Tai chi chuan - more often referred to as
Tai Chi is an internal Martial Art system
which was developed in China and has been practiced for thousands of years.
This
discipline that grew out of Taoism and
Buddhism, consists of a ritualized
series of slow, controlled movements (known
as forms) which were derived from other
external martial arts, these
movements helped restore the normal flow of
the body's energy, or Chi. There are a number of forms
in Taichi which consist
of a sequence of movements. Most of these
movements are originally derived from the
martial arts and, from the natural
movements of animals and birds) with a
difference that the
way they are performed in Tai Chi is slowly,
softly and gracefully with smooth and
uniform
transitions between them. It is seeing these
slow and highly controlled movements that
people get fooled into believing it is a
dance form.
Tai Chi is practiced all over the
world by different people of all ages for many
different reasons
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Sick people practice
it for its Therapeutic Qualities.
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People in search of
Spiritual Enlightenment practice it as a
moving form of yoga and meditation
combined
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Many practice it, as it
is a very effective Martial Art Form.
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Martial Artists of
Other Styles who follow the Hard School of
Training combine Taichi to gain the
additional benefits of this martial art
which follows the Soft School of Training.
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