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Taichichuan - Tai Chi glossary
Category: Sport and Leisure
Date & country: 27/04/2011, UK
Words: 78
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Andownward directed push /press
Ba Gua / Pa KuaEight Trigrams, consisting the four cardinal points and four corners
Ba Gua ZhangEight Trigram Palm; internal martial art based on Eight Trigrams
BaduanjinEight Pieces of Brocade. Chinese soft exercise for health sometimes including techniques to stimulate the reproductive system.
Bai Shiceremony of ritual initiation
Bao Yito embrace the one (i.e. the Tao)
BuFootwork and stances.
Caia plucking or uprooting force
CattyChinese unit of measure weighing more than one pound.
ChanSchool of Budhism with heavy Chinese influences; better known in the West by its Japanese name of Zen.
Chang ChuanLong Boxing. An alternative name for Tai Chi Chuan as well as the name given to a hard style boxing form.
Chi / QiVital energy, including the air and breath. (N.B. not the same Chi as in Tai Chi!)
Chi Kung / Qi Gonga method of training designed to increase the vital energy, for martial, health or meditative purposes which can be hard or soft in nature.
ChienTrigram / hexagram representing Heaven and Supreme Yang.
Ching / JingClassic or Book.
Chuan / QuanFist. By extension a system of fighting or boxing.
Da LuGreat sideways diversion. Popular name for famous pushing hands exercise more properly known as Four Corners or Eight Gates Five Steps.
Dan Tian /Tan Tiencinnabar field, area just below the navel where Chinese alchemists considered internal energy was developed.
DaoThe sabre.
Di ZiDisciple.
Dim Mak / Dian XueVital point attacks.
Fu QiSpirit writing, where the medium suspends a writing brush over a planchette filled with sand and then invokes a spirit who communicates by tracing characters on the sand.
Gong / KungWork / effort involving a degree of skill. In Chinese martial arts this usually refers to various types of conditioning training.
Hsing I / Xing Yi ChuanForm and Intent Boxing; one of the three major internal styles.
Jeet Kune DoCantonese term meaning "Direct Fist Way". The concept of the late Bruce Lee to absorb only what was of direct use from the traditional styles.
JiA straight push.
Jialiterally family or school.
JianSword.
Jiao Liantrainer or coach
Jin / JingForce. We listen for our opponent's Jin and redirect it with our own before discharging Jin at our opponent
Jingvital (often seminal) essence. (N.B. not the same Jing as means force)
KaoTo lean. Applying force using the shoulder or back.
Kung Fu / GongfuSkill / effort / workmanship. Often used by Cantonese speakers and Westerners to refer to Chinese boxing.
Lao ShiOld (i.e. venerable) teacher. Term of respect for teacher or master.
LiStrength.
LieUsing spiralling force.
LuDiverting an oncoming force to the side and into emptiness.
LunTheory / analect / discourse.
Men RenDoor Person. One who has become a disciple of a master.
Mian ChuanCotton Boxing. Early name for Tai Chi Chuan.
Nei DanInternal alchemy.
Nei Jia ChuanInternal Family Boxing. Including such arts as Tai Chi Chuan, Ba Gua Zhang and Xing Yi Chuan.
Nei KungInternal Strength. More specifically a reference to the 24 Yan and Yang Internal Strength exercises.
PaiSchool of thought / boxing.
Pao ChuiCannon Punch. Name given to Chen Family boxing and to their second form.
PengUpwardly directed force, e.g. to divert a push upwards.
QiangSpear.
RouSoft.
San ShouFighting techniques. Can also refer to choreographed two person forms or to Chinese full contact fighting.
Shaolinreferring to the Buddhist temples of that name in Henan and Fujian provinces and by extension to external martial arts identified with these temples.
ShenSpiritual energy.
ShiStyle. e.g. Hao Shi
Shi San ShiThirteen Postures/ Tactics. an old name for Tai Chi Chuan.
Sifu / ShifuTeaching father. By extension any teacher or highly skilled person.
SongRelaxed
TaelChinese unit of weight, slightly more than an ounce.
Tai Chi / TaijiThe Supreme Pole / Ultimate composed of Yin and Yang.
Tai Chi Chuan / TaijiquanA system of martial arts and exercise based on Yin and Yang
TaoThe Way or Ways to enlightenment or self development followed by the Taoists.
Tao Te ChingWay and Virtue / Power Classic. Prime Taoist text credited to Lao Tzu (the Old Boy).
Tu DiStudent or apprentice.drugs etc.
Tui ShouPushing hands. Various partnered drills and exercises designed to improve skills such as close quarter control of an opponent, evasion coordination etc. Can also refer to free or competition pushing hands, where the object is to unbalance the opponent.
Wai DanExternal alchemy. The use of medicines and by extension a reference to internal martial arts.
Wai JiaExternal family referring to hard style martial arts.
Wu Chi / JiNo Ultimate. State before Tai Chi.
Wu ShuMartial arts. Nowadays this Mandarin term has come to be used mainly in reference to the highly acrobatic and artistic modern martial arts routines.
WudangReferring to the mountain of that name
YangActive, male, positive principle representing strong, hard, external, bright, day, Heaven etc.
YiThe intent.
YinPassive, female, negative principle representing gentle, soft, internal, dark, night, Earth etc.
Zhen ChuanTrue Transmission from a master to a disciple.
Zhen RenTrue Person. Someone who by Taoistic methods has become a sage.
Zhong DingCentrally Fixed corresponding to the element Earth.
Zhong YongDoctrine of the Mean, text of the Confucians. Philosophical concept of acting only to the degree necessary, neither more nor less.
Zhong ZhengCentred and straight (though not necessarily upright).
ZhouThe use of the forearm or elbow in defence or offence.
Zu ShiFounding teacher. Chang San-feng.
I Ching / Yi JingBook / Classic of Change. A book of divination dating from before 1000 BC in one form or another.
