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Tai Chi Chuan
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Chinese characters for Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan) can be translated as the 'Supreme
Ultimate Force'. The notion of 'supreme ultimate' is often associated with the
Chinese concept of yin-yang, the notion that one can see a dynamic duality (male/female,
active/passive, dark/light, forceful/yielding, etc.) in all things. 'Force' (or,
more literally, 'fist') can be thought of here as the means or way of achieving
this yin-yang, or 'supreme-ultimate' discipline.
Tai Chi, as it is practiced in the west today, can perhaps best be thought of
as a moving form of yoga and meditation combined. There are a number of so-called
forms (sometimes also called 'sets') which consist of a sequence of movements.
Many of these movements are originally derived from the martial arts (and perhaps
even more ancestrally than that, from the natural movements of animals and birds)
although the way they are performed in Tai Chi is slowly, softly and gracefully
with smooth and even transitions between them.
Two different styles of Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan) will be demonstrated. The Yang Style with Young-Su Choi, and Wu style with David Perkins.
For more information: www.wutancanada.com.
Tel: (613) 226-9516 |
