Vol 3, Issue 1/2001

TaijiDao
Old Wisdom in a new shape.
By Ralph Anlauf

In China the traditional martial arts are still developing. In recent years Shen Xijing, a direct student of Chen Taijiquan lineage holder Chen Xiaowang and famous Xingyiquan teacher Zhang Wenfa, has created a synthesis of the three main inner martial arts of Taijiquan, Baguazhang and Xingyiquan. Together with a series of Qigong exercises, he has combined them into a new system called TaijiDao. The centred and harmonic flowing movements of Taijiquan are expanded by the spiral and circular movements of Baguazhang and the straight and explosive ones of Xingyiquan. The philosophical aspects of the Bagua, the five elements, and the learning from animals give, besides the Taiji principle, additional chances to get closer to the Dao.

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