Does anyone have any experience with Tai Chi Chuan, and any physical or spiritual benefits they've gained from it?
Yeh Tai Chi has alot of positive effects for me (bieng a martial artist) it helps me relax in a fight and think faster. After starting some breathing techniques i feel i have more energy when i train andbi feel alot happier.
Sorry if typing is awkward im on my phone :)
>>17504829
I've been doing tai chi chuan yang style for a couple of months one day a week now.
I know I should have done daily self training, but I just haven't been able to yet, because I keep forgetting.
Anyway, for now it did help me become more relaxed and balanced, also I've been able to feel qi better.
I think that there will be more benefits if I keep doing it and start doing it daily, like being more grounded, even more balanced and healthier.
But if you're looking for something that is more focused on physical and spiritual benefits, instead of mainly focusing on martial arts, I would recommend doing qigong instead.
Unless you are already doing qigong and are hoping to gain even more benefits from doing both, in which case I would say that tai chi does have some additional benefits.
>>17504829
It makes you balanced, increase your surroundings, body and mind awareness. Depending of your abilities you can train it as form of meditation, or martial art, though fighting abilities comes later than in external styles.
Original tai chi style is Chen. Yang and Wu are new ones, they are generally easier to learn and less demanding physically as far as I know.
Ya! U can rly feel the chi running through your hands. Its pretty awesome!