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The Origin Of tai chi Tai chi chuan (太极拳)is an internal Chinese martial art practiced for both its defense training and its health benefits. It is also typically practiced for a variety of other personal reasons: its hard and soft martial art technique, demonstration competitions, and longevity. As a consequence, a multitude of training forms exist, both traditional and modern, which correspond to those aims. Some of Tai chi chuans training forms are especially known for being practiced at what most people categorize as slow movement. 张三丰――王宗岳――蒋 发――陈王廷 陈王廷——陈长兴——杨露蝉 The study of tai chi Health: An unhealthy or otherwise uncomfortable person may find it difficult to meditate to a state of calmness or to use tai chi as a martial art. Tai chis health training, therefore, concentrates on relieving the physical effects of stress on the body and mind. For those focused on tai chis martial application, good physical fitness is an important step towards effective self-defense. Meditation: The focus and calmness cultivated by the meditative aspect of tai chi is seen as necessary in maintaining optimum health and in application of the form as a soft style martial art. Martial art: The ability to use tai chi as a form of self-defense in combat is the test of a students understanding of the art. Tai chi chuan is the study of appropriate change in response to outside forces, the study of yielding and sticking to an incoming attack rather than attempting to meet it with opposing force.The use of tai chi as a martial art is quite challenging and requires a great deal of training. The major styles There are five major styles of tai chi chuan,each named after the Chinese family from which it originated: Chen-style (陳氏) of ChenWangting(1580–1660) Yang-style (楊氏) of Yang Lu-chan(1799–1872) Wu- or Wu/Hao-style (武氏) of Wu Yu-hsia(1812–1880) Wu-style (吳氏) of Wu Chuan-yu (1834–1902) and his son Wu Chien-chuan (1870–1942) Sun-style (孫氏) of Sun Lu-tang (1861–19