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    The Chen-style tai chi (Chinese: 陳氏太极拳; pinyin: Chén shì tàijíquán) is a Northern Chinese martial art and the original form of tai chi. Chen-style is characterized...
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    popular and widely practised style of tai chi in the world today. It is second in terms of seniority, after Chen-style tai chi. The Yang family first became...
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    Wu-style tai chi (Chinese: 吳氏太极拳; pinyin: Wúshì tàijíquán) is one of the five main styles of tai chi. It is second in popularity after Yang-style, and...
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    Wu (Hao)-style tai chi (Chinese: 武(郝)式太极拳; pinyin: Wǔ (Hǎo) shì tàijíquán) is one of the five primary styles of tai chi. It was created in the mid-nineteenth...
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    of tai chi forms, postures, movements, or positions in order of number of forms, sometimes also called Taolu: 4 - Chen 4 Step is a subset of Chen Old...
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    establishment in 1374. Chen's great grandfather was Chen Changxing, who taught Yang Luchan, the founder of Yang-style tai chi. Chen Fake's father, Chen Yanxi (陈延熙;...
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    Chen-style tai chi. His grandfather was the Chinese martial artist and tai chi grandmaster Chen Fake. Chen Xiaowang began his study of Chen-style tai...
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    Chen Wangting (1580–1660), courtesy name Chen Zouting, was a Ming dynasty military officer who may have founded Chen-style tai chi, one of the five major...
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    The Sun-style tai chi (Chinese: 孙氏太极拳; pinyin: Sūn shì tàijíquán) is one of the five primary styles of tai chi. It is well known for its smooth, flowing...
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    Chen studied under two experts of the eighteenth generation of Chen-style tai chi, Hong Junsheng and Feng Zhiqiang (冯志强, 1928–2012). In 1985, Chen and...
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    Zhaobao tai chi (Chinese: 趙堡太極拳; pinyin: Zhàobǎo tàijíquán) is a style of tai chi that is often considered to be a modern style, but actually has a strong...
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  • Hong Junsheng (category Chinese tai chi practitioners)
    longest serving disciple for the Chen-style tai chi master Chen Fake. Starting in 1930, Hong trained uninterrupted with Chen for fifteen years. In 1944, Hong...
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    Chen Changxing (Chinese: 陳長興; Wade–Giles: Ch'en Chang-hsing; 1771–1853) was a tai chi master belonging to the 6th generation of Chen-style tai chi. He...
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    Tai chi is an ancient Chinese martial art. Initially developed for combat and self-defense, for most practitioners it has evolved into a sport and form...
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  • Tai Chi Hero (太極2 英雄崛起) is a 2012 Hong Kong-Chinese 3D martial arts film directed by Stephen Fung, written and produced by Chen Kuo-fu. It is the sequel...
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  • fictitious account of how the Chen style of the martial art tai chi, that had for generations remained within the Chen family of Chenjiagou, was taught...
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  • Man of Tai Chi is a 2013 martial arts film directed by Keanu Reeves in his directorial debut. It also stars Reeves, Tiger Chen, Iko Uwais, Karen Mok and...
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    family tai chi, which he learned from Chen Youben, and the 7th generation successor of the Zhaobao style of tai chi, which he learned from Zhang Yan. He...
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    martial arts. Fu Zhensong began learning Chen-style tai chi at age 16 from the famous Chen Family master, Chen Yanxi. Three years later, Fu began learning...
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  • Wudang tai chi (Chinese: 武當太極拳) is the name of a system of tai chi that was developed by a Hong Kong-based tai chi master Cheng Tin Hung. While Cheng...
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    Older martial art styles can be described by their village affiliation. For example, Zhaobao tai chi is a branch of Chen-style tai chi originating from...
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  • Fa jin (section Tai chi)
    training school as the Lao Jia Chen Paochui (old frame, cannon fist, one of the two original forms Chen-style tai chi), while in Yang school, especially...
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    Guang Ping Yang tai chi (Chinese: 廣平楊氏太极拳; pinyin: Guǎngpíng Yángshì tàijíquán) is a tai chi style descended from Yang-style tai chi. It claims to combine...
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    arts, he was a master in Chu Gar Southern Praying Mantis and Chen-style tai chi. Gene Chen was born in Shanghai 1938, the Year of the Tiger. He lived there...
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    champion Chen Dong (陳冬; born 1978), PLA fighter pilot and taikonaut Chen Fake (陳發科; 1887–1957), prominent martial artist of Chen-style tai chi Chen Fushou...
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    teacher of Chen-style tai chi. Chen Youben was the main teacher of Chen Qingping (1795-1868) and taught Chen Youlun, Chen Fengzhang, Chen Sande, Chen Tingdong...
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    Junfeng and studied Yang-style tai chi under master Yang Zhen Duo. She is proficient in long fist, Yang-style and Chen-style tai chi, broadsword, straightsword...
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    Pushing hands (category Tai chi)
    According to the Chen family of tai chi teachers, pushing hands was created by Chen Wangting (1600–1680), the founder of the Chen-style tai chi, and was originally...
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    Silk reeling (category Tai chi)
    principles expressed in traditional styles of tai chi (太極拳), but especially emphasized by the Chen and Wu styles. The name derives from the twisting and...
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    demonstration of Pao Chui. Chen-style tai chi includes a Pao Chui routine in its curriculum. Changquan Chen-style tai chi List of tai chi forms Shaolin kung fu...
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