CHEN TAIJI ACADEMY

Chen Taiji Academy: Senior students of Grandmaster Wang Hai Jun (Wang Haijun) teach individuals and classes in the fundamentals, principles and forms of the original Taiji from Chen Village, Chen Jiagou, China. These students teach and train in the eastern part of the United States.

Circles

December 10, 2018 by CHEN TAI CHI ACADEMY

Taiji moves in circles. All movements are circular: to the side, the front, horizontal, vertical. Hand movements are circles: ni chan (twining outward) and shun chan (twining inward). The whole entire body is held as a circle as if it were a globe, a ball, or a balloon. Twining enforces small circles of knees and elbows, of ankles and wrists. Shoulders match hips in circles.