Styles of Tai Chi

[SPJ]

which style you learn and practice ?

I learned Yang and Chen.

a little bit of Wu.

what you like or do not like?

Yang has larger frame.

Wu has smaller/finer movements.

Chen has many kicks and stamping feet.

Comment away?

[YouKnowWho]

Chang style Taiji for me.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIMZKWOaWPI

[Vajramusti]

[QUOTE=SPJ;1260704]which style you learn and practice ?

I learned Yang and Chen.

a little bit of Wu.

what you like or do not like?

Yang has larger frame.

Wu has smaller/finer movements.

Chen has many kicks and stamping feet.

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Good instruction is very important. A style is not enough. I am a wing chun person
but am most impressed with good Chen style.

[MarathonTmatt]

As far as my Tai Chi Chuan training- modern Yang style, and some Hunyan Chen style derived from GM Feng Zhiqiang. I also learned a modern sword (Jian) set. As far as Tai Ji goes I have not learned any of my teacher's other weapon's sets (at least not yet.)

I have not taken the poll yet because Hunyan Chen style isn't quite the same as the traditional Chen style coming out of Chen Jiagou- it was GM Feng's art which was primarily based on Chen style (he was a student of GM Chen Fake) but a little different with influences from Baji and other arts. It still looks pretty much like a Chen style though, maybe it could even be described as Chen "sub-style."

Also with the Yang style there is the traditional from the Yang family, and the modern forms (24 steps, etc.) which I had learned. Nobody specified a difference on the poll chart so I stayed away from it.

Wu style is a good style too, one visiting master from China did a Wu style push hands class at my Sifu's school a few years ago- that was a good experience and my only exposure to the Wu style so far.

Here are some videos links of Hunyan style:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-VYU8ES-aM&feature=player_detailpage

[TaichiMantis]

Tai chi jeung as taught by Chiu Chuk Kai

[mawali]

which style you learn and practice ?

I learned Yang and Chen.
a little bit of Wu.
what you like or do not like?
Yang has larger frame.
Wu has smaller/finer movements.
Chen has many kicks and stamping feet.
Comment away?

a. Yang
b. Chen
c. Wu (Jianquan)
d. Sun

p.s. I did competition for awhile but my exposure to Chang style (Dung Sheng) caused me to change/alter my way of doing 'form'.
'Style" to me, has less of the meaning that it implies:)

[David Jamieson]

Zhao Bao is a composite style put together from Chen with emphasis on much deeper postures.
If you look at how Tai Chi has changed, there is only one style.

[bawang]

"108 longfist" "yi lu hongquan" "cannon boxing" "four roads hongquan"

to perfect taichi, you must recognize there is no such thing as tai chi. then your tai chi will become supeme.

if you chase tai chi, you will become human garbage.

[stoic]

Wong Tai Chi.

[Prairie]

I studied Hong Junsheng's method of Chen style and had exposure to Feng Zhiqiang's hunyuan xinyi chen style. I liked both. Feng's seemed very relaxing and the large movements really help to feel the center. Hong's requires a lot of work to find relaxing, but has been called "practical method" and I certainly was able to see why - even though I couldn't and can't make everything work.

[SPJ]

Just a cursory survey what forum mates are doing.

Yang is still practiced more.

:cool: