The Origin, Development and Style of Tai Ji Chuan

The origin, development and style of Tai Ji Chuan are as follows:

1, Tai Ji Chuan is a traditional boxing in China, and its origin can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty. According to legend, this kind of boxing was created by a martial artist named Zhang Sanfeng when he was practicing Taoist inner alchemy. Tai Ji Chuan's name comes from the concept of "Tai Chi" in China traditional culture, which emphasizes the balance of yin and yang, the combination of dynamic and static, and both internal and external cultivation.

2. Tai Ji Chuan gradually developed into a mature martial arts boxing in the Ming Dynasty, and was widely used in military operations and civil self-defense. With the passage of time, Tai Ji Chuan has gradually evolved into different schools, the most famous of which are Yang Tai Tai Ji Chuan, Chen Tai Ji Chuan and Wu Tai Ji Chuan. These schools have their own characteristics and styles, but their core principles and essentials are the same.

3. Tai Ji Chuan's characteristic is the balance of Yin and Yang: Tai Ji Chuan emphasized the balance of Yin and Yang, that is, the balance between the inside and outside of the body, movement and excess and deficiency. When practicing, you should relax your body, keep your center of gravity stable and breathe naturally. By adjusting breathing and body movements, the balance between Yin and Yang Can can be achieved.

4. Be soft on opponents: Tai Ji Chuan pays attention to the skills of being soft on opponents, and emphasizes subduing them with their strength. In practice, it is required to move slowly, roundly and continuously, and the effect of borrowing power can be achieved by guiding the opponent's strength. Internal and external training: Tai Ji Chuan emphasized internal and external training, that is, he paid attention to both physical fitness training and internal cultivation.

The benefits of learning Tai Chi

1, promoting health: Tai Ji Chuan is a low-intensity, high-endurance exercise suitable for people of all ages. It helps to improve heart and lung function, enhance the flexibility and balance of the body, and also helps to consume fat and enhance muscle strength. In addition, Tai Ji Chuan's unique respiratory regulation method can also strengthen the human respiratory regulation and improve the digestive and circulatory systems.

2. Relieve stress: The fast pace and high pressure of modern life can easily make people physically and mentally exhausted. Tai Ji Chuan's exercises need physical and mental relaxation, which helps to relieve stress and tension. People who practice Tai Ji Chuan for a long time have more stable mood and stronger ability to cope with stress.

3, improve attention: Tai Ji Chuan requires attention, so that practitioners can better concentrate. This not only helps to improve memory, but also helps to improve work efficiency. For students and office workers, this is undoubtedly a very useful exercise.

4. Fall prevention: Tai Ji Chuan's footwork is flexible and changeable, which helps to improve the body's balance ability and reaction ability, and has a good effect on preventing the elderly from falling and teenagers from accidentally falling in sports activities. Tai Ji Chuan requires practitioners to persevere, which helps to cultivate people's perseverance and patience.