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Welcome to Chen Tai Chi Scotland. This website aims to provide
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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.
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