Traditional Wushu Zhaobao Taichi Fist 72 Major Movements by Wang Chang'an 4DVDs
The Zhaobao Taichi Chu'an is a fist style with excellent integrity and coordination between upper and lower bodies in Chinese Martial Art.
To practice this routine of Zhaobao Taichi Chu'an 72 Major Movements, the moves of fist must be steady and straight, and your finger tips must be in erect positions, your crotch must be round and your hip must be firm. From Baihui acupoint ( around the top center of your skull ) to Youngquan acupoint ( around the center of your soles ) , they must be on a straight line, and you must stand upright and steady. Meanwhile your dantian (somewhere below belly button ) must move with your body, and your post must be outstretching and liberal, distinguish the feint moves from the real moves, opening and closing in order, circling in a natural way, forming the integrity of your whole body.
ZHAOBAO TAI CHI HISTORY & STYLES
Taijiquan is one of the famous forms of traditional Chinese Martial Arts. Often cherished for its health benefits, this martial art although held in high regard for promoting longevity is also one of the most combat effective. There are many schools or styles of Taijiquan such as Chen, Yang, Wu, Wu, Sun, He, Zhaobao, Hulei, Li, Hong, Sanfeng, Wudang and many more. In addition each school or style has many branches often as a result of the practitioners.
Although the origins are sometimes unclear, a common legend of Wudang mountain Daoist Diety Zhang Sanfeng is often associated with the founding of the method. Others have style specific origins like that of the Chen Style and Chen Wangting or Zhaobao style with Jiangfa.
Recent research indicates that Wen County (Home to both Chen and Zhaobao style) in Henan Province is the place of origin of Taijiquan. Taijiquan has often been associated with the Internal School of martial arts because of its emphasis on softness overcoming hardness and its internal energy development. Although many styles of traditional martial arts also have this quality, Taijiquan is thought to be most representative.
The Heritage Tai Chi Form uses the soft circle method of the Zhaobao style known as Wudang Zhaobao Chengjia SanHeYi Taijiquan - Zhaobao Frames 3 Combined into 1 Taijiquan. The Zhaobao style although lesser known until recently, is one of the older styles of Taijiquan, taught originally in Zhaobao village, Henan Province.
The style is also known as He style Taijiquan in the Xian, Shaanxi areas of Northern China where it became widely spread as the second home of the style. There are many styles associated with it including the Hao, Hou, Wu, He, Sun and Hulei styles to which Zhaobao is the ancestral or parent style.
During the Kanxi Dynasty (1654 A.D.--1722 A.D.), the later emperor Yong Zheng visited Zhao Bao and admired the Taijiquan grandmasters so much that he gifted a handwritten inscription, Achieving Harmonious balance with Aura of Righteousness) to the local Temple of Guandi to commend the martial prowess of the Zhao Bao Taijiquan masters. |
