What is Tai Chi Chuan ?
It is an ancient form of meditative exercise, originating in China, used to improve and maintain good health, increase longevity and as a means of self-defence. It is practiced by hundreds of millions of people around the world and can be recognised by it’s slow, captivating movements.
What does Tai Chi Chuan mean ?
The words can be literally translated as Tai - supreme, Chi - ultimate, Chuan - boxing. Together as a phrase they represent an expression of living life to it's fullest, bending like bamboo in the face of even the strongest winds, while continuing to grow supple and strong.
What makes real Tai Chi so different from other exercises is its concern with the understanding of the circulation of the vital Chi energy, which in its purest form is the energy of life. Only when it is taught with a holistic approach will you truly get the full benefits that Tai Chi Chuan offers. This Chi energy is the same as that which is used and manipulated in Acupuncture and Shiatsu bodywork, but in Tai Chi understanding of the body structures and the many postures of the form are used instead of fingers or acupuncture needles. The only way to prove the existence of Chi energy is to experience it for yourself. With practice the movements of the forms can be done without effort and with a completely relaxed body. The postures then become supple, relaxed but also very powerful and no amount of physical force, applied by another person, can overcome them.
Where does Tai Chi Chuan come from ?
The origins of tai Chi Chuan (usually shortened to Tai Chi) are lost in time. Although descriptions of individual postures and their principles have been found from records over 3,500 years old, tradition puts the creation of the first set of recognisable postures with Chang san Feng, a monk living in the mountains of China about 600 years ago. From his meditations and experiences he understood how in time that which remains soft and pliant endures while that which is hard and rigid withers, as water and wind wear down even the tallest mountains. This resulted in a series of movements which follow natural principles and assist in the development of an internal understanding. These movements were arranged in a martial form to encourage participation and for practical benefit. In more recent times several styles have developed, the most popular of which is the Yang style, named after the Yang family.
Above all, Tai-Chi exponents are encouraged to be moral people. A sense of right, chivalry, kindness, compassion and being a benefit to society should always be the code of conduct for the Tai-Chi practitioner. A practitioner should always embody the principles of his art and apply its strategy and philosophy in their dealings with all things. The aim of Tai-Chi as a martial art is to stop violence conclusively and immediately in its tracts by redirecting that violence back at the perpetrator thereby neutralising it or rendering it ineffectual. Hence Tai-Chi exponents usually just overpower their opponents, educating them rather than hurting them. Violence begets violence, but by making violence no longer an option, by rendering it pointless, the destructive cycle is broken and more rational less confrontational solutions can then become more effective.
Tai Chi is both simple and complex and your association with it can be casual or committed, the choice is yours!!
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