Topic summary
Taijiquan
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Tai chi.
Standardization
In 1912 the Nationalist government-supported Beijing Physical Education Research Institute (京師體育研究社; Jīngshì Tǐyù Yánjiùshè) published tai chi manuals, possibly brought to Beijing by Yang Luchan himself, for the first time under the title Taijiquan Classics, as Yang Chengfu, Wu Jianquan, Sun Lutang, and others began teaching classes for the general public there. Based on that experience, by 1914 they began standardizing and modifying the art, removing most fast and jumping movements, and focusing primarily on health results.