Resources about Tai Chi, Qigong & General Health

No matter you are a beginner or an experienced practitioner of Tai Chi Chuan (or Tai Ji Quan), Qi Gong, or Gong Fu, I hope you will be delighted to find this resource page compiled for you 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 both Tai Chi students and 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 share with us.

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

学海无涯！

Knowledge in the world is like an endless ocean !

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

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

Tai Chi Yang Style 8-Form (a.k.a. 10-Form) , one of the few good ones on the youtube.

Medical Qigong Eight Pieces of Brocade, one of the most popular Qigong in both East & Western World.

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

The Health Benefits of Tai Chi: Art and Science

Youth Play Chen Style Tai Chi Hong Kong Chinese Martial Arts Dragon and Lion Dance Association LTD.

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

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

Home Remedies for Back Pain by Brian Krans from the Healthline

Zhan Zhuang - Standing Like a Tree Trunk by Chris Burnett from Supreme Chi Living

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

中国道教-中华传统文化

Tai Chi Styles

太极拳论：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