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Re:Where does Tai Chi come from? - 2007/07/06 21:43
although Tai Chi is a chinese art , some of its roots can be traced back to India .
Bodhidharma also called Ta-mo , made a journey across the himalayas and into china to spread buddha's teaching , who had studied martial arts in India under master Prajhatara .
In the 6th century AD he arrived at the Shao-temple to teach monks Zen but found that the monks were not physically ready for moniastic lifestyle .
So Bodhidharma make a system of exercises that was based on the Indian Avedic medical practices which emphasized rhythmic breathing and body stretching maneuvers
Later a Toist monk called Chang San -Feng who lived through the mongolian occupation of China and also the five top acupuncturists at the Shoa-lin is the inventer of Tai chi
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