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mitch96

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7. Which two? Chen and Yang? they are the most popular... Story has it that in Chen village

Reply to bif (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 18, 2023, 09:12 PM

Jan 2023

only Chen family members could learn this martial art with health giving properties..A servant would sneak and watch the form being practiced and took that knowledge and developed Yang style.
Nice story... There always has to be a story..Sun style and Wu style came from Yang so they are all "cousins".
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I just signed up for a Tai Chi class [View all] bif Jan 2023 OP

Awesome! SheltieLover Jan 2023 #1

I did Tai Chi Alpeduez21 Jan 2023 #2

Neat. What style? Long form or short form. I did Chen for years but since I've moved mitch96 Jan 2023 #3

Not sure what style bif Jan 2023 #4

I believe Chen was the original style that all others came from. mitch96 Jan 2023 #5

It's both bif Jan 2023 #6

Which two? Chen and Yang? they are the most popular... Story has it that in Chen village mitch96 Jan 2023 #7

We're doing Qigong and Tai Chi bif Jan 2023 #8

My Chen instructor had an "in" with the instructors in Chen Village. He had his teacher come mitch96 Jan 2023 #9