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TAI CHI
Before Tai Chi there were many other styles of Wushu or martial arts. Tai Chi was developed approximately 100 years before the gun. When guns became popular Tai Chi began to change its emphasis. As it was no longer needed for self-defence, it began to evolve into a sport. However some people felt that Tai Chi was too good a Martial Art to lose, and kept this side of it going. In the last century, as China became more open, Tai Chi was able to spread. Yang Luchan took it to Beijing, and later Chen Fa Ke taught there. Today it has spread around the world.



CHEN STYLE TAI CHI
There is no historical evidence to support claims that Tai Chi has been practised in China earlier than the 1660's. There is documented proof that Chen Style Tai Chi Chuan was developed in Chenjiagou, Henan and handed down through the generations of the Chen family to the current generation.
Myths supporting the idea that Tai Chi was created by Zhang San Feng have no historical substance to support them. Whilst the true origin of Tai Chi Chuan may not be clear, we do know that all the major styles of Tai Chi have evolved from the Chen Form.
If you practise Yang Style, Wu Style, Hao Style or Sun Style then the origins of your form lie in the Chen Style of Tai Chi.
Every movement practised in a Tai Chi form has an application for self-defence. If the self-defence and the health benefits are seperated out, then that is like trying to seperate yin from yang. The Tao Te Ching states that "Yin alone cannot survive, yang alone cannot grow..."



MASTER LIU YONG

Master Liu Yong is the son of a famous Chinese medicine family.
He lives in LianYunGang, Jiangsu,China.He is employed as a Disciplinary Inspector of the Design and Project Bureau belonging to the Chemical Industry. However, every morning before going to work, and every evening after work, he spends his time teaching Tai Chi. His interest in Martial Arts began when he was young and his parents encouraged him to study Shaolin Quan.


On leaving school he joined the Military Police, where he became a Wushu coach. His team twice won the Championship and Liu Yong won the Silver award at 65 kilogram weight, in the Championships for the whole of Shandong's Military Police. Liu Yong began to study Tai Chi in 1987 under Master Gou Kong Jie. He was introduced to Grandmaster Chen Zheng Lei in 1993, where his training was intensified. On 1st December 1996 he was officially accepted as an "Indoor" student of the Grandmaster. He has many win of China Taichi and wushu competition He has over 4000 students world wide and is an 20th generation inheritor of the family style Tai Chi.
Master Liu Yong is President of Man Lian Tai Chi Club China, President Man Lian Tai Chi Club International,Honorary president of British Chen style Taichi collgeg. Master Liu has trained many international students from United Kingdom, Turkey, India, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan, Korea, Canada, USA ...

Master Liu Yong visited Sri Lanka to conduct a series of Tai Chi Seminars and to establish the Sri Lanka Branch of International Chen Style Tai Chi Chuan Man Lian Club of China under his Sri Lankan Represntative Indishe Senanayake.

Now we are conducting Tai Chi Seminars for companies, schools or other groups for health, stress release, etc. Please, contact Indishe Senanayake (Representative of International Chen Style Tai Chi Chuan Man Lian Club in Sri Lanka for further details. E-Mail

Health Benefits of Tai Chi

Facilities at our Martial Arts Training Center

Photos from Master Liu Yong's Sri Lanka Visit 2006




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