chen shi taiji

There are many  benefits to the practice of Chen Style Taiji.

  Many people begin to learn  a martial art  for one or another reason, for chen shi taiji it is the same thing. For me, i just have the chance to meet an chinese teacher expert in tai ji and nei jia.now, i’m just  fallen in love with this art.
The word  Taijiquan means "Grand Ultimate" or "Universal Fist".  More specifically Tai Means grand or bigger than big.  Ji means the polar opposites of positive and negative, small and big, up and down, etc., and everything else in between.  And quan means fist.  
But if you place quan after a name, as in Chen Shi Taijiquan (Chen Style Taijiquan), it oftentimes will mean a martial or boxing style.

The origin of Taijiquan as we understand it today begins with the Chen family and has evolved through successive generations into five major families.  These are the Chen, Yang, Wu, Wu (Hao), and Sun Styles.  It doesn't matter what style of Taijiquan is studied; all the styles have everything to offer in health, self defense, and personal development.   However the benefits of studying Taijiquan depend entirely on the instructor and how much knowledge they are willing to impart to the prospective practitioner.  Some emphasize only the health aspect and others focus more on self defense.  It is important to remember that the
maximum benefit in Taijiquan can only be achieved when it is practiced as a complete martial art, involving both health and self -defense.  So new students should try various instructors and styles to find one that suits their particular needs, but at the same time the they should always remain open to instructors who teach the widest range of knowledge and training.  This will always keep the door open to new avenues of maturation and transformation.
The Taijiquan forms are a specific choreography of movements that emphasize various aspects of the martial movements and athletic skills that are inherent in the Chen shi style Taijiquan .  These forms are either barehanded or involve various forms
of weaponry.

 It is important to practice all levels of training (be it barehanded and weapons forms, push hands, and self defense), because they are all inter-related and mutually benefit each  other.  But students can specialize in certain areas for various reasons.

  Students who prefer:

- more health related benefits will focus on forms training,

-while those interested in the martial applications will center on push hands and self defense techniques.  
When both aspects of forms and applications are combined the martial art will reveal the definition of its namesake: "Grand Ultimate Fist."