Category: Tai Chi

  • Tai chi Combat forms- my problem with them…

    Tai chi Combat forms- my problem with them…

    Sometimes I meet people who talk about or have learned Tai Chi combat forms. They often stress that they practice a special “combat form”, rather than a “health form”. Sometimes this is accompanied by an air of superiority, which I think is better characterised as delusion. This is broader than Tai Chi, and applies to…

  • The History of Tai Chi Chuan

    The History of Tai Chi Chuan

    x Tai Chi or as it is more completely transliterated Taijiquan (太極拳 ) has debatable roots.  I will briefly cover a number of theories or stories of how Tai Chi originated. They each bring something to an understanding of the art. There is a mythic origin story with Daoist saint/immortal Zhang Sanfeng (張三丰). The story…