Hunyuan
Martial Arts Academy
of San Jose
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ABOUT HUNYUAN TAIJI
Chen Fa Ke |
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Hu Yaozhen |
Don't miss this two-day Hunyuan Taijiquan workshop in San Jose with visiting Masters
Chen Xiang and Feng Xiuqian from Beijing
on April 19 & 20, 2008.
Click here for details.  |
Hunyuan Taijiquan is an abbreviation for Chen Shi Xinyi Hunyuan Taijiquan. As the full name indicates, it is a taiji style based on the original Chen system but incorporating elements of Xinyi Quan as well as traditional internal "gong" exercises for building health and power.
Hunyuan taijiquan, whose name reflects the fundamental principle underlying the movement of all things, is the outcome of the unique martial arts education of Grandmaster Feng Zhiqiang, regarded by many as the greatest living taiji master.
Feng is an 18th-generation grandmaster of Chen Style Taijiquan and the creator of the Hunyuan taiji system. He is a board member of the China Martial Arts Association, advisor to the Beijing Municipal Martial Arts Association, chairman of the Beijing Chen Style Taijiquan Research Association and president of the Feng Zhiqiang Martial Arts Academy.
Born in 1928, Feng was a top student in Beijing of both Chen Fa Ke, the standard bearer of Chen Taiji, and Hu Yaozhen, a Xinyi master and doctor of traditional Chinese medicine who often is referred to as the father of modern Chinese qigong.
Hunyuan taiji is a complete martial arts system that simultaneously develops a self-defense capability while building a healthy body, calm mind and strong spirit. The above-mentioned internal gong exercises serve as a foundation, but Hunyuan taiji also includes training in forms, push hands, sparring and traditional weapons.
While designed for both health and self-defense, Hunyuan focuses on health; while alternating between movement and stillness, it emphasizes stillness; and while simultaneously training the internal and the external, it gives priority to the internal. Grandmaster Feng teaches that the internal and external should be coordinated, the upper and lower body should follow each other, and the whole body should move in harmony.