Chen-style Tai Ji Chuan-style Tai Ji Chuan was founded by Chen, a famous boxer in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, creating five sets of old-fashioned. Chen style has been passed down from generation to generation, constantly evolving and adding two new styles. After careful arrangement, the speed and strength of movements and the strength of body methods are also different.
The first movement is simple, more flexible and less rigid, mainly based on the four positive forces of "shed sliding and pressing", supplemented by the use of "elbow leaning" four-corner hand. Combining rigidity with softness, strenuous exercise, mainly practicing silk winding strength, supplemented by strength. Inside and outside the whole body, the movement is harmonious, and both movement and movement are moving, which embodies the characteristics of rigidity in softness and stability in slowness; The second way (gun hammer) is complex, fast, compact, more rigid and less flexible. The main force is "leaning on the elbow", supplemented by "squeezing the shed"; Give priority to with hard work, jumping, prancing, flashing and shaking your feet. There is softness in rigidity, and rigidity, quickness and crispness in softness.
Chen Tai Ji Chuan's exercise principles and training methods also require the close coordination of heart, qi and body, qi exercises at will, the waist moves from the source, and the waist turns to the spine throughout. In the process of pushing the hand, it is mainly wrapped and stuck, and the law of "giving up, rowing, squeezing and pressing" is used in the process of sticking and sticking, so as to help brake, give up oneself and follow others, listen clearly and control the enemy with strength.
Yang-style Tai Ji Chuan was practiced by Yang Luchan, a native of Yongnian, Hebei Province, in Chenjiagou Chen Changxing, wen county, Henan Province, and developed into "Yang-style Tai Ji Chuan" with his son and grandson Yang Chengfu on the basis of Chen-style Tai Ji Chuan. Its boxing path gradually deleted the original vertical jump, foot shaking and vigorous movements of the old Chen style frame, and changed from middle frame to Yang style frame, which is now popular as Yang style Tai Ji Chuan. Yang-style Tai Ji Chuan boxing frame is simple in stretching, rigorous in structure, tall and straight in posture, smooth in movement, flexible in content, relaxed and natural, light and calm. Posture development, fairness and simplicity, simple training methods, from loose to soft, from soft to hard, both rigid and flexible. As Yang Chengfu said, "Tai Ji Chuan is the art of combining rigidity with softness, hiding needles in cotton". There are three postures: high, medium and low.
Wu Yuxiang, a native of Yongnian, Hebei Province in the late Qing Dynasty, loved his skills after returning from Yang Luchan's Chenjiagou. He studied under Chen's Biography of Old Taiji, and later under Chen Qingping and Zhao Bao. After revision, he created the biography of Wu's Taiji. Tai Ji Chuan is a form of martial arts, which is different from both Chen's old frame and new frame, and Yang's big frame and small frame. This is an independent school. Its movements are simple and compact, its posture is small but not cramped, its movements are slow and steady, its hands don't exceed its toes, it doesn't cling to its body when it is closed, and its left and right hands each hold half of its body and don't cross each other. The forward and backward rotation of the chest and abdomen is always positive. Rigorous footwork, distinguishing between reality and reality, small and flexible. When stepping, touch the ground with your toes first, and then slowly put down your whole foot and step flat. When lunging, the knees of the front legs should not exceed the toes, and the rear legs should not be straight and high. Boxing pays attention to starting, bearing, opening and closing, and its movements are coherent and smooth. It dominates the body with the transformation of internal strength from virtual to real and the potential of internal qi, with the following principles: "God should be restrained", "Mind should be restrained before the body", "God should carry it with his heart, body should carry it with God, meaning should follow, meaning should reach the spirit, meaning should resist force, and meaning should not be divided".
Wu-style Tai Ji Chuan Wu-style Tai Ji Chuan is famous for its softness. Its movements are relaxed and natural, continuous, well-behaved, relaxed and natural, with unique quiet beauty. Although the boxing frame is small, it has the foundation of a big frame and is developed and compact. It stretches itself in compactness and is unconstrained. Push the hand correctly and strictly, be delicate with iron bars, be quiet and not act rashly, and be good at being kind.
Sun Lutang, a native of Wanxian County, Taiji Chuan, loved martial arts since childhood. I studied Xingyiquan from Li, then from Li's teacher Guo, and then from Cheng. After years of research and practice, I have profound kung fu. Later, he studied Tai Ji Chuan from Hao Weizhen, and added the essence of three boxing methods, namely, Bagua, Xingyiquan and Taiji, to create a "Sun-style Tai Ji Chuan".
The characteristics of Sun-style Tai Ji Chuan are: advance and retreat, step by step, and retreat. The movements are flexible, agile and natural, the footwork is clear when practicing, and the whole practice is like flowing water. Every turn is connected by "opening" and "closing", so it is also called "opening and closing Tai Chi Chuan".