertical circle , the circle walking upright , is a core feature of the boxing and the whole fist is transferred from the first circle small circle , like silkworms spinning continuous, there is an inverse circle along the ring formed to the body , there are : the hand of the circle , the circle with the elbow to the chest and abdomen of the circle , and the circle to the bladder to the hip of the circle. Turn the pubic region , which was a round of tai chi.
Zhao Bao Tai Chi Quan frame Brisk round live action generous stretch , when the drills, step live ring circle , interlocking , no force action routines throughout , with soft there just after the master routine that gradually the circle for the ring, from simple to complex , improve skills , difficulty in drills during practice to a few times , once started, others view, see walking round the circle , but can not find the head and tail , like the Yangtze sea forever .
Zhao Bao Tai Chi , in terms of good walking skills to get , down , throw , hit, by all arts , there are a variety of grappling with anti- grappling action, and into the routine , and it features very prominent martial , in terms of massage , with two people stand step push hands , stretched , shoes, squeeze , press, the action , live -step push hands to practice mining , columns, elbow , relying , of the law.