Simplified Tai Chi 24 Form
Yang Martial Arts Association
Performed by Liang, Shou-Yu
DVD available: http://ymaa.com/publishing/internal/t...
In 1956, the Simplified (or 24 Posture) Taijiquan was compiled by the
Chinese Sports Commission. Tremendous efforts were put into promoting
Taijiquan. The 24 Posture Taijiquan was derived from the traditional
Yang Style Taijiquan long form. It was the result of many Taijiquan
masters working towards standardizing and simplifying Taijiquan, for use
as a health promoting exercise. Many of the more complicated and
repeated movements were deleted from the long form for ease of learning
and practicing. The sequence starts off with very simple movements and
gradually becomes more complicated. Even though the 24 Posture Taijiquan
sequence is a simplified version of the long form, it is still a
"traditional" sequence with the original martial applications in every
movement.
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