![]() ![]() In China, tai chi is categorized under the Wudang grouping of Chinese martial arts -that is, arts applied with internal power. Some traditional schools teach partner exercises known as tuishou ("pushing hands"), and martial applications of the postures of different forms ( taolu). While tai chi is typified by its slow movements, many styles (including the three most popular: Yang, Wu, and Chen) have secondary, faster-paced forms. Taijiquan is a complete martial art system with a full range of bare-hand movement set and weapon forms as in the Taiji sword and Taiji spear based on the dynamic relationship between Yin and Yang. Zou Yan (鄒衍 305 BC – 240 BC) was a Chinese philosopher best known as the representative thinker of the Yin and Yang School (or School of Naturalists) during the Hundred Schools of Thought era in Chinese philosophy. Tai chi theory and practice evolved in agreement with Chinese philosophical principles, including those of Taoism and Confucianism. The concept of the taiji ("Supreme Ultimate"), in contrast with wuji ("without ultimate"), appears in both Taoist and Confucian philosophy, where it represents the fusion or mother of yin and yang into a single ultimate, represented by the taijitu symbol. ![]()
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