Sun Style Tai Chi Competition Form: Teaching and Learning

Author: Sun Shurong / et al.
Editor-in-Chief: Tong Hui
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Publish Date: 2002-05-10
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I. Technical Characteristics of the Sun Style Tai Chi Competition Form
The traditional Sun Style Tai Chi was created by Master Sun Lutang by integrating Xingyi, Bagua, and Tai Chi. Its characteristics include: advancing and retreating in coordination, following every step with the next, retreating with the leading foot, movements being smooth, round, agile, and natural, and often using "opening" and "closing" to transition directions. To meet the needs of domestic and international exchanges and competitions, the Chinese Wushu Academy organized Tai Chi experts to compile and review the Sun Style Tai Chi Competition Form, which has become one of the competition events for Tai Chi, Sword, and Push Hands across the country. The Sun Style Tai Chi Competition Form has the following technical characteristics:
(1) The Sun Style Tai Chi integrates Xingyi, Bagua, and Tai Chi. Its bodywork and footwork exhibit the characteristics of Xingyi and Bagua, where the trailing foot must follow when advancing and the leading foot must retreat when retreating. The footwork is flexible, agile, and compact.
(2) The Sun Style Tai Chi Competition Form fully reflects the Tai Chi principle of using the natural form without relying on the post-natal force, with movement and stillness working in harmony, purely following nature. The movements are steady yet light, with power breaking yet intent unbroken. The entire set of movements practiced feels like flowing clouds and water, continuous and unbroken.
(3) The frame is appropriately high or low, with movements naturally flowing without the double-weighted posture, aligning with human physiological characteristics, making it suitable for practitioners of all constitutions and ages.