Tai Ji Chuan is a competitive sport and a kind of martial arts. Tai Ji Chuan is a kind of family boxing. Through the cooperation of hand, eye, body, method and step, the attack and defense technology of every movement of limbs is realized.
Because it combines the ancient introduction and breathing, and absorbs the classical philosophy and the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, it not only has offensive and defensive techniques, but also has certain fitness and health preservation functions.
Traditional boxing techniques such as Chen, Yang, Sun, Wu, Zhao Bao and Mixed Yuan are popular in Tai Ji Chuan, as well as national standard competition routines such as 24-style and 42-style Tai Ji Chuan and equipment.
Difference:
The most essential difference between Baduanjin and Tai Ji Chuan is that Baduanjin is just health qigong, and has no purpose of self-defense. In attack and defense, Tai Chi includes pushing hands, including endurance training. Secondly, judging from the time when they came into being, Baduanjin came into being earlier than Tai Ji Chuan in Beizong period. Finally, Tai Ji Chuan has auxiliary exercises on instruments, such as Tai Chi ball, Tai Chi ruler, Tai Fan Chi, sword and spring and autumn broadsword. And the requirements are relatively higher than the Baduanjin venue.
Similarities:
The biggest similarity between the two is breathing and breathing, both of which are reverse abdominal breathing (some sects or boxing also have abdominal breathing). For example, Tai Ji Chuan's enthusiasm, Tai Ji Chuan pays attention to air-entraining, air-transporting, exhaling with fists, and lowering the diaphragm; Secondly, they have something in common in figure and footwork, which is also some training methods of Neijia Boxing Academy. Finally, both of them have a long history and inheritance, and they are precious cultural heritages of Chinese civilization.