The transmission of internal force in Taijiquan adheres to an integrated system governed by the guiding principle: "From the root segme...

 The concepts of liutun溜臀 and fantun泛臀 in Taijiquan and similar internal martial arts are often hard to describe or define. As soon as you t...

The traditional routines (taolu套路) were compiled by earlier masters according to the training needs and transmission environment of their ti...

Chansijin 缠丝劲 (reeling-silk energy) is the source of Taijiquan’s force, and Cloud Hands 云手 is a foundational practice to expressing and deve...

 A common pitfall among many practitioners is the (over)emphasis put upon the practice while neglecting the closing/retaining routine.  Most...

An old Taijiquan saying goes:  "Taijiquan is the art of spiralling. Without understanding this, one does not understand the art." ...

Moving slowly is not the goal of Taijiquan, it is the foundation of learning Taijiquan well.  As an early writer of Taijiquan Chen Xin wrote...