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What are the different forms of Tai Chi, and how are they different?

I was thinking about learning Tai Chi, and I found out that there are different styles. What are the differences?

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2 Responses to “What are the different forms of Tai Chi, and how are they different?”

  1. Tai Chi was kept as a closely guarded family secret in China.

    The "different styles" that you are talking about are the names of different families that developed their own techniques:

    Yang,
    Chen,
    Sun,
    Wu,
    etc.

    Each family technique has several different forms (katas.)
    For example, in the Yang branch, there are:
    Yang 10,
    Yang 24,
    Yang 40,
    Yang 88,
    Yang 108,
    etc.

    The numbers indicate how many moves are in the form.

  2. Sensei Scandal on July 9th, 2009 at 3:17 am

    David – great lineage!

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