There are conflicting ideas about the origin of tai chi. That should be expected, as the modern day Chinese form of exercise and physical fitness originated more than 700 years ago as a martial art. However, it is generally accepted that Shao-Lin martial art practitioner Chang San-feng founded Tai Chi Chuan (what Westerners called tai […]

The Taoist monk Zhang Sanfeng is believed to have founded Tai Chi Chuan, although many scholars debate whether he was simply a legend or an actual person. Scholars even debate the time period of his life. Some believe that he lived and founded Tai Chi in the 12th century (when Neo-Confucian principles spread among intellectuals), […]