Taijiquan/Taichichuan(Grand Supreme Fist) has three prinicipals healh development 1.Neigong
2. Fajing ( power application) 3. Wugongshi( warrior skill and application) without all three of these areas covered Taijiquan( is no longer a form of martial art) but a bastardized and watered down variation.

The true origins of Taijiquan are based at the root with a gentlement named Chan San Fong ( wether he actually existed or not is speculation) but what is known is that he studied at the Shaolin temple mastering all the Shaolin forms and styles. It was only until he studied Daoism and nature that he was given the idea to combined the daoist Neigong breathing technique and simplifying the shaolin system to only 13 movements.

Pai-Family Styles of Taijiquan are derived from this original form while it is true the chen family style is based off of the Paoquan( cannon fist) not Lohuanquan( Arahat fist) which is different and is the orignal system of the shaolin monks which are different styles entirely. Yang Lu Chan was already an accomplished Martial artist ( many people tend to forget or deny this ) and was able to adopt the chen style into his own intergrated system only improving what soon became the Yang Family lineage system. Just for the record there is only 1-49-64-103 there are only 103 movements in all in the total Yang family form.

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