Li Chi Hsiang Tai Chi Chuan
|
A brief introduction
The sage puts himself last and ends up ahead.
He keeps himself outside worldly affairs and thus maintains himself
|
|
|
|
A brief introduction |
||
|
The sage puts himself last and ends up ahead. He keeps himself outside worldly affairs and thus maintains himself |
About Us |
|
| Welcome. At Li Chi Hsiang, we practice the 37-posture Tai Chi Chuan form fashioned by the late Professor Cheng Man Ch’ing (1901-1975). A student of Yang Cheng Fu, he distilled the essence of the original Yang-style 108-posture form to develop his own "simplified" 37-posture form, which incorporates all the principles of the Tai Chi Classics and retains both the health giving and self-defence aspects of the traditional art. | |
|
|
|
|
Tai Chi Ch’uan (pronounced Tie-Jee-Chwan) as we know it today is usually credited to being created by a Taoist priest, Chang San-Feng, during the Sung dynasty (1279-1368), though the philosophical concepts on which it is based can be traced back thousands of years. Tai Chi Ch’uan is interpreted as Tai = supreme, Chi = ultimate, Ch’uan, as fist or boxing, thus, Supreme Ultimate Fist or Boxing, a reference to both the philosophical foundation and martial framework of TaiChi which emphasizes softness and yielding. |
|
Our school is entitled Li Chi Hsiang* to reflect three governing philosophical concepts arising from the Chou book of changes (I-Ching). Li = Principle, Chi = Breath or intrinsic energy, and Hsiang = form or manifestation. Fundamentally our school is so named to remind us of the importance of constantly nurturing these three vital concepts in daily practice and study of the 37-posture form. |
|
*First edition 1983 page 156, Touchstones Yang Family Secret Transmissions, Sweet Chi Press complied and translated by Professor Douglas Wile. |
|
|
|