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Tai Chi
 Best known for the early morning slow motion routines in many parks in China, it is sometimes referred to as a 'soft-style' martial art and is derived from 'tai ji quan' or 'supreme ultimate fist' (Tai) Supreme or Grand, Ji (Chi) Ultimate, Quan (chuan) Fist or Boxing. It focuses on relaxation, perception, posture and body alignment with the objective of using the body as a whole is used to neutralise or evade attacks. There are many styles of Taichi that are practiced today, depending on the objectives - for health, meditation, competition or Martial Art. The most popular are Yang, Wu, Wu2 and Chen styles. Several if these styles have forms of a faster pace.
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Wushu Tai Chi styleWushu - a competition form combined from Sun, Wu, Chen, and Yang styles - has itself developed into a great variety of styles, which are rich in content and diversified in form. Wushu routines incorporate kicking, beating, throwing, seizing, striking and thrusting into set routine exercise using various combinations of attack and defense, advance and retreat, dynamic and static states, quickness and slowness, toughness and solidity.
Chen Style Tai ChiChen style Taijiquan is the oldest and parent form of the five main tai chi chuan styles. It is third in terms of worldwide popularity compared to the other main taijiquan styles. Chen style is characterized by its lower stances, more explicit Silk reeling (chan si jin) and bursts of power (fa jin). There are many variants of Chen Style Taijiquan being practised all over the world - Chen Style 56 movement-competition routine, Chen Style 83 movement, Chen Style 37 movement particular to the Beijing/b Shaghai area, for example
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