Internal Martial Arts

Together with Baguazhang and Xingyiquan, Taijiquan is the most famous so called ‘internal’ martial art. In contrast to the more widely known ‘external’ martial arts (for example Shaolin Boxing), the focus of internal arts lies largely on the work with internal energy (Qi), and thus also on health development and preservation. Through intensive, focused training of the Taijiquan forms, the students’ abilities gradually evolve into a ‘Gong Fu’ (or Kung Fu), an ‘achievement through great effort’. The abilities developed and the principles internalized by the arduous student form the basis for effective self-defense, and made Chinese martial arts famous throughout the World. Since the training of the body and the mind is a smooth and continuous process, age does not matter for Taijiquan, so that everyone – regardless of age, sex, stature or strength - can learn this art.