What is Tai Chi?

Tai Chi is a Chinese martial art that has evolved over the last couple of centuries  into a popular practice with multiple…[read more]

Origins of Tai Chi

From the sixteenth century onward, the history of Tai Chi is fairly well known and documented. However, legend has it…[read more]

Styles of Tai Chi

Chen WangTing (1580-1660), from Chen village in Henan Province, was the founder of Chen-style Tai Chi, the oldest documented style…[read more]

Moving Forms

Tai Chi is continuous motion. The word ‘posture’ may refer to various fully developed positions, but we don’t hold these positions. We move through them one after another…[read more]

Tai Chi Sword

The FORMS section covers the eight sword forms I’ve studied, but see also:

• Vocabulary for sword
• Chinese Swordsmanship
• Sword Play

On the 1931 Wudang Sword Treatise:

• The Sword of Li Jinglin (1)
• The Sword of Li Jinglin (2)
• The Sword of Li Jinglin (3)

Style Comparisons

Yang Style is derived from Chen, and Wu style is derived from Yang. The traditional long forms share a common deep structure that emerges when the forms are seen side by side… [read more…]

Chinese for the Western Student of Tai Chi

Terms of art and words and phrases used during instruction, as well as the names of the forms and movements of Tai Chi…GO

Traveling in China

In recent years, since the pandemic and ongoing for political reasons, travel to and from China has not been as easy as it was…[read more]

Yang and Chen Style Comparison

• Yang/Chen Side-by-Side (1)
• Yang/Chen Side-by-Side (2)
• Yang/Chen Side-by-Side (3)