The 24-posture Simplified Form of
t'ai chi ch'uan
Tai chi (), short for Tai chi ch'üan ( zh, s=太极拳, t=太極拳, first=t, p=Tàijíquán, labels=no), sometimes called "shadowboxing", is an neijia, internal Chinese martial art practiced for defense training, health benefits and medita ...
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or Peking form for its place of origin, is a short version of Taiji composed of twenty-four unique movements.
History
The form was the result of an effort by the Chinese Sports Committee, which, in 1956, brought together four Taiji teachers -
Chu Guiting
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褚桂亭,
Cai Longyun
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蔡龙云 ,
Fu Zhongwen
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傅鈡文, and
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- to create a simplified form of Taiji as exercise for the masses. Some sources suggests that the form was structured in 1956 by master Li Tian Ji 李天骥
. The creators truncated the traditional family style Taiji forms to 24 postures; taking about six minutes to perform and to give the beginner an introduction to the essential elements of Taijiquan, yet retain the traditional flavor of traditional longer hand forms (in general, 88-108 postures). Henceforth, this form was avidly promoted by the
People's Republic of China
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for general exercise, and was also taught to internees in Communist "re-education" camps. Due to this official promotion, the 24-form is most likely the Taiji form with the most practitioners in China and the world over (though no surveys have been performed).
Movements
See also
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Wushu (sport)
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42-form Taijiquan
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Taijijian
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References
Further reading
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*{{cite book , title=The Complete Book of Tai Chi Chuan , last=Kiew Kit , first=Wong , year=2002 , publisher=Tuttle Publishing , isbn=0-8048-3440-7
External links
Simplified Tai Chi 24 form (YMAA Taijiquan) Yang style by Liang, Shou-Yu displays names of each form as the movements are demonstrated.
Tai Chi 24 form moves in Chinese, Pinyin, English and 4 other languages the movements' names in Chinese, Pinyin, English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish.
Chinese martial arts
Tai chi styles
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