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Exercise and Fitness

mitch96

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5. I believe Chen was the original style that all others came from.

Reply to bif (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 12, 2023, 06:20 PM

Jan 2023

I think after that it was Yang, Sun and Wu.. They are all basically the same.. Like a chevy and a ford are different but they are both cars and do the same thing... Some practioners make up their own style with is a mish mash of different parts of different forms.. All good the thing is to do it.. it's great for geezers like me..
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I just signed up for a Tai Chi class [View all] bif Jan 2023 OP

Awesome! SheltieLover Jan 2023 #1

I did Tai Chi Alpeduez21 Jan 2023 #2

Neat. What style? Long form or short form. I did Chen for years but since I've moved mitch96 Jan 2023 #3

Not sure what style bif Jan 2023 #4

I believe Chen was the original style that all others came from. mitch96 Jan 2023 #5

It's both bif Jan 2023 #6

Which two? Chen and Yang? they are the most popular... Story has it that in Chen village mitch96 Jan 2023 #7

We're doing Qigong and Tai Chi bif Jan 2023 #8

My Chen instructor had an "in" with the instructors in Chen Village. He had his teacher come mitch96 Jan 2023 #9