WHAT IS Tai Chi
什么是太极拳
---KAI LI
Tai Chi is one of the Chinese Traditional martial arts. Long long ago, it was designed as a unique and profound self-defense technique. As an ancient Kong-Fu, Tai Chi includes quan, sword, broadsword, spear, push-hand,etcetera.
太极拳是中国传统武术之一, 是很久以前作为一种独特而高深的自卫方法诞生的。作为一种古老的功夫,太极包括拳、剑、刀、枪、推手等。
Concentrating on correct posture and breathing control, Tai Chi's movements are fluid, graceful and well balanced, promoting the complete harmony of body and mind. Tai Chi provides the mental relaxation and physical fitness so essential in our modern stress-filled lives.
太极动作流畅、优雅、协调,它要求精力集中在正确的姿势和呼吸上,从而全面促进身心平衡。在这个充满压力的现代社会，太极所带来的精神放松与身体健康显得尤为重要。
Tai Chi is an unusual form of martial arts whereby we believe in building strength - mental and physical from within, softness is stronger than hardness, moving in a curve is better than a straight line, yielding is more efficient than confronting. It is especially different from western types of sports such as rugby where the harder and quicker the better. Tai Chi is a sport that strengthens the body as well as the mind from within.
太极是一项非同寻常的武术运动,它由内而外强健我们的身体和心灵。在这项运动中，柔比刚更强，缠绕比直线运动更好，化力比正面冲突更有效。和西方那些追求更快更强的运动如橄榄球不同，太极强调的是从内而外地强健我们的身体和心灵。
No matter you are young or aged, male or female, no matter strong or weak, slim or plump, you all can choose Tai Chi quan as your ideal physical exercise. When practicing it quietly and slowly, you can sense the existing of air and fully enjoy the aerobic bath, meanwhile you can also feel all the movements like the rhythmically uninterrupted waves. Tai Chi --- the world of Yin and Yang, the world of the nature and relaxation, will become your a wholenew life style in the future.
不管男女老少、强弱胖瘦，你都可以选择太极拳作为你理想的锻炼方法。在安静舒缓的运动中，你能感知空气的存在，仿佛充分享受空气浴,同时你也能感觉到所有动作连绵不断，充满韵律。
太极--阴和阳的世界,自然和放松的世界,必将成为你未来崭新的生活方式。
