Tai Chi Chuan
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Tai Chi Chuan
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Tai Chi Chuan is a "soft style" or
internal martial art form rooted in China. It is also referred to as
Southern Style Kung Fu. Tai Chi Chuan provides an integrated approach to
the cultivation of the mind, body, and spirit. Tai Chi Chuan is believed to be
founded between four and five hundred years ago by an aging Preying Mantis
Master named San-Feng Chang. The legend is that Chang became too old to
practice his hard style Preying Mantis techniques, his body simply became to old
to complete the movements. He began to research a "softer" style
that he could adapt. One day, while meditating on his dilemma, Chang
observed a white crane fighting with a snake outside his temple. The
gentle, perfectly balanced movements of the crane didn't seem nearly as powerful
as the lightning quick strikes of the snake. However, the crane
eventually defeated the snake. San-Feng Chang thought a great deal about
how and why the crane won, and developed his art of Tai Chi Chuan with that
battle in his mind. Tai Chi's slow and gentle movements rely not only on
physical strength, but on mental training and awareness.
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