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Tai Chi Chuan

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Tai Chi Chuan means “grand ultimate fist.” It is an internal Chinese martial art and one of the oldest martial arts in the world, so old that its origins are lost. Little is known about its early history, though its foundation is credited to the Taoist Chang San Feng (Chang Zhangfeng) more than eight hundred years ago. This [...]

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Pa Kua Chang or Ba Gua Zhang

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Pa Kua Chang (Eight Diagram Palm), is also known as Ba Gua Zhang. It is one of the primary internal systems of the Chinese martial arts, the others are Tai Chi Chuan and Hsing I Chuan. Pa Kua Chang is an art based on evasive footwork and a kind of ‘guerilla warfare’ strategy applied to [...]

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Hsing Yi Chuan (More)

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Hsing I Ch’uan translates to “form and intention boxing” or “body-mind boxing”. The history of Hsing I Ch’uan is unclear. One account credits Boddhidarma with its creation; while others credit general Yeuh Fei of the Northern Sung Dynasty (960-1127). Hence, it is unclear whether Hsing I Ch’uan is a Taoist art like T’ai Chi Ch’uan [...]

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Hsing Yi Chuan

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Hsing Yi Chuan is one of the three internal arts. Like Tai Chi and Pa Kua, Hsing Yi is taught with three purposes in mind: Martial or self-defense, health benefits and conditioning, mind body coordination or the spiritual aspects of the art. Hsing Yi Chuan literally translates to Mind Body Boxing. Hsing Yi Chuan was [...]

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Ba Gua Zhang

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Ba Gua Zhang is literally translated as Eight Trigram Palm. This style is one of the three Nei Jia Quan or internal styles of China.  The other two styles are Xing Yi Quan and Taiji Quan. As with Xing Yi and Taiji, the practice of Bagua generates Qi (internal energy) for both health and combat [...]

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