Tai Chi Chuan / Chi Gung

Greetings seekers. Tai Chi Chuan (AKA taiji chuan or Tai Qi ) is one of the three internal Chinese martial arts. Chi Gung (AKA Qi Gong) is a facet of each internal. One may say the entry level or doorway at ground level to any of the three. Chi gung may be translated a few ways. I like to think of it translated as energy work. Having said that do not worry or get wrapped up in semantics and pronunciation. This is a transcendent art that cannot be captured in words and writing. ““The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.” Meaning that the dao or ‘way’ is best experienced through awareness and consistent training.

Tai Chi and Chi Gung practiced consistently has shown to bring health benefits. It has roots in Traditional Chinese Medicine (AKA TCM) . It is said that it may have once been or originated from yoga and the history of internal arts is old enough to have no recorded origin. Traditionally passed on from teacher to student over generations. The internal arts carry rich culture and lineage. For more history look up Da Mo or Bodhidharma.

My particular style and lineage is Yang. It is probably the most widespread and common style. Others are Chen , Wu , and Sun. From there it gets more specific as teachers and students spread out all over China long ago. One village or town could practice slightly different than another even if their lineage is Wu, Sun, etc etc.

The wonder of the internals is how did they come to be discovered? That is the Mystic quality of these arts. They were not invented. They were discovered. Likewise to put it modernly they are downloaded to the consciousness.