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Is Tai Chi a Martial Art?


Is Tai Chi / Tai Ji a martial art or is that a corruption of the art form?

The stuff you get in the States are a corruption of this internal martial art.

Yes, taichi is a very strong martial art, and used to be taught only to the advanced practitioner as a "secret" style.

Tai Chi is a Martial Art althouh it takes years to develope and to discover the Martial aspect of the forms. Tai Chi is very benefitial health wise and promotes good balacnce and a rooted frame of mind.
Of the various styles of Tai Chi I would have to say Chien Style has more of a Martial basis.

Tai Chi... Let's break the words down so that you can understand what it meant. Tai means eternal, whilst Chi means Life Force. Tai Chi is a martial art which promotes the control and discipline when doing such moves. As the saying goes, "In order to be in-line with the 'flow' is to perform Tai Chi."

Tai Chi is classified as Wudangquan or an internal Chinese martial art. Tai chi is typically practised for a variety of reasons: its soft martial techniques,

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