Chen-style Tai Chi Five Functions Eight Methods Thirteen Postures

Author: Kan Guixiang, Men Ganhong
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: Tai Chi has various schools, each with unique content and styles. The techniques, routines, and movement difficulties also differ. Chen-style Tai Chi almost every movement is centered on spiral and silk-reeling, circular movements from the inside out, repeatedly winding and turning, with pronounced rhythmic changes in roundness, twists, hardness and softness, speed and slowness, opening and closing, and accumulation and release. These rhythmic variations make the routine techniques particularly complex and difficult to master, with many teaching challenges. In mass collective teaching and practical training and research, the complex techniques of Chen-style Tai Chi have been analyzed and standardized, systematically constructing a teaching and training program for popularizing and improving Chen-style Tai Chi, namely the "Five Skills - Eight Methods - Thirteen Postures Practice." Through this scientific teaching method, students can quickly grasp the correct movement principles and improve their technical skills.