What are the different types of Tai Chi? Which is the oldest?

Nowadays, Taijiquan can be divided into folk Taijiquan, Taoist Taijiquan, and Zen Taijiquan.

- Folk Tai Chi has:

1) The Taijiquan faction with "Wang Zongyue's Treatise on Taijiquan" as the highest guiding ideology.

Taijiquan began with Wu Yuxiang Yang Luchan, they based on the "Wang Zongyue Taijiquan Theory", integrated what they learned, and created today's Taijiquan, namelyWu's Taijiquan, Yang's TaijiquanAfter that, it stretches outWu's Taijiquan, Sun's Taijiquan。This department is also influenced by Taoist thought, and Zhang Sanfeng is respected as the ancestor of Taijiquan.

2) Zhaobao Taijiquan guided by the theory of internal boxing.

Jiang Fa passed on Zhaobao Xing Xihuai, and then passed it to Chen Qingping, and then integrated what he learned to create the "New Zhaobao Boxing", that is, the modern Zhaobao Taijiquan. Respect Zhang Sanfeng as the ancestor.

3) Guided by Chen Xin's "Chen's Taijiquan Diagram".Chen's Taijiquan

Chen Changxing fused Chen Jiagou's Tongbei Boxing to create the "New Chen Boxing" all the way and two ways Yin and Yang Boxing, and then Chen Youben changed his boxing, and Chen Fake softened the cannon hammer and stereotyped out today's Chen-style Taijiquan. In 1933, "Chen's Taijiquan Illustrated" was published, which became the theoretical support of Chen's Taijiquan. Chen Jiagou respected Chen Wangting as the patriarch of Chen Boxing.

4) There are also those in Handan, HebeiLu's Taijiquan, it is said that it was passed on from the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty to the wandering Taoist Gu Dianyi;

5) And ShanxiFu Shan Tai Chi, from the Ming and Qing dynasties Longmen Taoist six generations of the successor Fu Shan (Zi Qingzhu, 1607-1684).

- Taoist Taijiquan has:

Wudang Taiji Thirteen Styles, Taiji Thirteen Dangong, Tang Dynasty Taijiquan "Three Worlds Seven", "Little Nine Heavens", the soft thirteen hands of the Taiji Palace of Qianzai Temple, etc.

- Zen Tai Chi has:

Zen Gate Taijiquan (known as Dharani Boxing in ancient times, also known as Zen Taijiquan), Shaolin Comprehensive Taijiquan (Song Dynasty Furen monks combined Shaolin Xinyi Boxing, Rouquan, Lotus Boxing and created).

Which is the oldest. There is a lot of controversy because the "origin of Tai Chi" is still a mystery.

As far as the folk "Six Major Schools of Taijiquan" are concerned, according to their old Taijiquan spectrum, it can be seen that Yang's Taijiquan has obvious traces of integrating the eight doors and five steps into Qijiaquan and Tongbeiquan.

Therefore, Yang's Taijiquan "Nanguan Old Boxing Frame 128 Style" and other routines are the oldest Taijiquan techniques.

The oldest school of Taijiquan is Chen-style Taijiquan.

Later, the Yang style and Wu style Taijiquan were derived from the Chen style, and the Wu style and Sun style Taijiquan were derived from the Yang style. Therefore, at present, there are five major schools: Chen, Yang, Wu, Wu, and Sun.

These different schools of Tai Chi have their own characteristics, but the routines and moves are similar.

The oldest should be Zhang Sanfeng's Tai Chi 13 style, and the five major schools in the future are gradually developed on this basis.

There are currently two different versions of the founding of Tai Chi

According to one theory, Tai Chi was created by Chen Wangting。Chen Bushan martial arts, fine boxing equipment, once set up a martial arts club in the village, began to open the Chen generation of boxing and dancing style. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Wangting, the ninth generation of the Chen family, based on the ancestral boxing technique, absorbed the essence of the excellent folk boxing, combined with the guidance, spitting technique, and traditional Chinese medicine meridians, created a new type of internal power boxing, which was named Taijiquan according to the meaning of yin and yang transformation.

Chen Changxing, the 14th generation of the Chen family, opened the door of boxing, and Yang Luchan, a native of Yongnian, Hebei, was his famous disciple. After that, Chen's Taijiquan gradually evolved into the country's representative schools such as "Yang, Wu, Wu, and Sun".

Another theory is that Zhang Sanfeng founded the Wudang faction and founded the Neijiaquan。Taijiquan, as the head of the inner boxing, honorifies Zhang Sanfeng as the ancestor, which is a natural belonging. Zhang Sanfeng's Taijiquan, Baguaquan, Xingyiquan, Wuxingquan, Mixed Yuan Boxing, Xuanwu Stick, etc., all drew the essence from Taoist scriptures and extended them.

The boxing methods founded by Zhang Sanfeng have a common feature, that is, they pay attention to the changes of internal strength and yin and yang, emphasize the coordination and unity of meaning, qi and force, and the movements are calm, the posture is subtle, the strength is strong, and the spirit is leisurely. These characteristics are all consistent with the Taoist idea of quietness, weakness, indifference and inaction and Taoism's "Three Treasures Cultivation" (refining and refining qi, refining qi and transforming gods, refining gods and returning to emptiness), which can be said to be a precious historical and cultural heritage left to future generations.

Taijiquan was called "long fist", "cotton fist", "thirteen potentials" and "soft hands" in the early days. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Wang Zongyue, a native of Shanxi, wrote "Treatise on Taijiquan", which determined the name of Taijiquan. The word "Tai Chi" comes from "Zhou Yi.

Dictionaries: "It is easy to have Tai Chi, which is to give birth to two instruments." "It means the highest, the extreme, the absolute, and the only one.

There are different opinions about the origin and founder of Taijiquan, and there are roughly five different theories, such as Xu Xuanping in the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Sanfeng in the Song Dynasty, Zhang Sanfeng in the Ming Dynasty, Chen Wangting and Wang Zongyue in the Qing Dynasty. Although Zhang Sanfeng and Wang Zongyue each wrote "On Taijiquan", most boxers now believe that all kinds of Taijiquan are derived from Chen's Taijiquan, and hold the theory that Chen Wangting created boxing.

Taijiquan is based on the basic methods of "squeezing, squeezing, pressing, picking, squeezing, elbowing, leaning, advancing, retreating, looking, and fixing". In the exercise, it is required to calm the mind, guide the action with consciousness, closely cooperate with the breathing, the breathing should be stable, deep and natural, the action should be neutral and comfortable, soft and slow, the body should be relaxed and natural, impartial, the action is continuous, gentle and natural, the action is arc, the circle is not sluggish, and at the same time, the waist is the axis, the top and bottom follow each other, and the whole body forms a whole. The movements are coherent and coordinated, and the virtual and the real are distinct.

The movements are cohesive and smooth, the virtual and the real are clearly distinguished, and the center of gravity remains stable. Light and calm, rigid and soft. The action is not floating or stiff, the outside is soft and the inside is rigid, and the strength is complete.

In the push hand, it is required to brake with static, overcome rigidity with softness, avoid real and fight false, use force to exert force, advocate that everything should be based on objectivity, live with others, and stagnate from the already to. Pay special attention to "listening", through the body touch, to judge the size of the other party's strength, direction, location, and respond in time, such as the opponent's rigid force, I will soften it, "move urgently to respond, slow to follow", with the person to move, improvised.

After a long period of circulation, Taijiquan has evolved into many schools, including Chen-style Taijiquan, Yang-style Taijiquan, Sun-style Taijiquan, Wu-style Taijiquan, and Wu-style Taijiquan, which are known as "five-style Taijiquan".

Taijiquan began with Wu Yuxiang and Yang Luchan.

If you are looking for the origin, according to Yang Luchan's "learn boxing with Chen Gou Chen Changxing, and get boxing from Zhaobao Chen Qingping", you can find a person named "Jiang Fa".

Zhao Bao and Chen Gou have different inheritances, but they are of the same origin --- Jiang Fa.

In 1596, Jiang Fa apprenticed to Wang Linzhen; In 1607, he will integrate the Tai Chi Gong he has learned and teach Zhao Bao Xing Xihuai; In 1643, he created the "ghost" to teach the monks of Kaifeng Puji Temple.

In 1647, Li Jiyu was implicated in the "Wang Taoist case" and was killed, Jiang Fa fled to Shanxi, and taught the Wujitong back fist that was organized; In 1649, Chen Wangting went to Shanxi to visit friends, but was defeated by the young man's method of wrapping his fist on his back, so he gave conditions and asked Jiang Fa to teach boxing in Chenjiagou. In 1655, Jiang Fa died; In 1670, Chen Wangting visited the boxers and compiled the boxing books for future generations.

After 1700, Zhaobao Taijiquan was transmitted to Zhaobao Chen Qingping and Chen Changxing to Chengou. Zhaobao and Chengou have boxing exchanges, forming different theoretical styles of new Zhaobao boxing and new Chengou boxing, which is the initial formation of Taijiquan routines.

This is the "Jiang Fachuang Quan Theory" in the Taijiquan world.

Originated from the traditional Taoist culture, the real cultivators have always been conservative, do not seek fame and fortune, so the origin of people and the land is not easy to trace, there is no evidence, now can be traced back to Wudang Taijiquan, and the birthplace of Chen's Taijiquan and people.

1. Taijiquan originated in the Ming Dynasty.

2. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Bu, the ancestor of the Chen family in Chenjiagou, immigrated here from Buxi next to the mountain, and brought his family martial arts. Here the ravines are staggered, the soldiers and bandits haunt the god is late, often harass the people, in order to defend Sangzi, the village set up a martial arts society, and the people of Chenjiagou practice martial arts. The special human geographical environment and the thick Han traditional cultural movement have had a profound impact on Chen Wangting's creation and compilation of Chen's Taijiquan.