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1、Taijiquanthe Chinese Traditional martial artsOverview Taijiquan is one of the Chinese Traditional martial arts. Initially, it functioned as a unique and profound self-defense technique. As an ancient Kongfu, Taiji includes quan, sword, broadsword, spear, push-hand, etc. Especially the push-hand is w
2、ell known for its tactic and technique, the powerful and aggressive opponent being defeated by a small clever attack or an abrupt explosive power. As an typical artful Chinese Kongfu, hand push has been highly popular with the small and weak people.History and styles1.history Taijiquan has its origi
3、n in Chenjiagou Village, Henan Province. Chen Wang Ting devised the Chen family-style of tai chi .It is nearly 400 years so far. 2.styles There are five major styles of tai chi chuan, each named after the Chinese family from which it originated. The major family styles share much underlying theory,
4、but differ in their approaches to training.The five major styles of tai chi chuan are Chen-style of Chen Wangting (15801660)， Yang-style of Yang Lu-chan (17991872)， Wu- or Wu/Hao-style of Wu Yu-hsiang (18121880) ，Wu-style of Wu Chuan-yu (18341902) and his son Wu Chien-chuan (18701942)， Sun-style of
5、Sun Lu-tang (18611932) 。 Yang family-style is the most popular and widely practised style in the world today and the second in terms of seniority among the primary five family styles of tai chi chuan. The Wu orWu (Hao) styleoftai chi chuanofWu Yu-hsiang(1813-1880), is a separate family style from th
6、e more popularWu-style ofWu Chien-chan. Wu Yu-hsiangs style was third among the five tai chi chuan families in seniority and is fifth in terms of popularity. TheWu family-styletai chi chuan(taijiquan) ofWu Chuan-yu(Wu Quanyou) andWu Chien-chuan(Wu Jianquan) is the second most popular form of tai chi
7、 chuan in the world today, after theYang style,and fourth in terms of family seniority. TheSun styletai chi chuanwas developed bySun Lutang( 1861-1932), who was considered expert in two other internal martial artsstyles:xingyiquanandbaguazhangbefore he came to study tai chi chuan. Today, Sun style r
8、anks fourth in popularity and fifth in terms of seniority among the five family styles of tai chi chuan. Wudang Style：According to various popular oral traditions Taijiquan was created by Zhang Sanfeng at Wudang mountain but there is no evidence in the written historical records to connect Zhang San
9、feng to Taijiquan. However, Wudang style Taijiquan is becoming more widespread in modern China. New styles：There are now dozens of new styles, hybrid styles, and offshoots are of the main styles, but the five family schools are the groups recognized by the international community as being the orthod
10、ox styles. Other important styles areZhaobao tai chi chuan, a close cousin of Chen-style, which has been newly recognized by Western practitioners as a distinct style, and the Fu style, created byFu Chen Sung, which evolved from Chen, Sun and Yang styles, and also incorporates movements fromBaguazha
11、ng. Health benefits Experts say, the benefits of Taijiquan, on the one hand, can exercise the muscle, collaterals; On the other hand can adjust the breathing, massage, and internal organs to enjoy the fitness function. In addition to the physiological benefits, the benefits of Taijiquan is also in t
12、he spirit of aftercare. The expert points out, tai chi requirements do keep calm, spirit, the spirit of people is very helpful in mental health. The benefits of Taijiquan covers many aspects of physical and mental, to keep the physical and mental health.Modern Tai chiWith purely a health emphasis, t
13、ai chi classes have become popular in hospitals, clinics, and community and senior centers in the last twenty years or so, as baby boomers age and the arts reputation as a low-stress training for seniors became better known. Tai chi chuan also plays an important role in many martial arts and fightin
14、g action movies, series, novels, especially in those ones which belong to the wuxia genre, as well as in video games, trading cards games, etc. Fictional portrayals often refer to Zhang San Feng, who is reported to be the first one harnessing and operationalising the benefits of the internal and the soft, and to the Taoist monasteries of Wudang Mountains, where he lived. . Nowadays the influence of Tai chi chuan is much larger than all over the world ever before with 400 years of development.I think with the passage of time，Tai chi chuan will gain greater development in the future.