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[Tiger Beer]

Anyone hear or know of TAI CHI being taught in Korea?

[morituri]

A lot of people who orignally learned Shaolin or Mantis boxing in Korea went to China and learned taiji. Some of them learned the 24 step wushu version, some learned the Yang or Wu style, a few went to Chenjiagou and learned Chen taiji. The ones who wanted to fight learned Chen, the others learned Yang or Wu. Chen is performed fast and ican be used in street fights, Yang appeals to the tree huggers. Some practice internal mantis styles like Six Harmony, and the high level weapons sets in mantis like the lihuachiang spearplay and swordplay are internal, as are the qigong type exercises. In fact it is possible to take almost any Chinese boxing form and convert it into a qi-moving or moving meditation type form. There is also a group based in Inchon who learned bagua from the Chinese master Lu Shutian, now deceased, they practice bagua and some taiji.

Taiji is hard to learn, we say 'if you learn taiji, for ten years you dare not go outside your house.' For Xingyi and mantis you can go out in just one year. There is also taiji which is applicable (Chen, Sun), and taiji which is probably not . (Yang, Wu).

Two of my Shixiong (elder brother in boxing school) teach Chen taiji and mantis. I have known them for 25 years. One learned Chen taiji in Chen Village in China, funding himself by selling most of the land his family owned. He teaches Presidential bodyguards and fighter pilots in Ilsan. He is not a tree hugger and has his share of scraps, and has won fighting competitions in Taiwan and PRC, but is a nice guy. The other person teaches in Daechidong, he teaches mantis and taiji, when he was younger he would seek out gang members to fight them if he heard they were good with a knife or fists. His mantis and taiji is very good Both of them used to be coaches for the Korean Kuoshu and Wushu squads, and they also train some MMA people through invitation. They teach taiji openly, but mantis they teach closed door only. Let me know if you are interested thorugh the thread.

[Thomas]

Take a look at http://www.sangmookwan.com/index.php?mode=info&Page=9
I am not sure how their Tai Chi (TaeKeukKwon) program is but I do know that they have some fantastic people at the school (and speak English) and offer several programs. From my limited experience with them (mainly e-mails and through one of their DVDs), I'd recommend giving it a look at.

[Tiger Beer]

[The Kung Fu Hustle]

[jajdude]

I be teaching Tai Chi as well as being a recruiter.