Tai Ji Chuan takes Tai Chi and dialectical thought of Yin and Yang in China's traditional Confucian and Taoist philosophy as the core concept, integrates many functions such as nourishing temperament, strengthening body, fighting and fighting, and combines the changes of Yin and Yang, learning the five elements, meridians of traditional Chinese medicine, ancient guidance and breathing to form China's traditional boxing, which combines both internal and external training, rigidity and flexibility.
Tai Ji Chuan absorbed the theories of meridians, acupoints, qi and blood, guidance, and hidden images in traditional medicine, which was in line with medical principles and had fitness.
Three basic characteristics:
The first is the special attack. Tai Ji Chuan is a fist, not a drill, not a dance. So although he does not advocate martial arts, he can use martial arts, and this kind of martial arts is different from some martial arts. He attaches great importance to "combining rigidity with softness" and stresses "attachment to others" and "self-sacrifice", which is a very high-level martial arts.
Secondly, outstanding philosophy. There are profound philosophies from the emergence of Tai Ji Chuan to the specific movements, which have risen to the level of rational guidance and merged into specific action forms, such as the dialectical philosophy of Yin and Yang, specifically to the reality, opening and closing, movement and so on in boxing. Some people even say that knowing the difference between yin and reality is Tai Ji Chuan, so every movement should take this as the guiding principle, which is more prominent than other movements in theory and overall degree.
The third feature is obvious fitness. In terms of fitness, Tai Ji Chuan's series of technical requirements are rooted in traditional medicine, conform to modern science, and show obvious fitness. As the boxing theory says, "Ask what it means, and you will live longer", and a large number of modern scientific experiments are just explaining this point.