Wudang Taihe boxing movement and application

武當太和拳是武當道教本山拳之一，歷代秘傳，後經武當道內傳於民間，共二十二式，日前為大眾普及健身養生套路，適宜於不同年齡人群演練。 特點：武當太和拳演練起來，立如峰穩，動若雲悠，內含太極、陰陽、五行、八卦運化之理，蘊養生之道。The Wudang Taihe boxing movement is one of Wudang Taoist own boxing, it was came down from Wudang interior Taoism, all 22 parts. Now it's a good way to keep health for all the people. Points: activity and rest all together, contains Taichi, Yinyang, Wuxing, and the Eight Diagrams. For more information, please visit www.etaichi.net

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• wudang
• kungfu
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[WarrenKeingGaw]

@tmching19 probably the most ignorant comment I've heard this whole month

[neijiaxuesheng]

Don't get me wrong... I thought the original evasion of the hooking punch was good, and there was nothing wrong with the final push, but the circle walk in the middle was inexplicable!

[neijiaxuesheng]

Very nice application of the single whip movement, but the bagua circle stepping application was really silly. Why did he need to walk him around in a circle before he pushed him over? It was only successful in this case because the teacher did not receive any resistance from his opponent. The circle walk is a training method designed to teach the student how to move properly. When bagua circular tactics are applied in combat, it is as a very slight evasion which changes into a direct attack.

[ChineseOpera8]

@godprince7 , no,...unfortunately Wu-Dang history is cloudy at best,...lol'. Recorded martial arts from across the whole 'Tai He' (pronounced 'tie heh') mountain range goes back to the Han dynasty. I'm not sure when this particular form was introduced.

[godprince7]

@ChineseOpera8 Thank you for that imput. It really helped me in understanding the style a little better. Would you happen to know how old this style is and when it was introduced into the Wudang curriculum?

[ChineseOpera8]

Also, Tai He is a Dao-ist based school, forming a coiling connection (Dragon-like) between techniques. You can see 'embrace ball' , 'grasp bird's tail, 'single-whip' , 'snake creeps down' , 'hands strum lute' , '7-stars' , 'ba-gua stepping' and 'swimming dragon Qi-Gong' in this movement as well.

[ChineseOpera8]

@godprince7 , Wu-Dang Shan (Martial Bearing Mountain) was also known as ''Tai He Shan'' (Grand Harmony Mountain). Priest Zhang San-Feng (pronounced Jong Sahn-Fung) is usualy noted as the originator of Internal martial arts from Wu-Dang (pronounced Woo-Dong), however from the Song dynasty to the Ming Dynasty , there seem to be 'two' preists by the name of Zhang San-Feng, nobody knows for sure. Tai He Chwen follows the basic principles of Tai-Ji & Ba-Gua.

[godprince7]

@ChineseOpera8, Could share a little history about the Wudang Tai he quan? How old is this style and who created it? It is a beautiful flowing style, somewhat like Tai chi. Peace

godprince7

[ChineseOpera8]

Also if you watch 'Tai He Quan' video on here, you can see it has some Ba-Gua technique as well. Tai hao le'!

[ChineseOpera8]

Wu-Dong shan shi si hen hao wu shu fa! VERY practical and efficiant gung-fu! "Tai He" means= 'Great Harmony'. This Fighting art is excellent in grappling, joint-locking and confusing the opponant in circles! It is NOT supposed to be easily 'seen/understood',...that's why it works so well,..lol'! Mei-guo ren bu ji dao!