A Hilarious Tai Chi Master Video

Very often I would browsed the YouTube for videos on Tai Chi to help me recall my steps for my practice.
I happened to stumble into this very funny video, that I can't help laughing after watching.

Song for Tai Chi Kung Fu Fan

This song is often been played for performing Tai Chi Kung Fu Fan. The song has strong momentum that everybody in our class practicing Tai Chi Kung Fu Fan likes it very much.

Then, I find out the song title is “中国功夫" by "屠洪刚” ("China Kung Fu" by Tu Hong Gang)

Videos on Tai Chi Kung Fu Fan

I found this 2 videos on YouTube that demonstrated the Tai Chi Kung Fu Fan beautifully. To perform Tai Chi Kung Fu Fan, there are six sections, a total of 52 steps to learn. So far these are the 2 videos that I've found on YouTube that the Tai Chi Kung Fu Fan is well demonstrated, neat and proper. Sometimes I would refer to videos to help me recall the routine or sequence of the steps I've learnt during lesson.  I notice there is only a very slight difference at the 4th step.

Tai Chi Kung Fu Fan 52 form well demonstrated


Tai Chi Kung Fu Fan 52 form performed with Kung Fu Fan music

Learnt Tai Chi Kung Fu Fan Section 1

Since last month when I sprained my ankle, followed by another 2 weeks of Chinese New Year celebration, I've not been practicing my Tai Chi for 4 weeks! 

I attended my Tai Chi class this evening. While I was performing my Tai Chi 24 simplified form (original + reverse style) and the 42 form Tai Chi just now, my legs & thighs were shivering. Now I can feel my muscles pain.

For a person like me who doesn't like to do much strenuous exercise, I'd still preferred Tai Chi, despite my thigh muscles are painful now, the impact is not as irritating as after those strenuous exercises like jogging, running, squash or tennis. After practicing Tai Chi, I feel relax and happier.

By just looking at people are doing Tai Chi, it might look so and easy. Some would describe the strokes are like holding a watermelon, cutting the watermelons to 2 halves, one half for you, the other half for him.

However,  there are principles to follow when performing Tai Chi that could make a difference to our body.


Our instructor has completed teaching us the first section of the Tai Chi Kung Fu Fan this evening. She shared with us some of the strokes for Kung Fu Fan comes from 八卦掌 ba gua zhang. For example, 翻身轮压(灵猫捕蝶) comes from 八卦掌的狮子滚球。Oh, that was so interesting. By the way, there are six sections for Tai Chi Kung Fu Fan. Will update the steps for Tai Chi Kung Fu Fan in my later blogs.

History and Techniques of Tai Chi

I found this piece of article on the history and techniques of Tai Chi, written by George Sandler

Tai Chi, also known as Tai Chi Chuan, sent to several generations, since it was founded by Chang San-Feng. It was during the Sung dynasty, which was introduced and from that point and were often in the form.

The form, or kung Chia Chinese language, the various movements of Tai Chi are. One of the most common and popular form is handling the snake and crane fighting. Master Chang, one of the lawyers copied this kind of fighting style and converted into a milder version of the spiral movements. The format was developed 13 items that correspond to trigrams and the Five Elements.

Line Master Chang was not clear, but what historians know that a certain Chiang Fah. As Chiang was taught as a young man named Chen Wang Ting. Chen was known to the art of Tai Chi practice in the 1644th educated descendant of Chen Wang Ting to his family. Move some of the characteristics of their form, focusing on lower positions, a cocoon of silk, and fast, and exercised regularly.

Tai Chi, founded by the Chen family is exercised in secret and no one had the right to use outside of their homeland. But at the time of Chen Hsin Chang, who was in 1800, broke the tradition. He taught his family style of TaiChi and secrets of his students, Yang Lu Chan.

Today the Yang style is the very son of Yang Lu Chan called Yang Cheng Fu. This paved the way for the introduction of one of the largest accounts in the history of Tai Chi. Form consists of 128 stops. Based in defense of the movement of energy slowed oblique techniques.

The generation of the Yang family taught his students the techniques of this art. The captains are chosen by their students seriously and has a line that led to different styles, ie Sun, and Hao Wu. These styles differ in the way outlined and performance is also different, but the authorities identified by Chang San Feng, remains the same.

This was a student of Yang Cheng Fu Cheng Man named Ching. Cheng became the master of his generation, after the examination was to TaiChi Chuan. One of the most famous changes were made to reduce the 37-form Tai Chi stance. This is done by changing Cheng is now the most famous of Tai Chi as practiced even today.

When Cheng arrived in the United States tried to teach and had the interest of some students in all aspects of life. In this way, will take the form of popular, every man and woman. This new format introduced by Cheng, originally known as the Yang style short form. It is widely used today, is popular with the name of Cheng style TaiChi.

The form of Cheng characterized the vertical position of the spine, the dissolution of power and sweetness position of strength.

Taoism is the main sponsor of the idea, because at the top of Tai Chi has been formed. Because the doctrine of Taoism is reflected largely contributes to reflective, mystical and peaceful world and our way of life.

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Full Demonstration of Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan 24 Simplified form 二十四式杨式简化太极拳

The video I found from YouTube below shows a full performance or full demonstration of the Yang Style Tai Chi 24 simplified form 二十四式杨式简化太极拳



This entire 24 simplified form takes about 5-7 minutes to complete, depending on your movements.

Tai Chi Chuan Simplified 24 form 二十四式简化太极拳

In Tai Chi, a sequence of movements that follows a specific order is called a "form", "routine", "sequence", "set" or "step". A single posture within a sequence can be called a "form"

Tai Chi 24 form 二十四式简化太极拳 consists of 24-step routine that is referred to as the "short form". It is also known as the "simplified form" for beginner to start with on Tai Chi practice. This 24-step routine has a standardized sequence, each of its posture is specifically numbered and classified. A short excerpt from the form will contain several movements that are counted as a single move. To illustrate, look at the video I found on YouTube below at 4:47, on form 21 "Turn, Intercept and Punch", it appears to have 3 movements, but is counted as one.

I found this video from YouTube, demonstrating Tai Chi Chuan 24 simplified form and also show the name of the steps in english subtitle.



The entire 24-step simplified form take about 5 minutes to exercise. It should be practiced with a fluid & continuous movement, an even pace with no obvious pauses.