Tai Chi Chuan Style Demystified

For anyone that is as yet uninitiated in the fine art of practicing martial arts the first thing that they will need to become aware of in this regard is understand that style of different martial arts is a most important consideration. This means that unless you know which particular style you wish to learn you will not get much out of your involvement with martial arts and in fact, it pays to learn from practicing martial artists that are committed to spending long years in practicing just one style. This they do in order to master a particular style. You can learn from this and should pick a style that you too will be committed to mastering.

Know The Good And Bad

Before choosing your Tai Chi Chuan style you should understand that you are aware of the good and bad of each style so that you can pick one that you feel suits you the best. The fact of the matter is that there are various Tai Chi Chuan styles to pick and choose from and equally as many teachers that profess that their particular Tai Chi Chuan style is the best.

However, before picking a particular Tai Chi Chuan style you only need to keep in mind the fact that you must make it a point to learn from the most experienced master and that you also pick the style that you feel the most comfortable with. In addition, most Tai Chi Chuan styles are just variations of the style known as Yang style Tai Chi which is a safe as well as highly enjoyable style and is one that is performed at a pace that is slow and which is practiced smoothly and without need for performing jumps or rapid movements.

Of course, there are other Tai Chi Chuan styles as well that you will come across including the Tai Chi for Arthritis which is being taught by Dr. Paul Lam who also distributes DVDS on this program and who also talks about this style in many of his seminars. This particular Tai Chi Chuan style is known as Sun though it is also a style that differs from other styles because it has to be performed at a more rapid pace though it is also especially more useful if it is performed by people suffering from joint problems who will benefit a lot.

Other Tai Chi Chuan styles include the Wudang Tai Chi as well as Chen styles that however require that the performers be more athletic since these styles require executing sudden movements as well as jumps.

In regard to learning Tai Chi sword movements it must be said that there are numerous postures that need to be learnt. For the Straight Sword there are as many as forty-nine different postures while for the Broadsword form there are believed to be thirteen different postures. To master these and other styles it is however necessary that practitioners have already mastered the different stances including the Zhan zhuang and different routines (qigong.)