Tai Chi Chen style 38 forms (陈式38式太极拳) combines most of the postures from Chen style traditional 74 forms, cut repeating movements. Comparing with basic Tai Chi Chen style 22 forms and the commonly seen Tai Chi Yang style, Tai Chi Chen style 38 forms keep the kicking, jumping, and leaping movements which will apply in the fighting. This is good for Intermediate Tai chi, to keep mental and physical fitness, to achieve mindfulness and relaxation. It can be used for sweating workout.
Tai chi or shadow boxing, another school of Kungfu in Chinese martial art culture, was born in Henan Province, 70km north to David Yao's native place.
Tai chi, short for T'ai chi ch'üan or Tàijí quán (Chinese: 太极拳，太極拳; pinyin: Tàijí quán), is a traditional Chinese martial art which combines mind and awareness of our body, the deep diaphragmatic breathing, and Qi, the inherent vital energy, through graceful movements to achieve mindfulness and relaxation. Tai chi is practiced for both its defense training, its health benefits, and meditation.
Qigong, qi gong, chi kung, or chi gung (simplified Chinese: 气功 qìgōng literally: "life energy cultivation") is a holistic system of coordinated body posture and movement, breathing, and meditation used in the belief it promotes health, spirituality, and martial arts training. Qigong practice typically involves moving meditation, coordinating slow flowing movement, deep rhythmic breathing, and calm meditative state of mind. Qigong can be viewed as a medicinal movement practice, combining breath work, relaxation, movement, and self-massage all in one.
Tai chi strengthens the mind and body. Tai chi’s focus on posture and body placement may add benefits beyond what cardiovascular or resistance-training can provide.
Tai chi, a moving yoga, does more than burn calories and tone muscles. It will enable you to gain flexibility and strength, reducing stress and allowing for greater relaxation. It's a total mind-body workout that combines strengthening and stretching poses with deep breathing and meditation or relaxation.
The health benefits of Tai chi:
This gentle form of exercise can help maintain strength, flexibility, and balance, and could be the perfect activity for the rest of your life.
Tai chi is often described as "meditation in motion, moving yoga," which originated in China as a martial art. The Chen style Tai chi is the oldest and parent form of the five traditional family styles of Tai chi. Chen-style is characterized by silk reeling, alternating fast/slow motion, and bursts of power. The Chen style is originated in Hen Nan Chen Jia Gou, 70 KM at the north of David Yao's birthplace.
There is growing evidence that this mind-body practice, has value in treating or preventing many health problems. And you can get started even if you aren't in top shape or the best of health. In this low-impact, slow-motion exercise, you go without pausing through a series of motions. As you move, you breathe deeply and naturally, focusing your attention as in some kind of meditation on your bodily sensations. Tai chi differs from other types of exercise in several respects. The movements are usually circular and never forced, the muscles are relaxed rather than tensed, the joints are not fully extended or bent, and connective tissues are not stretched. Tai chi can be easily adapted for anyone, from the fittest to people confined to wheelchairs or recovering from surgery.
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