SPJ wrote:In Nan king kuo shu guan era, after some collection of some important styles.
there are 2 main categories or ke. Shao lin ke and wu dang ke.
Tai Ji belongs to wu dang ke
where as Ba Ji belongs to shao lin ke.
everything wrote:I've read various places taijiquan was called chang quan (long fist)
everything wrote: is it that he commonly called the art chang quan but when whomever composed the verse in the classical style gave it a title, they decided to add the label taiji to quan in a poetic way to fit the taoist tone. why would there be two names? at some point a village quan got the label taiji but it doesn't seem clear when.
SPJ wrote:another definition of chang quan
is continuous boxing.
since chen tai ji moves are continuous like the water flows or a big river flows.
thus the full name is tai ji continous fist.
Ian wrote:no definition of 'chang' means 'continuous'.
I think you're thinking of the line:
chang quan zhe ru chang jiang da hai tao tao bu jue ye
it doesn't say anything about chang = continuous.
it says one who practices chang quan moves like the yangtze river or a great sea - 'flowing on and on continuously, without end'.
cdobe wrote:Ian wrote:no definition of 'chang' means 'continuous'.
I think you're thinking of the line:
chang quan zhe ru chang jiang da hai tao tao bu jue ye
it doesn't say anything about chang = continuous.
it says one who practices chang quan moves like the yangtze river or a great sea - 'flowing on and on continuously, without end'.
長 does carry the connotation of steadiness/being constant. In the context of the various writings it is very obvious that it means continuity. There is constant moving without any stops. That's the meaning.
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