Tai Chi Resources

Following are some resources related to Tai Chi on this site. They are loosely grouped by the School or style of Tai Chi.

NOTE# – This resource page will usually point to either a “List” file in the form of a .PDF page with the word “List” in its name or a link to a viewable YouTube file. The list is simply a list of forms making up a named tai chi style. An example is “Sun 73” or “Yang 24”. Depending on the browser you use and/or the way the browser is set up, you should be able to read the list and choose to download or print the list or both. If you are only presented with the Download option you may download and read the page in your download directory.

Clicking on the YouTube link will run the YouTube. I tried to set it up so that the YouTube runs in a new tab.

Sun Style

The Sun Style is the new kid on the Tai Chi Block. It was formalized between the end of the Nineteenth and beginning of the Twentieth centuries. Its upright stance made it a good source for the Tai Chi for Arthritis forms.

Chen Style

The Chen is generally recognized as the beginning Tai Chi form. The origin and nature of what is now known as tai chi is not historically verifiable until around the 17th century. There are accounts of some martial arts practices in the centuries leading up to this.

Yang Style

The Yang family first became involved in the study of t’ai chi ch’uan (taijiquan) in the early 19th century. In its modern forms it is said to be the most popular and practiced form of Tai Chi in the world today. References to Diabetes flows from the fact that Tai Chi for Diabetes is based on the Yang 24 Forms.