太
太極拳
Taijiquan
Tàijíquán · "Supreme Ultimate Fist"
An internal art whose slow practice trains whole-body connection, sensitivity, and silk-reeling power.
- Family
- internal
- Region
- Henan, China (Chen Village)
- Era
- 17th century onward
Signature emphases
特- circular
- spiral— Silk-reeling (chan-si jin)
- sensitivity— Push-hands
- rooted
- internal
- throws
- joint locks
- explosive— fa-jin in Chen-style especially
- weapons
- elasticity
Voices
言四兩撥千斤。
"Four ounces deflect a thousand pounds."
— Taiji Classics
彼不動，己不動；彼微動，己先動。
"When the opponent does not move, I do not move. When the opponent begins to move, I move first."
— Taiji Classics