Tai Chi and Chi Kung can also be studied at the Chat Ying Kuen Kung Fu Club.

There are several versions of the history of Tai Chi (or Tai Chi Ch'uan to give it its correct name). The following is the most widely accepted.

Zhang San Feng (pronounced Chang San Foong) graduated from the Shaolin Monastery around 1,300 A.D. and went to the Purple Summit Temple on Wudang Mountain. Here he applied breathing techniques to his 'hard style' of Kung Fu and Tai Chi was developed and is known as Wudang Style.

In 1650 Chen Wang Ting concentrated the martial aspect to Tai Chi and the Chen Style was born.

Yang Lu Chan developed the Yang Style in 1850 and concentrated on the health and relaxation side of Tai Chi. This is the style that is most widely practised in the world today.

Ther are other styles like Wu and Sun that have been developed. Weapons can also be used in Tai Chi like the Broadsword, Tai Chi Sword and Staff.

The literal translation Tai Chi Ch'uan is the 'Ultimate Power of the Fist' and its grace and flowing movements make Tai Chi one of the most powerful and beneficial Martial Arts.

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