TAI CHI CHUAN: characterized by slow and continuous movements (which are in the style combined with sporadic bursts of energy), which allows the practitioner to better focus our energy in movement and focus its spirit, in union with mind and body, in action. The mind, even in a state of semi-vacuum, it must giudare ch'i flow throughout the body, through the three key points of Taoist body, the tan tien (field of cinnabar, a point of great concentration Energy) top, the middle and lower. Once you have learned to circulate the chi in the body, you can move on to two years, to learn to direct this energy in combat, using the same one's opponent. The action of tai chi is always a combat, whose effectiveness sometimes leads nell'implacabilità. The undeniable health benefits and spiritual practice are nothing more than appreciable consequences. We do not know the true origin of this style, although the myth attaches to the semi-legendary figure of monaco and Taoist alchemist Chang San Feng, who resided in the mountains Wu Tang. Chang was inspired for his creation, from the vision of a fight between a crane and a snake. As Lao Tzu, the softness and adaptability, typical of the water, prevailed on the strength and hardness. Historically, the style first appeared in the village family Chen (Chen Chia Kou), the province of Honan, in the early eighteenth century, to be taught only to family members. According to others, to convey to tai chi Chen Chiang was a certain Fa learned that from Tsun Wang Yue, the first author of a treatise on the style. The branch is practiced today more than Yang, founded by Yang Lu Chan (1799-1871) who took the secrets of spiando training.

HSING-I: "boxing shape and the intention is seen as outside of interior styles, because of its aggressive technical and fast, giving the idea of an explosion of energy devastating, all guided, of course , the ch'i. According to legend, a form of primordial Hsing-I ch'uan was codified by the famous General Yueh Fei in the twelfth century, when more than sources mentioning one of the first teachers Chi Chi-ki (seventeenth century), Li Jian-Neng and Ma Hsueh - Li. In the style prevail movements and techniques straight, doing much reliance on the position by the weight backlog san you. The forms are inspired by the natural laws of 5 elements making up the universe (wood, fire, water, earth, metal) and the movement of 12 animals (dragon, tiger, snake, monkey, bear, horse, rooster, swallow, bird tai , eagle, hawk and lizard). Very rare is a form oldest, probably the original-hsing I learned, apparently from the Shaolin temple About Longfeng it provides only 10 animals and is inspired by the rule of 6 harmonies.

PA KUA the philosophy of movement and fighting style follows the laws mutation continues, as described classic yi-ching in the form of an 8 trigrams (pa kua, precisely). The pa kua chang (chang means palm and hand open constitute approximately 80% of practices with upper limbs style) moves steadily along circular trajectories; training in fundamental fact "walk in a circle, while practice forms of "8 changes palm. This makes the practitioner expert nell'eludere with serpentine movements and ever changing attacks opponents, and then turn to attack from 8 possible angles. This is a very complex system, in which the external power is developed only after a long workout than internal, cultivated through soft and fluent movements. The origin of the pa kua is unclear, but one that was made public Tung Hai Chuan (1796-1880), which was learned from monks Taoists, including Tung Ming Teng Leng and Pi Hsia.

Baji quan (boxing of the eight ends). It is composed of one hundred sequences of movements: the small resistance, the simple combat and the challenge are some of the traditional style. It includes the use of weapons such as the halberd, the sword, sabre, the stick ,...; contains violent attacks and vigorous hand-to-hand and it is very effective when applied in real combat. The combat system of intervention bajiquan claimed eight parts of the body: the head, shoulders, elbows, hands, the hips, knees, feet and thighs. The exercise in this type of boxing to fortify the body through the use of very strong muscles, and to be able to defend effectively by means of powerful techniques. Chun Meng, in the province of Hebei, is the birthplace of bajiquan. According to the master Wu Ju Lian, the seventh generation descendant of the family Wu repository of this type of boxing, bajiquan has a relatively recent history. It seems that during the reign of Leng Chan (1723-1795), under the Ching dynasty, the warrior monaco insegn to his ancestor, Wu Zhong. Wu Chung traveling knew many teachers from different schools, took everything that he felt good from the pa kua chang (baguazhang), the ch'uan-hsing (xingyiquan), and other styles and, after years of research and practice, could enrich style.

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