Resources about Tai Chi, Qigong & General Health

No matter you are a beginner or an experienced practitioner of Tai Chi (Tai Ji), Tai Chi Chuan (Quan), Qi Gong, or Gong Fu, you will be delighted to find this resource page very informative and valuable during your life long journey of learning and practicing Tai Chi & Qi Gong.

It is also one of the best places for us, Tai Chi students, practitioners or instructors to share our thoughts and experience as we are learning and exploring Taichi. If you find something really interesting and valuable, you are also encouraged to keep us posted.

学海无涯！
Knowledge in the world is like an endless ocean !

Mr. Pei Playing Tai Chi Chuan
in Hangzhou, China in 1983

I. Selected Best Image & Video Sites on Tai Chi ( Tai Ji) & Qi Gong

Spectacular! Thousands of people doing Taichi in Chongqing
Historical pictures of Tai Chi 太极历史，专家名照

Westerns playing Tai Chi along the West Lake in Hangzhou, China

Amazing Qigong Exercises in Beijing by an Old Qigong Master and doctor, China

Simplified Yang Style Tai Chi - 24 Form, with English Titles from Youtube

The West meets the East: a pleasant morning visit to a Tai chi chuan group in Guangzhou, China.

II. Selected E-Resources on Tai Chi (Tai Ji), Qi Qong & General Health

Alternative Medicine, Healing & Treatment

How Tai Chi & Qigong Change the World by Bill Douglas of World Tai Chi & Qigong Association

Tai Chi: an introduction from NCCAM by NIH National Health Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Chinese Kungfu (Martial Art) by Li Shixin, associate professor of wushu at Beijing University, on the relations of taijiquan, a major form of wushu, with mechanics, philosophy and other branches of learning.

The body, mind and soul retreat from organized by I CAN DO IT!

Healthy Living: Trouble Sleeping? Just Breathe

How do I get started with tai chi?

Naps for Better Recall: Even a six-minute snooze boosts memory from Scientific American

The meridians of acupuncture & AcuMedico

Daoism and Tai Chi (Tai Ji)

Ancient Chinese cosmology and living philosophy

A comprehensive e-resources by Christopher Majka and Empty Mirrors Press on Tai Chi

Daoist Studies 道教研究

The Origin of Tai chi (Tai Ji) & Its Development 太极拳的起源及发展

中国道教-中华传统文化

天人合一是中国古代的一种哲学思想

天人合一哲学思想对中医防病治病的影响

Tai Chi Styles

太极拳论王宗岳

十三势歌清乾隆年间山右王宗岳

太极拳十大要论陈鑫十六关要论

活泼于腰，灵机于顶，神通于背，气沉丹田。行之于腿，蹬之于足，运之于掌，通之于指。敛之于髓，达之于神，凝之于耳，吸之于鼻。

呼吸往来于口，纵之于膝。浑噩一身，全体发之于毛。

杨式太极拳 Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan: 由河北永年人杨露禅从学于河南温县陈家沟陈长兴，与其子杨健侯、其孙杨澄甫等人在陈式老架太极拳的基础上，创编发展了“杨式太极拳”。其拳路逐渐删改了陈式老架中原有的纵跳、震足、发劲等动作，由杨健侯修订为中架子，又经杨澄甫一再修订逐渐定为杨式大架子，即现在广为流行的杨式太极拳。

杨式太极拳拳架舒展简洁，结构严谨，身法中正，动作和顺，刚柔内含，轻松自然，轻灵沉着兼而有之。姿势开展，平正朴实，练法简易，由松入柔，积柔成刚，刚柔相济。正如杨澄甫所说：“太极拳是柔中寓刚，棉里藏针的艺术” 。架势有高、中、低之分。

杨式专论 Yang Style Forum

China Yang Style Tai Ji Chuan 中国杨式太极拳

Simplified Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan - 24 Movements

Hand Push & Qi Gong

Chinese Qigong

Chinese Health Qigong Association

National Qigong Association

Qigong Network

太极意念静功修炼入门

Pushing hands

Qigong or Chi kung

Single Hand Push Tai Chi Exercise - from e-how.com

Zhan zhuang: standing like a tree 站桩

Zhan Zhuang: Standing Like a Tree from Center for Holistic Instruction

Zhan zhuang & Tai Chi Tui Shou ( Zhan Zhuang & Tai Chi Hand Pushing)

谈站桩

有关基础功夫-站桩-参考
站桩训练可以分为几个阶段，第一个阶段是求松，第二个阶段是求静，第三个阶段是求空。其中第一个阶段还可以继续细分。第一步体会肩颈肌肉松、第二阶段体会腰背松、第三阶段体会丹田（腹部肌肉）松，第四阶段体会胯松。有了这个目标，你就可以一步步按图索骥，练下去了。

Deep breathing — the truly essential exercise

Women & Tai Chi

Tai Chi Gains Popularity with Women!

Tai Chi May Help Maintain Bone Mineral Density

Tai Chi for Women: Health and Empowerment

Tai Chi for Women: Health and Fitness

III. Selected Discussion Groups and Blogs on Tai Chi (Tai Ji) & Gigong

Taijiquan Journal: The Chinese martial art, health exercise, and moving meditation

Wellness Briefs by Dr. Y. John Kim, who is board certified in preventive medicine, medical acupuncture, and holistic medicine.

Forum for Traditional Wu Tai Chi Chuan Taijiquan is not the invention of any one individual. Its ancient roots developed out of Chinese martial arts. In the evolution of Taijiquan, various traditional currents merged and a new art was shaped on the base of the old knowledge.