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2. Baduanjin qigong - Wikipedia

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   The Baduanjin qigong (八段錦) is one of the most common forms of Chinese qigong used as exercise. [1] Variously translated as Eight Pieces of Brocade, Eight-Section Brocade, Eight Silken Movements or Eight Silk Weaving, the name of the form generally refers to how the eight individual movements of the form characterize and impart a silken quality (like that of a piece of brocade) to the ...

3. Tai chi isn’t just for seniors. The workout boosts strength ...

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   If you were to watch a tai chi class in action, you’d see a series of gentle, slow exercises conducted in close succession. These wave-like movements pair with breathing patterns that calm the body.

4. Qigong - Wikipedia

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   Tai chi is a widely practiced Chinese internal martial style based on the theory of taiji, closely associated with qigong, and typically involving more complex choreographed movement coordinated with breath, done slowly for health and training, or quickly for self-defense. Many scholars consider tai chi to be a type of qigong, traced back to an ...

5. Zhan zhuang - Wikipedia

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   Yiquan's method of study is zhan zhuang plus movements that continue the feeling of the Standing Post in action. The most common zhan zhuang method is known as Hun Yuan (浑圆; Hún Yuán, "Completely Round," "Round Smoothness") or Cheng Bao (撑抱; Chēng Bào, "Tree Hugging" stance). This posture is entirely Taoist in its origins, has many ...

6. Asahi Health - Wikipedia

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   Asahi is a series of slow movements, completed in silence. It looks a bit like qigong. The basic six principles of Asahi are: 1. The linking of movement and breath 2. Practicing vertically erect body alignment 3. Whole body movement 4. Listening to the slow motion 5. Cultivating the mind with mental images 6. The exercise as a continual ...

7. Tai Chi Chih - Wikipedia

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   T'ai Chi Chih (simplified Chinese: 太极智; traditional Chinese: 太極智; pinyin: tàijízhì; Wade–Giles: tʼai 4 chi 2 chih 4), abbreviated as TCC, is a series of 19 movements and 1 pose that together make up a meditative form of movement to which practitioners attribute physical, personal, and spiritual health benefits.

8. Lee-style tai chi - Wikipedia

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   The movements can be performed at various speeds and may be timed with breathing. There are two forms, one known as the tai chi dance that is about 400 years old, [18] and the tai chi form itself, known as 'The Form'. [19] The etymology of the Chinese character wu suggests that the Lee-style tai chi dance may have its origins in Wu shamanism ...

9. Liu Zi Jue - Wikipedia

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   Zou Pu'an of the Song dynasty (960–1279) was a major contributor in terms of theory and practice to the transmission of the exercise through his book The Supreme Knack for Health Preservation – Six-Character Approach to Breathing Exercises. No body movements accompanied the Liù Zì Jué exercises until the Ming dynasty (1386–1644) when ...