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Welcome
Welcome to Chen Tai Chi Scotland. This website aims to provide information on Chen Tai Chi practice in Scotland. Please use the links above for navigation.
About Chen-Family Tai Chi
Chen-family Tai Chi Chuan is the oldest style of Tai Chi (Taijiquan in Pinyin), having been created at the end of the Ming dynasty by a retired general, Chen Wanting. It has been handed down through the family, and until relatively recently could only be found in Chen village, Honan province, or Beijing. Thanks to the efforts of the modern Chen masters, it is now possible to find instruction in Chen-family Tai Chi throughout the world.
Chen-style emphasies "silk-reeling" energy in its forms, which contain both slow, relaxed movements, and bursts of focussed energy. It has a number of empty-hand forms, in contrast to most Tai Chi styles' single form, and a number of weapon forms.